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What your competitors are running, in their own words.

Competitor Intelligence searches Google's public Ads Transparency Center by domain. You see every ad currently running for that advertiser across 8 regions, with ad formats, headlines, and dates first seen. No scoring, no Auction Insights — just an honest read of who's running what, where.

Google's public Transparency Center · 8 regions covered · 24h cache per query
What we read · input surface

One domain, every live ad.

You enter a competitor's domain (or advertiser name), pick a region, and the tool returns every ad currently running for that advertiser. Data comes from Google's public Transparency Center — the same library Google publishes for any advertiser, not Auction Insights.

Search · Sample · nike.com · run #07 Apr 26, 2026 · 14:34 UTC · cache TTL 24h
01 · Source Public Transparency Center Google's public ad library. Same data Google publishes for any advertiser; no auction-insights privileges required.
02 · Regions 8 Markets covered US, UK, IT, FR, DE, ES, CA, AU. Coverage matches what Google exposes; new regions are added as Google extends the library.
03 · Cache 24 h Per-query TTL First search hits live; repeated searches within 24h return the cached result. Tracking endpoint re-fetches on your cadence.
04 · Tracking Opt-in Saved searches Optional /track-competitors endpoint stores domain + region + frequency. Re-runs on the schedule you set.
The board · generated artefact

Out: a competitor inventory, in formats and words.

Below is a sample search. The big number is the count of ads currently live for the advertiser; the format bars show distribution; the table shows a sample of individual ads with format, region, dates first seen, and a snippet of copy.

Comp-search · nike.com · run #07 Apr 26, 2026 · 14:34 UTC 8 regions queried · cached 24h v.1.0 · Transparency Center
Active markets
6 / 8
Multi-regional advertiser ▲ +2 markets vs run #06 · 30d ago
Ads by format 247 ads found · top 6 shown
Search 89
Display 71
Video 54
Shopping 33
# Check Scope What we found Suggested action Severity
01 Trail Running Shoes — Free 60-Day Returns Search · Responsive US · UK · live since Apr 18 Search ad · headline emphasises returns policy + autumn collection. Running in 4 of 6 active markets. Open in Transparency Center Search
02 Engineered for Every Surface Display · Image DE · FR · live since Apr 12 Display image ad · 1200×628 hero shot. Tagline rotation. Running across DE/FR Display network. Open in Transparency Center Display
03 Trail Runner Test · 30 seconds Video · Skippable US · CA · live since Apr 8 Video ad · 30s skippable. Trail conditions reel + product close-up. YouTube + Discovery. Open in Transparency Center Video
04 PMax · Autumn Range Shopping Shopping · PMax feed All 6 markets · live since Apr 1 Shopping ad · feed-driven, full autumn catalog. Running across every active market on PMax. Open in Transparency Center Shopping
05 Pro Trail · Limited Edition Drop Search · Responsive US · UK · live since Apr 22 Search ad · scarcity-led headline. Recent launch (4 days). Watch for a wider rollout. Open in Transparency Center Search
06 Brand Story · Made for Distance Video · Bumper IT · ES · live since Mar 30 Video ad · 6s bumper. Brand-positioning rotation. Running in IT/ES YouTube. Open in Transparency Center Video
6 of 247 ads shown · ranked by recency Cached 24h · saved searches re-fetch on cadence
Methodology · how the search works

Public data, honestly surfaced.

Competitor Intelligence is a wrapper around Google's public Ads Transparency Center. We don't score, we don't infer, we don't classify. We fetch what Google publishes, cache it 24h, and present it cleanly.

01 · Data sourcePublic

Google Ads Transparency Center.

The public ad library Google publishes for any advertiser running ads. Same data anyone can access on Google's site; we just present it more usefully and let you save searches. Not Auction Insights.

Endpoint Transparency Center · public
Auth None required · public data
02 · Region coverage8 markets

Where Google publishes the library.

Coverage tracks Google's own rollout: US, UK, IT, FR, DE, ES, CA, AU at last count. We add regions as Google adds them. Searches outside these regions return empty results.

Active 8 regions
Cap Bounded by Google
03 · Cache behaviour24h TTL

First search live, then cached.

First time you search a domain, we fetch live from Transparency Center. The result caches for 24 hours; re-searching the same domain in that window returns the cached version. After 24h, the next search re-fetches.

TTL 24 hours
Storage competitor_ads_cache
04 · Tracking modeOpt-in

Saved searches with cadence.

If you want to watch a competitor over time, the /track-competitors endpoint stores the domain + region + frequency. Re-fetches on your schedule and lets you compare runs side-by-side.

Storage competitor_tracking
Cadence Operator-defined
05 · No scoringBy design

We don't infer overlap or position.

No overlap scores, no outranking signals, no position-drift metrics. Those require auction-insights data, which is private to your account. Competitor Intelligence reads what's public, period — no synthetic signals.

What we don't Score / rank / infer
What we do Surface raw ads
06 · No AIPure read

No LLM in the path.

Competitor Intelligence doesn't use the Lyra Agent. The output is the raw competitor inventory — what Google's library publishes, formatted into a readable board. Interpretation is left to you.

Lyra Agent Not in this tool
Output Raw read · no narration
Frequently asked

The questions on every competitive-research call.

Is this Auction Insights data?

No — and that's deliberate. Auction Insights is private to your account and shows your overlap with competitors in your auction. Competitor Intelligence reads Google's public Ads Transparency Center, which shows every advertiser's live creatives, in their own words. Different question, different data source.

How fresh is what I see?

First search of a domain hits Transparency Center live. Subsequent searches within 24 hours return the cached result. The optional tracking endpoint re-fetches on your cadence so you can build a timeline of a competitor's creative rotation.

Which regions are covered?

Eight at last count: United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Australia. Coverage tracks what Google's Transparency Center exposes; we add regions as Google rolls them out.

Can I see how often a competitor wins the auction against me?

No — that's auction-insights data, which is private to your account. For that view, look at the auction insights report inside Google Ads itself. Competitor Intelligence is positioned upstream: what creatives are they running and where, not how they're stacking up in your auction.

Does this work for any advertiser?

Any advertiser whose ad library is published in one of the 8 covered regions. If a domain isn't in Transparency Center, the search returns empty — which is itself a useful signal (small advertiser, or not running ads in covered regions).

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