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Show HN: See every Google ad any company is running (free, no signup)

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Festro · 1786031670 · focus · HN ↗
Yes, <a href="https://adstransparency.google.com/" rel="nofollow">https://adstransparency.google.com/ exists. What does your freemium site offer that's any different from that or what someone can vibecode?
1. yodon · 1786033135 · focus · HN ↗
  Google doesn't ship an API for general purpose ad transparency data, so various 3rd party services exist to fill the gap (like this one?).
  For anyone interested in this space, see for example [0].
  [0]<a href="https://adlibrary.com/posts/google-ads-transparency-center-api" rel="nofollow">https://adlibrary.com/posts/google-ads-transparency-center-a...
  1. vaytric_tools · 1786098137 · focus · HN ↗
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2. tradi3 · 1786033464 · focus · HN ↗
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3. vaytric_tools · 1786096304 · focus · HN ↗
  Fair question. Google ATC is the source of truth; this is a thin UX layer on top of it:
  1) Search by brand/common name, not only the legal entity Google filed under (Nike vs Nike Retail BV style mismatches). 2) Rank candidates by live ad count so you pick the right advertiser faster. 3) One-click CSV of creatives (free sample on the page; full dump for people who don't want to script ATC).
  If ATC already works for your workflow, use ATC. This is for people who want the lookup + export without writing a scraper. Happy to hear what would make the free tier more useful.

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