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The policy restricts the business name field in applicable ad formats to the advertiser's domain, recognized business name, or promoted downloadable app name, and prohibits the use of promotional language in that field.
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This provision creates a discrete approval gate for advertiser identity disclosure in ad formats that require a business name field. Campaigns using product names, taglines, or DBAs that do not map to a recognized business name or domain may be disapproved.
Interpretive note: The policy does not define the criteria by which Google determines whether a name qualifies as the 'recognized name of the advertiser,' which may create ambiguity for sub-brands or product-level campaigns.
Under this clause, ads on the Google Ad Network must identify the advertiser by its domain, recognized name, or app name in the business name field. This provision supports user-facing disclosure of the advertising entity behind a given ad.
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"Providing a business name that is anything other than the domain, the recognized name of the advertiser, or the promoted downloadable app. Using promotional language in the business name field.Excerpt from Google Ads's Editorial and Technical Requirements
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages FTC guidance on advertiser identification and disclosure in digital advertising. The requirement to name the recognized advertiser or domain in the business name field aligns with general principles of truthful advertising disclosure, though the document does not cite FTC rules explicitly. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Advertisers operating multiple brands, DBAs, or product-specific campaigns under a single Google Ads account may face repeated disapprovals if business name field usage is not standardized against the recognized name or domain. Agencies managing multi-client accounts should audit business name field population across all active campaigns. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: The EU Digital Services Act imposes additional transparency requirements for online advertising, including advertiser identity disclosure. This provision's requirement to use a recognized business name aligns directionally with DSA advertiser identification requirements, though DSA compliance involves separate legal obligations beyond this editorial policy. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Agencies purchasing Google Ads inventory on behalf of clients should confirm that the business name field reflects the client's recognized name or domain, not the agency name or a campaign-specific label, to avoid disapprovals that could disrupt campaign delivery. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should conduct a review of business name field usage across all active ad formats that require this field. Where brand campaigns use product names or sub-brands, teams should assess whether those names qualify as the 'recognized name of the advertiser' under Google's enforcement interpretation.
This provision creates a discrete approval gate for advertiser identity disclosure in ad formats that require a business name field. Campaigns using product names, taglines, or DBAs that do not map to a recognized business name or domain may be disapproved.
Under this clause, ads on the Google Ad Network must identify the advertiser by its domain, recognized name, or app name in the business name field. This provision supports user-facing disclosure of the advertising entity behind a given ad.
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