Can you advise on the lag for updating ad parameters please ? How long should it take for the update to appear ? For the keyword text "cheap flight madrid" we've performed an update that seemed to work :
[02 Sep 2010 16:33:47,080 - DEBUG] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="http:// www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Header><ns1:RequestHeader soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next"; soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/ adwords/cm/v200909"><ns1:authToken xmlns:ns1="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v200909">******</ ns1:authToken><ns1:clientCustomerId>***-***-4796</ ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:developerToken>****</ ns1:developerToken><ns1:userAgent>AdWords API Java Client Library - v8.1.0 - DMC Digital</ns1:userAgent><ns1:validateOnly>false</ ns1:validateOnly></ns1:RequestHeader></ soapenv:Header><soapenv:Body><mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/ api/adwords/cm/v200909"><operations><operator>SET</ operator><operand><adGroupId>1390826934</ adGroupId><criterionId>17223091</criterionId><insertionText>£59</ insertionText><paramIndex>1</paramIndex></operand></operations></ mutate></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope> [02 Sep 2010 16:33:47,093 - DEBUG] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/ envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v200909"><requestId>4701e5d548c548810b187f1fc48a8241</ requestId><operations>1</operations><responseTime>1106</ responseTime><units>1</units></ResponseHeader></ soap:Header><soap:Body><mutateResponse xmlns="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v200909"><rval><adGroupId>1390826934</adGroupId><criterionId>17223091</ criterionId><insertionText>£59</insertionText><paramIndex>1</ paramIndex></rval></mutateResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope> This should replace the default of £56 with £59. If we then query the ad parameter programmatically it seems to have worked : [02 Sep 2010 16:47:58,918 - DEBUG] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="http:// www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Header><ns1:RequestHeader soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next"; soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/ adwords/cm/v200909"><ns1:authToken xmlns:ns1="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v200909">******</ ns1:authToken><ns1:clientCustomerId>***-***-4796</ ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:developerToken>*******</ ns1:developerToken><ns1:userAgent>AdWords API Java Client Library - v8.1.0 - DMC Digital</ns1:userAgent><ns1:validateOnly>false</ ns1:validateOnly></ns1:RequestHeader></ soapenv:Header><soapenv:Body><get xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/ api/adwords/cm/v200909"><selector><adGroupIds>1390826934</adGroupIds></ selector></get></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope> [02 Sep 2010 16:47:58,941 - DEBUG] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/ envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v200909"><requestId>fdf1a6c18019bb9eef27571bde7f998a</ requestId><operations>1</operations><responseTime>445</ responseTime><units>1</units></ResponseHeader></ soap:Header><soap:Body><getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/ api/adwords/cm/v200909"><rval><entries><adGroupId>1390826934</ adGroupId><criterionId>17223091</criterionId><insertionText>£59</ insertionText><paramIndex>1</paramIndex></entries>...........</rval></ getResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope> But we never actually see that change in the ad itself. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
