Hi, Your test results are consistent with that I was seeing. Thanks for taking the time to investigate this and share your findings!
Best, - Eric On Oct 1, 10:32 am, "j.e.frank" <j.e.fr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification, it is confusing. The radio > choice looks like it should be irrelevant if the checkbox is > unchecked, since it is grayed out, and logically it does not apply > since you are not doing any content targeting. What you are saying is > that it has no effect on the actual ad serving, but it does affect the > networks that are returned in the API. > > To investigate further, I did a little experiment to see what networks > were returned under the possible states of the checkbox and radio > buttons. I was only looking at the Content portion of the settings > (both Search boxes were always checked, and so the targeted networks > always included GOOGLE_SEARCH and SEARCH_NETWORK). Here are the > results. The top radio button is the one labeled "Relevant pages > across the entire network" and the bottom radio button is the one > labeled "Relevant pages only on the placements I manage". I'm just > posting these results in case anyone else is confused by this issue > like I was. > > State 1 > --------- > Checkbox: Checked > Radio: Top > Networks: CONTENT_NETWORK, CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL > > State 2 -- the one that got me confused initially > --------- > Checkbox: Unchecked > Radio: Top (grayed out) > Networks: CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL > > State 3 > --------- > Checkbox: Checked > Radio: Bottom > Networks: CONTENT_NETWORK > > State 4 > --------- > Checkbox: Unchecked > Radio: Bottom (grayed out) > Networks: none > > So in effect, the radio button is a toggle for the CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL > network, with top being "on" and bottom being "off". However, its > value doesn't matter if CONTENT_NETWORK is off. > > On Sep 30, 8:01 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > It looks like this is caused by with the AdWords web interface. When > > you uncheck the option "Content network" it removes the network > > "CONTENT_NETWORK". However, if the radio button for "Relevant pages > > across the entire network" was selected, it will not remove > > "CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL" when the "Content network" is unchecked. > > Although confusing, I don't believe that this will effect ad serving, > > as CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL requires CONTENT_NETWORK. > > > Best, > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > On Sep 29, 2:38 pm, "j.e.frank" <j.e.fr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am experimenting the the v2009 API, and I ran into something that I > > > did not expect. I have a campaign in AdWords that is set for Search > > > only, no Contextual or Placements. However, when I call the > > > CampaignTargetService.get method for this campaign, it returns three > > > entries in the NetworkTargetList: > > > > GOOGLE_SEARCH > > > SEARCH_NETWORK > > > CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL > > > > The first two are expected, but the third one is not. I have double- > > > checked the campaign ID and the settings. I don't know if anyone from > > > Google on this forum can tell if this is a bug, or if I am just > > > misunderstanding something. I can provide the Client ID and Campaign > > > ID if that would help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
