So far, only the US. On Sep 2, 2014 7:01 AM, <adwords-api@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan, > > Sorry to hear that this work around won't be feasible for you. I'll ask > the shopping team again if there's any way to produce the mapping between > the two category taxonomies. For which countries would you need the mapping? > > Thanks, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and discussion group: > http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/ > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > On 08/29/14 14:01:37 jonathan...@datapop.com wrote: > > This doesn't really help us since our customers are dictating what they > what their feed to look like and how to bid on it. We have to execute as > they specify. > We already made our own mapping between the taxonomies, but again, it's > not ideal since any change on either side will break it. If you guys could > provide a service that returns the product bidding category id based on a > google_product_category string, that would probably be ideal... > > > Regards, > Jonathan Wu > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:12 AM, <adwords-api@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, > > We have an idea for a work-around to this problem and I was wondering if > you would be willing to give it a shot. The idea is to use ProductType > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/CampaignCriterionService.ProductType>-based > bidding instead of ProductBiddingCategory > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/CampaignCriterionService.ProductBiddingCategory> > -based bidding. > > *ProductType* is not tied to a predefined category taxonomy -- the > categories are completely defined by the user when uploading his products > to Merchant Center. As a result, bidding based on *ProductType* does not > have the same category mismatch issues as *ProductBiddingCategory*-based > bidding. > > The work-around is as follows: > > 1. Update your existing Merchant Center products > <https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/188494?hl=en> (either > through the API or the UI), copying the Merchant Center > *google_product_category* into the *product_type* for each product. > For new products and ongoing changes to existing products, modify your feed > upload so that you populate *product_type* with the same values that > you use for *google_product_category*. > 2. Create your ProductPartitions > > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/AdGroupCriterionService.ProductPartition> > using ProductType > > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/AdGroupCriterionService.ProductType> > dimensions > that correspond to the *product_type* values in your feed. > > If you are relying on Merchant Center to automatically populate > *google_product_category* based on the other attributes of your products, > then step 1 above could be somewhat difficult, as you'll have to first > upload your feed, then retrieve the products to find each one's > *google_product_category*, and then upload your feed again with those > values copied to the *product_type* field. On the other hand, if you are > already specifying the *google_product_category* in your feeds, then this > work-around should be relatively straightforward. > > If you're willing to give this a shot, please let me know. I would > recommend trying this on a small Merchant Center account or a small subset > of products in your Merchant Center account first just as a > proof-of-concept. If all goes well then you can expand the approach to a > larger set of products. > > Thanks, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and discussion group: > http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/ > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > On 08/14/14 16:17:09 jonathan...@datapop.com wrote: > > Any update on this? > > > Regards, > Jonathan Wu > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) < > adwordsapiadvisor+j...@google.com> wrote: > > Thanks for clarifying. I'm still waiting for some people to get back to me > on the differences between the two category sets. 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