Hi Eric, Anash et al, after lurking for three months and reading almost every post I still have some questions before I can start using the Adwords API with some certainty of that I understand the API correctly. And that I am billed as expected. I've google a lot for the questions below, and hope that they are not too redundant.
1 The current version of the API is V201008, the ratesheet at http://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/adwords/docs/ratesheet.html does not mention that version. Could you update that page for all people like me that want to know for sure what they will have to pay? 2 Am I correct in my understanding of the rate sheet and the functions of the API, that if I only want the local traffic estimate for the last month for a range of keywords, that the TargetingIdeaService, set to 'stat' mode is the cheapest option in terms of API units? And that is 5 per call + 0.1 per keyword, with a maximum of 2000 keywords per call? 3 And that if I want more than just the traffic estimate that the TrafficEstimatorService is needed. For 20 units per Campaign, per ad group and per keyword, independent of how many properties from each selection I query for. E.g. if I would query for all properties for a keyword "dog bed", would I get the Estimated average CPC, Estimated ad position, Estimated daily clicks and Estimated daily cost for this keyword for 20 units? 4 If I want a complete list of all estimates for all keywords for an account, that the trafficestimatorservice only supports a maximum of 500 keywords per campaign and adgroup? See http://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/adwords/docs/reference/latest/TrafficEstimatorService.html . On that page it says "The maximum number of keyword estimate requests across all campaign estimate requests and ad group estimate requests is 500.". Me not being a programmer nor a native English speaker makes that sentence for me a bit difficult. Does this mean that if an ad group contains more than 500 keywords that only the first 500 are returned? 5 If I want a list of all keywords with their match type that the AdGroupCriterionservice is the place to be? And where I am totally in the blind; according to the rate sheet this costs 1 API unit per AdGroupCriterion. Is the criterion "keywords" so the list just costs me 1 unit, or is the criterion 'per keyword' and the cost is equal to the amount of keywords * 1 API unit. 6 Same as question number 5 but for a list of Adgroups. Is the AdGroupService the place to be and does that cost 1 unit per adgroup or 1 unit for the whole list. On a side note, could somebody suggest a good book for the Adwords API. It feels uneffective and annoying to have to scrape together knowledge from this forum and http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/ Thanks in advance and sorry for the long list of questions. Arthur Wetselaar -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 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
