Hi Robert, I'm afraid this goes beyond the AdWords API Team's area of expertise. For detailed policy questions, please use one of the following channels:
1. The *Contact Us* link in the AdWords Help Center <https://support.google.com/adwords#topic=3119071> 2. The AdWords Community <https://www.en.adwords-community.com/>, which is monitored by AdWords product experts Thanks, Josh, AdWords API Team On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 10:55:22 AM UTC-4, Robert Rodakowski wrote: > > Hi, > > Let me hook myself up to this question, as I find it very interesting. > Josh, does your second answer mean, that if I had the following final URL > set on ad: > *http://somefinal.com/shopping/?start_date=20150629 > <http://somefinal.com/shopping/?start_date=20150629>* > > and my *external* tracking tool will land on (finally redirect to) > *:* > *http://somefinal.com/shopping/ <http://somefinal.com/shopping/>?* > > *?start_date=20150629&stop_date=20150707* > (let's assume, that stop_date parameter will invoke some tiny change on > landing site) > > will be accepted by Google? I mean, will Google disapprove this ad, as > "landing URL" and final URL are different? I understand that domain policy > is being satisfied here. Only the parameters are different. > > And if Google will disapprove this ad (as far as I understand this similar > to Gopi's first case), than would custom parameters be a solution? So final > URL set on ad would be: > *http://somefinal.com/shopping/?start_date=20150629 > <http://somefinal.com/shopping/?start_date=20150629>{_custom_param1}* > > where* _custom_param1* is set to "stop_date=20150707" on adgroup level, > and than tracking tool may land on: > *http://somefinal.com/shopping/ <http://somefinal.com/shopping/>?* > > *?start_date=20150629&stop_date=20150707* > and Google will accept such state? > > Best regards, > Robert. > > W dniu środa, 17 czerwca 2015 21:27:55 UTC+2 użytkownik Josh Radcliff > (AdWords API Team) napisał: >> >> Hi Gopi, >> >> I think I (finally) understand your original question. Based on what you >> describe, I think you should be fine in terms of the domain check, provided >> that your tracking template ultimately redirects the user to a site on the >> same domain as your display URL. >> >> However, if your content changes based on parameter values, you may >> encounter policy issues if the content doesn't match the ad. >> >> Cheers, >> Josh, AdWords API Team >> >> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 2:23:55 PM UTC-4, Gopi wrote: >>> >>> Josh, >>> >>> Thanks a lot for your reply. But my final url Domain would be the >>> same irrespective of the parameters passed. So i have to give 2 final URLs >>> with and without parameters? >>> >>> As per this documentation just the domain wouldn't suffice? >>> >>> *Check your final URL* to make sure it meets these requirements: >>> * Domain:* The final URL that you enter for your ad needs to use >>> the same domain as your landing page's domain (the website where people >>> actually end up). >>> https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/6021546 >>> >>> Thanks >>> Gopi >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 6:46:53 AM UTC-7, Josh Radcliff (AdWords >>> API Team) wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Gopi, >>>> >>>> It sounds like for your use case, the user may be redirected to *more >>>> than one* final URL. In that case, you should include *all* of the >>>> final URLs in the finalUrls collection >>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201502/AdGroupAdService.Ad#finalUrls>. >>>> >>>> In fact, this is precisely why the *finalUrls* field is a collection >>>> instead of a single value. >>>> >>>> Regarding approvals, the approval process may mark an ad disapproved >>>> after some time, so you should periodically check your account for >>>> disapproved ads. You can do this either by retrieving the >>>> AdGroupAd.approvalStatus >>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201502/AdGroupAdService.AdGroupAd#approvalStatus> >>>> via AdGroupAdService >>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201502/AdGroupAdService>, >>>> >>>> or by running an AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT >>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/ad-performance-report> >>>> that >>>> includes the CreativeApprovalStatus field >>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/ad-performance-report#creativeapprovalstatus>. >>>> >>>> I'd recommend the latter, since report requests are more lightweight. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Josh, AdWords API Team >>>> >>>> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 4:57:18 PM UTC-4, Gopi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> My Ad currently looks like >>>>> >>>>> Display URL : website.com >>>>> Destination URL : >>>>> http://tracker.redirect/?param1=type¶m2=location >>>>> Landing Page: >>>>> local.website.com/index.do?param1=type¶m2=location >>>>> >>>>> Using Upgraded URL >>>>> Display URL: website.com >>>>> FInalUR: local.website.com/index.do >>>>> TrackingTemplate: >>>>> http://tracker.redirect/?param1=type¶m2=location >>>>> >>>>> The user will land on local.website.com, but the based on the >>>>> parameter values passed my drop down or html text might be preselect or >>>>> change accordingly on the same page. Would that content change be >>>>> considered as Disapproved? >>>>> >>>>> Please suggest, what content changes are allowed and what would >>>>> Google consider as content mismatch ? >>>>> >>>>> Some of the Upgraded Ads shows up as approved and after 2 weeks >>>>> they are marked as Disapproved, how would we know if the upgraded Ad is >>>>> Approved or disapproved? Do we need to check their status regularly? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Gopi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. 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