Jeff, Thanks for the update. Just to clarify, does this change affect the NetworkTargeting setting? So if the campaign is only targeting the search network, this change should have no effect?
-Bryan On Sep 17, 7:44 am, AdWords API Advisor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for bringing up this behavior, and apologies for any > inconvenience or confusion this may have caused. As of last week, > regardless of what value is set for enableSeparateContentBids in the > addCampaign()/addCampaignList() call, the new AdWords campaign will be > created with the enableSeparateContentBids value set to true. > > While you can currently make a call to updateCampaign() and manually > set this value to false, last week's change to the default behavior of > new campaigns was made in anticipation of a larger change that is in > the works for the AdWords API. We are planning on changing the > behavior of the enableSeparateContentBids campaign attribute in v12 of > the AdWords API so that it is always set to true. > > Here's a rundown of the implications for developers of this planned > change: > > If you currently have an existing campaign with > enableSeparateContentBids set to false, then your campaign will > automatically have this attribute swtiched to true once this change > goes live. The keywordContentMaxCpc values of the ad groups in such a > campaign will default to 0, though, meaning that the keywordMaxCpc bid > value will be used instead. This effectively means that the campaign > will behave as it previously did, with the keywordMaxCpc bid used for > both the search and content networks. > > If you currently have an existing campaign with > enableSeparateContentBids set to true, your campaign's settings will > remain the same once this change goes live and any > keywordContentMaxCpc bids in ad groups will continue to be used for > the content network. If an ad group doesn't have an explicit > keywordContentMaxCpc set then the keywordMaxCpc value will continue to > be used for both the search and content network as before. > > The most noticeable difference takes place if you make an > updateCampaign()/updateCampaignList() call on a campaign and set > enableSeparateContentBids to false in your update. First of all, the > enableSeparateContentBids attribute will continue to be returned as > true--it will not be possible to set this to false. Additionally, the > value of the keywordContentMaxCpc attribute in any ad groups in that > camapaign will be set to 0, which will effectively disable separate > content bids and ensure that that default keywordContentCpc value is > used instead. This means that the end result will be the same behavior > as what would previously happen if enableSeparateContentBids were > false. Please do note that the previous value of keywordContentMaxCpc > in each ad group will be wiped out in the process. > > There will be an official update to the documentation to reflect all > this when the changes go live, but it's important enough that we > wanted to give everyone a heads-up in advance. > > We expect the changes mentioned above to be implemented next week, > around September 23. I'll post again when the changes are live. > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Sep 15, 4:04 pm, bryanjj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have seen this as well. Anyone have any ideas on what is wrong and > > when it will be fixed? > > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > > On Sep 12, 12:27 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > When I add a new campaign using the api, my request includes a > > > Campaign with enableSeparateContentBids = false, but the Campaign in > > > the addCampaignList response has enableSeparateContentBids = true. > > > > Any ideas ? Are there other Campaign settings that might cause this to > > > happen ? I am using api v12, java / axis. I can post the soap request > > > if that is helpful, > > > > thanks, > > > -j > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
