CampaignAdExtensionError and AdParam error not part of .NET client library

2010-09-13 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hello, In .NET for some reason the wsdl generated AdWordsApi.cs files do not generate all the Error classes. For example the CampaignAdExtensionError and AdParam error classes are missing and so are their related Reason enums. They are not included in the official .Net library either. So far I ha

"Fault occurred while processing." when doing bidtransition test

2010-09-07 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
We test a campaign for conversion optimizer eligibility by doing a bidtransition test (validateOnly). On some of the campaigns we get a high level soap error. It seems to happen on campaigns that run ACE (Advanced Campaign Experiment) Soap response: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";>

Reporting by ad extension. Does it exist?

2010-08-17 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hello, Is there any way to get cost stats per AdExtension through V201003 reports? Thanks -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

Regex to invalidate invalid criterion characters

2010-07-21 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi All, Can anyone share what kind of regex can be used to check for invalid characters in keyword texts. I have been using this so far: ([^\d\p{Lm}\w#$&"_\x2D\x20'+./:]) but it doesn't seem to cover all valid Asian characters (e.g. some Thai characters). Thanks -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

Re: Getting UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR when doing exemption requests.

2010-07-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
is working on it. > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Jul 15, 5:32 am, "Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)" > > wrote: > > Hi API Team, > > > I am getting internal errors when adding 3 criteria with exemption > > requests. I have a sl

Getting UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR when doing exemption requests.

2010-07-15 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi API Team, I am getting internal errors when adding 3 criteria with exemption requests. I have a slight suspicion that it might be because it's one criteria in 3 match types asking for the same request 3 times, and that this somehow messes up the validation server side. Below is the SOAP reques

AdExtension stats and addresses in

2010-06-01 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hello, First question: In the Adwords Interface we have access to stats per adextension. Is that something that is available in the v2010 beta API? Second question: In the Adwords Interface you can see the list of addresses related to a LocationSyncExtension. Is it possible to get those addresses

Re: LINE_TOO_WIDE error but < 25 characters

2010-05-21 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Asian characters count for 2. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 su

Re: Getting UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR when doing exemption requests.

2010-05-13 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Thanks for the update Eric, I'll change our code into doing two mutates, operations with and without the exemption requests. Best, Peer -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/gro

Re: Error: 502 Server Error - Sandbox is down ?

2010-05-12 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Alex, Is this on V13 calls? It looks like they ditched sandbox.google.com for V13 and replaced it with the V200909 adwords-sandbox.google.com. So this seems to work: https://adwords-sandbox.google.com/api/adwords/v13/AccountService?wsdl Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

Re: Getting UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR when doing exemption requests.

2010-05-12 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
12, 7:49 am, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hi Peer, > > If you just send me the requestId of the first failed request I look > up the rest of the information in the logs. > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On May 10, 5:34 pm, "Peer Jakobsen (AdWords AP

Re: Occasional WebService exception during communication with AdWords API services

2010-05-11 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
The library implementation of the SoapServiceBase is a partial class. What we do is have a separate cs file with the same namespace and partial class name where we implement our own retry logic in the Invoke function. This way your customized Invoke wont be erased whenever you update the library fi

Re: number of advertisers?

2010-05-11 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
This is not available in the API. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 ar

Getting UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR when doing exemption requests.

2010-05-10 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, I have an issue where we sometimes cannot do a keyword exemption request without getting the internal error. In a particular example I try to add 45 keywords and 3 of them fail with an editorial error. If I send back the 45 keyword operation with 3 exemption requests then it will fail with an

Re: Error ADDing a new Campaign -- BUDGET_PERIOD_NOT_AVAILABLE

2010-04-29 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
The MONTHLY budget period is a legacy value. It's not allowed on new campaigns. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

Re: CANNOT_TARGET_AND_EXCLUDE

2010-04-28 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
This would happen if you have a bidableadgroupcriterion with the same text as the negative criterion in that adgroup I believe having [a text for this keyword] and -a text for this keyword in the same adgroup is not allowed. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you

Re: Pause Campaign error in .NET

2010-04-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You will need to set idSpecified to true otherwise the ID is not passed which obviously wouldn't work on a set operation campanha.id = Id_Adwords campanha.idSpecified = True To activate soap tracing in .NET you could use the lib \traceextension.cs in the .net API Client Library. You would have to

Re: keywordMaxCpc and keywordContentMaxCpc

2010-04-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You can set this by setting the bids property on the adgroup object. In your case the bids object would be of the type ManualCPCAdGroupBids http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/AdGroupService.ManualCPCAdGroupBids.html -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have y

Re: Update NegativeCampaignCriterion?

