Site ads

Click Add → Campaign. In the Campaign Wizard, select Conversions and traffic. Enter the full link to the page that you want to advertise. The Campaign Wizard will select information for that page.

Site availability will be monitored automatically. If the site is unavailable, ads will be stopped to avoid unnecessary budget spending.

Step 1. Configure your ad layout

1. Based on your site, up to five title and image options and up to three texts will be selected. These ad elements are combined when your ads are served. Make sure all the elements work well together and don't contradict each other.

   You can edit any setting or add a custom option:

   • Tell your audience about your offer and its features or benefits. Read our recommendations on writing ad texts.

     You can use templates in your ad texts. Set the default keyword and put a hash sign “#” before and after it. At Step 2, select Manual audience setup. As related terms, specify the keywords that you want to insert into the template.

   • Change images: upload custom images, select the images suggested from the site, or pick out stock or AI-generated images. Images created by the neural network are selected by ad category and stored in a stock image database.

   Over time, Yandex Direct will automatically choose the most effective combination and start serving it more often. You can check which elements are more effective and which ones need attention in the campaign statistics.

2. Add up to 2 videos to the ad. The video must be no more than 100 MB and from 5 to 60 seconds.

   Technical requirements for videos

   Format	MP4, WebM, MOV, QT, FLV, AVI
   Size	100 MB maximum
   Duration	Between 5 and 60 sec
   Recommended aspect ratio	16 : 9; 1 : 1; 9 : 16
   Minimum resolution	360p
   Recommended resolution	1080p
   Video frame rate	From 20fps
   Video codecs	H.264, VP6F, VP8, Theora
   Number of video tracks	1
   Minimum quality	44 kHz, 16 Kbit/s, stereo
   Audio codecs	AAC, MP3, Vorbis
   Number of audio tracks	no more than 1
   File codec	avc1, F4V, isom, M4A, M4V, mmp4, mp41, mp42, qt
   Cover	No

   Format	MP4, WebM, MOV, QT, FLV, AVI
   Size	100 MB maximum
   Duration	Between 5 and 60 sec
   Recommended aspect ratio	16 : 9; 1 : 1; 9 : 16
   Minimum resolution	360p
   Recommended resolution	1080p
   Video frame rate	From 20fps
   Video codecs	H.264, VP6F, VP8, Theora
   Number of video tracks	1
   Minimum quality	44 kHz, 16 Kbit/s, stereo
   Audio codecs	AAC, MP3, Vorbis
   Number of audio tracks	no more than 1
   File codec	avc1, F4V, isom, M4A, M4V, mmp4, mp41, mp42, qt
   Cover	No

   A well-chosen video attracts more attention to your ad and increases your conversion rate.

3. Under Sitelinks, you'll see links to key pages on your site, like pages with discounts or descriptions of certain products. To edit, replace, or delete them, click .
4. If your company is listed in Yandex Business, the contact information loads from there automatically. If there are multiple addresses or phone numbers specified in Yandex Business, you can choose which of them to show in the ad.

Step 3. Ads created by neural network

Based on the advertised page and information about your business, Yandex Direct will create additional ads using various generative algorithms and models, such as YandexGPT (text generation) and YandexArt (image generation). This option is enabled by default for new campaigns. In active campaigns, you can enable it when editing the campaign.

How it works

An additional ad group will be created in the campaign — this where automatically generated banners will be added. On average, Yandex Direct creates up to 20 neural network ads.

Before they are approved, such ads are automatically filtered by a range of parameters, including relevance and appeal. Then they are checked by humans and sent for moderation.

Statistics for these ads will be available on the campaign page under Summary statistics for ads.

You can only check what neural network ads look like after they've started generating impressions. In the menu on the left, select Statistics and go to the Report Wizard. Choose the cross section by ad group. In the resulting report, go to the group name marked as “Auto”. To view ads, click the group name.

Step 3. Define your audience

1. Set your display region.

   Ads will be served for extended geotargeting:

   • In search results, based on search queries or the user's regular region.
   • In ad networks, based on the user's frequent location, regardless of their current location.

   You can't disable extended geotargeting in the Campaign Wizard. It's best to revise your related queries so that they account for extended geotargeting. For more information, see How does geotargeting work?

2. Select the impression time. If your company is listed in Yandex Business, Yandex Direct loads its business hours by default. How do I set up time targeting correctly?

3. Select your audience:

   • Optimal audience — Yandex Direct selects the appropriate settings based on your ad texts and the advertised page.

   • Manual setup — Use this option to manually configure:

     • Targeting parameters by user profile: gender, age, and device type.

     • Under Interests and search queries, specify the interests and habits (such as websites, companies, or categories) that your audience may search for. You should also add related terms — these are keywords that Yandex Direct will use to target interested users.

     Autotargeting impressions are enabled by default, with all categories selected. If necessary, set exceptions by adding negative keywords or changing autotargeting categories.

   If you switch from manual to automatic audience selection, it resets everything: all autotargeting categories are enabled, selected interests are removed, impressions are re-enabled for all device types, gender is set to any, and age is set to 18+.

Step 4. Specify the campaign goals and budget

1. Under Advertising goal, select your campaign goals: Maximum ad clicks or Maximum conversions. Choose your CPA or CPC expenditure logic.

   
2. If you selected “Maximum conversions” as your advertising goal, specify your Yandex Metrica tags.

   Under Conversions, add user actions that are important for your business and specify how much you're willing to pay for each of them.

3. Set the weekly budget:

   • Preset: A minimum, optimal, or effective budget. The forecast is based on your competitors' average budgets, taking into account your selected strategy and conversions.

   • Custom: A budget that covers at least ten conversions for the most expensive goal.

   Yandex Direct will spend money within the specified amount. The campaign will run as long as there's money in your account.

4. The strategy will be selected automatically depending on your settings:

   • If you selected Maximum conversions at an average weekly CPA and set one or more goals with a specified cost, you'll get maximum conversions for these goals. Your average weekly CPA for each goal will aim to match the specified value. You'll pay per ad click. Yandex Direct will select the audience that is most likely to convert.
   • If you selected Maximum conversions at a fixed CPA and set multiple goals with a specified cost, you'll get maximum conversions for all the goals that you added. You'll pay per conversion. When multiple conversions are completed, you're charged for each of them. Yandex Direct will select the audience that is most likely to convert.

   • If you selected Maximum conversions with no limit and a single goal, the campaign will bring you maximum conversions for the selected goal within the specified weekly budget. You'll pay per ad click. Yandex Direct will select the audience that is most likely to convert.
   • If you selected Maximum ad clicks at an average weekly CPC, you'll pay for site traffic. Your average weekly CPC will aim to match the specified value.
   • If you selected Maximum ad clicks with no limit, Yandex Direct will choose the strategy that brings the maximum amount of interested users to your site within the specified budget.

   Placements are selected automatically to ensure optimal achievement of the campaign goals for the specified budget. You can't select placements and add blocked sites in the Campaign Wizard.

After you create your campaign, it's moderated to make sure it meets the ad requirements.

You'll receive the moderation results at the email that you used to register in Yandex Direct.

When you launch a campaign, its page shows basic information about its settings. To edit an active campaign, click the parameter that you want to change. Some parameters can't be edited (for example, Site). Edited parameters have to be moderated again.

Statistics are displayed on the campaign page. Under the settings section, you can find the general campaign statistics, with more detailed statistics on individual parameters shown below.

The section with autotargeting category statistics lists the search queries that your ad was served for.