2010-04-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
There aren't really any properties on a NegativeCampaignCriterion where it makes sense to update. So to answer your question, updates are not allowed. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our bl

Re: ReadOnlyError.READ_ONLY exception on AdGroupCriterionService mutate call

2010-04-21 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
I have only seen this when using an ADD operator. Are you 100% sure that these are SET operations? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.

Re: Confusion with docs & Reactivating ENDED campaign

2010-04-21 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
No end date is the same as sending: 20371231 So maybe you could try sending that value. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http:/

Re: No stats for keywords for display ads targeting content network?

2010-04-21 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Content click stats are only provided down to the Adgroup/Ad level. Not on the keyword level. This is how adwords works, and is not related to any API constraints. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find

FAILED_TO_AUTHENTICATE_GOOGLE_ACCOUNT

2010-04-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, We are seeing this error "FAILED_TO_AUTHENTICATE_GOOGLE_ACCOUNT" randomly. The client email is valid, and any subsequent sync operations works just fine. Is this more of an intermittent error where the adwords servers just couldn't authenticate for a brief period of time. I need to know this

Re: How to access a specific campaign's GeoTargetList targets

2010-04-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Each targetlist has a property called "targets" which contains the array of targets. This property is not available on the abstract TargetList class. It is only available on the specific types, e.g. GeoTargetList.targets: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/CampaignTargetServi

Re: How to access a specific campaign's GeoTargetList targets

2010-04-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
When it comes to GET then the only selector filter you can set are the campaignIds. There is no way to only receive one type of targets (e.g. geotargets). Also, there is no way to receive only one type of geotargets (e.g. cities). -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you mig

Re: Remaketing list

2010-04-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Remarketing lists (or audiences) are not supported in V200909. Even worse, if your adgroup contains and audience then you wont be able to do any calls on that adgroup without getting errors. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on

Re: How to access a specific campaign's GeoTargetList targets

2010-04-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You can send whatever collection of targetlists in the mutate. Those targetlists can be for mulitple campaigns for the same mutate. You don't need to send all targetlists types (Language, Geo, Demograhic etc) at the same time. Let's say you want to update geotargets on 5 campaigns. In that case yo

Re: How to access a specific campaign's GeoTargetList targets

2010-04-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You will always receive all target types for the campaign. There is no way to get only the GeoTargets. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsa

AdWords API Re: Sandbox UI

2010-04-14 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
There is no sandbox UI. Good luck! -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

AdWords API Re: ConversionOptimizer, BudgetOptimizer and the Adwords GUI

2010-04-12 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Thanks Eric, This makes sense. One last question. Where are the pricingModel for CLICKS and IMPRESSIONS available in the GUI? Is it only the CONVERSIONS model that is available in the GUI? Thanks -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunse

AdWords API ConversionOptimizer, BudgetOptimizer and the Adwords GUI

2010-04-12 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hello, I have 3 questions related to the campaign bidding strategies. The ConversionOptimizer with pricingModel "Clicks", does that correspond to the GUI selection "Focus on Clicks" without setting a CPC bid limit? The BudgetOptimizer, does that correspond to the GUI selection "Focus on Clicks"

AdWords API Re: AccountInfo.timeZoneId

2010-04-01 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Google is using the TZ standard used by most people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone.tab Here is an example of someone who has developed a sort of .NET timezone converter: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Using_time_zones_in_NET.aspx -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have

AdWords API Re: Getting criterion from keyword or placement

2010-04-01 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
No, the selector only allows filtering on campaignid, adgroupid and criterionid. Running an account structure report is another way of getting all your criteria and it only cost you 500 quotas to get a full account. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909

AdWords API Maximum number of results before using paging

2010-04-01 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
I would like to know whether I need to use paging or not. When we call CampaignCriterionService. get we always pass a selector that filters on a single campaign. This means that the max number of results we can get is 1 (max number of negatives allowed by adwords in a single campaign). Is that

AdWords API Re: Automatic account generation

2010-03-31 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You can have more than 25 active campaigns in one account. Just call your Google account rep and get it increased to 100. There is an account creation API, but it's not publicly accessible. You have to be an Adwords reseller to get access to that API. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

AdWords API Re: No data in the report dwonload url

2010-03-30 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Are you using the sandbox? If so, then there wont be any data returned in any sandbox account reports. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogs

AdWords API Re: Ad Schedule Target: Time Zones or UTC

2010-03-30 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
All date and time properties are in relation to the account time zone. So it wont be UTC unless you choose GMT as timezone when you created the account. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our

AdWords API Re: Adding API Only to account with own API

2010-03-30 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
An account can be linked to two MCCs at the same time. Your client is probably linked as user interface and API which leaves you the API only slot. So no worry, you can both be linked without any mutual impact. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet?

AdWords API Re: Keyword update using v2009

2010-03-26 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
On SET operations you can use the Criterion object instead of the Keyword/Placement objects. That way you only have to pass the criterion id. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blo

AdWords API Type of errors when max number of entities have been reached.

2010-03-26 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
In adwords you have all kind of size limits: Max number of campaigns in account Max number of adgroups Max number of criteria Max number of ads ... What error types can we expect to see when those limits are reached? I can see this AdGroupAdCountLimitExceeded, but what about the other limits? Fo

AdWords API Re: Operator.ADD not supported in CampaignTargetService

2010-03-26 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
I think the reason is that a campaign always exist with all targetlists there, even after newly creation. They might be empty, but they are always there. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find u

AdWords API Re: PolicyViolationKey

2010-03-26 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Pete, I am not sure if that is the only way to do it, but that's how we do it and it works. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blog

AdWords API Re: AdGroupAd (missing Ad types) (v13 -> v2009)

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
CommerceAds were never available in production and have been deprecated in V2009 VideoAds are deprecated but similar ads can be created using the TemplateAd. The details on how to use TemplateAds are not really documented (the templateIds and what elements they take). So it will require a lot of

AdWords API Re: ManualCPCAdGroupBids (3 types?)

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
In V13 on CPC campaigns there was: siteMaxCpc on CPM there was: siteMaxCpm which is called maxCpm in V200909 V200909 is much more clean on this as you have specific AdGroupBid types for CPC (ManualCPCAdGroupBids) and CPM (ManualCPMAdGroupBids). It sounds like you are using .NET so you could use

AdWords API Re: BulkMutateService - How to cancel or close a waiting job for more parts

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
There is no way to cancel jobs but you can get the jobs started by setting BulkMutateJob.numRequestParts = BulkMutateJob.numRequestPartsReceived Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our

AdWords API Re: ManualCPCAdGroupBids (3 types?)

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
All 3 can potentially be set. keywordMaxCpc = default bid on your keywords keywordContentMaxCpc = bid in content match siteMaxCpc = default bid on your placements Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. A

Re: AdWords API Don't need to add clients to MCC in v2009

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You have both options. If the account is somehow linked in to your MCC then you authenticate with the MCC login/password and pass the clientEmail or customerId in the soap headers of the account you want to access. If you use the login/password of the account to get your authentication token, the

AdWords API Re: how can a get a TargetList using a Campaign? (v2009)

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
I think setCampaignIds is some java way of setting properties. In .NET just do like this: CampaignTargetSelector campaignTargetSelector = new CampaignTargetSelector(); campaignTargetSelector.campaignIds = idList.ToArray(); -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

AdWords API Re: BillingException: Not agreed to latest AdWords terms and conditions

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You have to login to this specific account and accept the terms and conditions. If you login with a direct login, you should be presented with a T&C screen right away. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also

AdWords API Re: AdWords limits increaded by using the API?

2010-03-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
The limits are the same using UI or API. You could ask your Google Account representive to increase the limits. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http:/

AdWords API Re: Campaign settings v200909

2010-03-22 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
The advanced settings are not available. It looks like they will be included with the next version as some kind of new MobileTarget. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion

AdWords API Re: Campaign settings v200909

2010-03-22 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Devices are set using the PlatformTarget: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/CampaignTargetService.PlatformTarget.html I don't think you can turn on/off position pref bidding in v200909, but it looks like it will be included in the next version. Cheers, Peer -- =~=~=~=~=~

AdWords API Re: v2009 CampaignService: no username/password?

2010-03-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You need to pass an authentication token in the request headers, instead of username/password. This is documented here: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/headers.html -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22,

AdWords API BiddableAdGroupCriterion bids - default bid vs. not updated

2010-03-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, If bids are not set on the BiddableAdGroupCriterion does that mean that the mutation does not change the bid? E.g. if I only want to change a keyword URL during a mutation can I just leave the bids not set? If this is the case, then what is the method to remove bids so that the BiddableAdGrou

AdWords API Re: how can I set maxCpc in Keyword object?

2010-03-18 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Based on your other post it looks like you think that migrating to v2009 is as simple as migration from V12 to V13 was. The classes in V2009 have completely different structures, so I suggest you use the documentation to get a good overview of the changes. Nothing can be reused. For example bids

AdWords API Re: v200909 client library has Keyword class but no Website class?

2010-03-18 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
It's called Placement in V2009. http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/AdGroupCriterionService.Placement.html Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussi

AdWords API BidLandscapeService, can we use it in production?

2010-03-18 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Is it OK if we start using the V201002 BidLandScapeService? I don't see it documented anywhere, but usage looks pretty straightforward. Thanks -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and

AdWords API Audiences (uservertical) support in v2009

2010-03-17 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, What are the support for audiences in V2009? In V13 all soap requests fails on an adgroup if it contains an audience. Will they show up as uservertical:x or using their "real" name. Can we get a reference data file in the sample libraries similar to the categories.csv file. Thanks -- =~=~=

AdWords API Re: ad edit error

2010-03-16 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
It would help if you posted the soap request. If it's an ADD operation then the id should not be included in the soap request. If it is an update (SET operation) then remember that the only property you can update is the status. When doing updates I think you have to pass an Ad object in the AdGro

AdWords API Re: mutate and errors

2010-03-16 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
The whole request will be ignored (nothing will get updated). You can then set exemption requests on the failed operations and then resend the whole operation array or you can remove the operations that failed from the array and resend it. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have

AdWords API Re: Adword API import

2010-03-16 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You can access an adwords account in 2 ways through the API 1. Get their account linked to your MCC and use the clientEmail or accountid to access the account (no need for password) 2. Use a login/password directly (no need to link into your MCC) Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

AdWords API Re: Issue Updating TextAd

2010-03-16 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Only the status property can be updated on ads. If you want to update the other properties then you have to delete and recreate. Cheers -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discuss

AdWords API conversionOptimizerEligibility in v200909

2010-03-04 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
In v13 we could get conversionOptimizerEligibility for a campaign to check whether changing to CPA bids were possible. How is this checked in v200909? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adw

AdWords API conversionOptimizerEligibility in v200909

2010-03-04 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
In v13 we could get conversionOptimizerEligibility for a campaign to check whether changing to CPA bids were possible. How is this checked in v200909? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adw

AdWords API Re: campaign enddate parsing

2010-03-03 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
My guess is that this was changed to avoid any time zone issues. SOAP clients tend to treat timezones differently, add that the timezone is related to the adwords account, this made things pretty complicated when it comes to have valid start dates/end dates. -- You received this message because y

AdWords API Re: V2009 API SOAP/XML Examples?

2010-03-02 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
You could take any of the client libraries, activate soap logging and then just run all the tests. That should give you lots of samples. Cheers -- 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-..

AdWords API Re: AdWordsUser Missing Constructor

2010-02-24 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
In Bisual Studio you can right click the class name, and chose "Go to definition". This will list all the files where your partial class is defined. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adword

AdWords API Re: category booking in v2009

2010-02-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Eric, This was supported in v13 so whats the best practice on dealing with this in v200909. How is this going to show up when getting criteria from adgroups that have category placements? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" gro

AdWords API Re: All keywords above a specific click count

2010-02-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
There is no way to filter on stats but you could try to run an account structure report. Cheers -- 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-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this gro

AdWords API Re: AdParam greater than 1000

2010-02-11 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
This is a known issue. Check out this thread for the details: http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/4845ba0260c3394d/fc24ed8aacf22b85?lnk=gst&q=adparam#fc24ed8aacf22b85 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" grou

AdWords API Re: Authentication token and requests per second

2010-02-05 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Eric, Nothize, Thanks for your feedback.I will implement handling expired tokens in the proxy layer. I am still a bit worried about having a large number of processes running in parallel sending requests to the API, all getting a token expired exception at the same time and all asking for a fre

AdWords API Re: Authentication token and requests per second

2010-02-04 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
One more question. What error reason can I expect when a token expires. I can see that if I put some random value I get this: GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_COOKIE_INVALID It that the error reason that should trigger getting a new fresh token? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

AdWords API Authentication token and requests per second

2010-02-04 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
When doing sandbox tests yesterday I learned that calling the google clientlogin with a too high frequency gives a temporary permission denied. Our platform is highly distributed and I would rather not have the individual sync processes dealing with authentication token issues. My preferred solut

AdWords API Re: Text changes in Ad

2010-02-04 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Only the status of the ad can be updated. For the text properties you have to delete the ad and recreate it. -- 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-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe f

AdWords API Re: The request failed with HTTP status 405: Method Not Allowed

2010-02-03 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, I remember I had an issue like this when I used an app.config that didn't have the AdWordsApi config section. This resulted in the servicefactory creating services with URLs equal null and hence your SOAP requests gets sends to http://localhost which respond with this 405. Cheers -- You rec

AdWords API Re: AdParams - INVALID_INSERTION_TEXT_FORMAT

2010-02-02 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, The AdParam.insertionText need to follow a very specific format. You can see it here: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/AdParamService.AdParam.html If you still can't get it working then post the SOAP trace here. Cheers -- You received this message because you are su

AdWords API Re: Geo targeting for v200909

2010-02-02 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, The V13 codes does seem to work with v200909. You can see the full v200909 reference codes in any of the client libraries (in the data folder). Region is the same as province. The polygon target is similar to the proximity target, but instead of covering a circle with a specific radius the ta

AdWords API Uniqueness of Ad IDs

2010-01-18 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, I am trying to track conversions for site links, product plus box links etc. Essentially clicks that originate from URLs that are not ad or keyword URLs. To tie the conversion back to the correct keyword and ad i was thinking about using the {creative} and {keyword} tags in the URL. The proble

AdWords API AdExtensionOverrideService.LocationExtension in AdExtensionOverride operations

2010-01-05 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, In the adwords interface ad extensions can only be created in the campaign settings. You can then chose to use a single ad extension on an ad by chosing one of the campaign level extensions. Why does the API need to have the full AdExtension object passed in the AdExtensionOverride object? Are

AdWords API Removing a criterion level bid

2009-12-08 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, In the V200909 documentation the bidsource is defined as read only: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/AdGroupCriterionService.ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids.html How do I remove the criterion level bid so that the default adgroup level bid is used? Do I just set the Bid

AdWords API Video ads in V200x API

2009-12-08 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, We currently manage video ads through V13. When V13 is sunsetting, can we expect to have video ads in the V200x APIs? Or are video ads simply being deprecated? Thanks, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this gr

AdWords API Re: The request is trying to modify an entity enabled for a feature not supported by v13 of API.

2009-11-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Eric, That fixed the issue on that campaign. May I ask what incompatible feature we had enabled? Would this also happen on V2009? I am still seeing the issue on the campaign with ID: 42181513 SOAP request that fails for the other campaign: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:x

AdWords API Re: The request is trying to modify an entity enabled for a feature not supported by v13 of API.

2009-11-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
One more thing. Neither our account manager or our client remember activating anything special on those campaigns. We have definitely been able to do updates previously. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group,

AdWords API Re: The request is trying to modify an entity enabled for a feature not supported by v13 of API.

2009-11-20 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Eric, I just checked this and yes you are right, the updateCampaign does not work either. Among the thousands of campaigns our platform manage I only see this issue on two campaigns with IDs: 43025563 42181513 The campaigns are in two different client accounts. Thanks, Peer -- You receive

AdWords API Re: The request is trying to modify an entity enabled for a feature not supported by v13 of API.

2009-11-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Eric, Yes I have been able to access it. I can still do getCampaign etc. It's just the updateCriteria that no longer works. Thanks, Peer -- 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-...@

AdWords API Re: Support for Ad Sitelinks via API?

2009-11-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Jay, Both the {keyword} and the {creative} tags works for sitelinks Cheers, Peer -- 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-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send e

AdWords API The request is trying to modify an entity enabled for a feature not supported by v13 of API.

2009-11-19 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi API Team, Why are we getting this error (feature not supported by v13) for the below SOAP request? http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> https://adwords.google.

AdWords API Can QS be preserved when moving keywords to another adgroup

2009-05-29 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, I read this blogs: http://www.freshthinkingbusiness.com/google-adwords-quality-score.html In paragraph 8, it says that through adwords editor you can preserve keyword quality score by cut and pasting a keyword from one adgroup to another. Is it possible to do the same through the API v13?

AdWords API Bump on impression share feature request

2009-04-08 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi API team, Could you guys please reconsider adding the impression share stats to the columns available in the campaign report? It's very frustrating that we have to pull this data into our system through clumsy emailed reports. I really hope we can get this released as part of V13. Thanks, P

AdWords API Is the sandbox down right now?

2009-03-10 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Is any one else having problems using the sand box? Everything worked fine a couple of hours ago and now I get "An internal error has occurred. Please retry your request." on all types of requests. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

AdWords API Re: How to ConversionOptimizerEligibility = true in sandbox

2009-02-06 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Jeff, Then I have a feature request :-) If campaign name contains a certain text string then let ConversionOptimizerEligibility be true. Thanks, Peer --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API

AdWords API How to ConversionOptimizerEligibility = true in sandbox

2009-02-05 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi API support team, If we want to test the conversion optimizer data in the sandbox how can we get a test campaign where ConversionOptimizerEligibility is true. Thanks, Peer Jakobsen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to t

AdWords API Re: "five sandbox client accounts are automatically created" - HOW?

2009-02-02 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Jeff, Our old sandbox account started behaving the way described above. So I followed your advice and created a new one, but I still see the "internal error" message for some SOAP calls like adding a campaign. Our test scripts ran just fine last Friday, so I think something weird is going on i

AdWords API Category placements and the {placement} tag

2009-01-28 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Support Team, I know this might not be an API error, but you might know to whom this bug report can be passed. We are starting to have quite a lot of clients that use category placements. First of all I am glad to see that the previous bug where categories showed up as "vertical::108" in the

AdWords API Re: sandbox maxCpm limits?

2009-01-21 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, I see the same behavior in the sand box. I believe it started when we moved to V13, because suddenly our existing test scripts started to fail. The only possible fix was to increase the maxCPMs. Thanks, Peer Jakobsen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this me

AdWords API Re: An internal error has occurred. Please retry your request. in Sandbox

2009-01-07 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi Jeff, I currently see this on the sandbox for AddCriteria and AddAds. Here is a SOAP Request that fails: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> https://adwords.

AdWords API Re: How can we create campaign with city zip code instead City name

2009-01-06 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hi, There is no way to use zip codes for targetting, however you can simulate this by using the ProximityTargets. You would need some reference file to transform zip codes into longitudes and latitudes. Cheers --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message beca

AdWords API Re: "keep alive" equivalent?

2008-12-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Hello, We are also using .NET and have all our webservices reference file inherit from a class that handle a couple of connection problems that you will experience in .NET. Here is the code for that class Imports System Imports System.Net Imports System.Web.Services Imports System.Web.Services.

AdWords API Re: retrieving invoices with adwords api

2008-12-23 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
It is not possible. We have asked for this feature since the release of the API 4 years ago since it could completely automate our invoicing process. thanks On Dec 23, 10:32 am, masterclass wrote: > hi, > > i'd like to import my invoices using this api, is it possible? > > thanks --~--~

AdWords API Re: AdScheduling API usage

2008-12-05 Thread Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)
Rashmi, Google often changes the available list of geotarget codes. We have experienced this error a couple of times this year when targeting Cuba or Iran suddenly disappeared from the list of countries available. Cheers, Peer Jakobsen On Dec 5, 12:17 am, rashmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,

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