Jeff, We are still receiving responses with enableSeparateContentBids = false. What is the status of this change? What is the best way to be notified when the change goes live?
Thanks, Bryan On Sep 17, 5:30 pm, bryanjj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 forenableSeparateContentBidsin the > > addCampaign()/addCampaignList() call, the new AdWords campaign will be > > created with theenableSeparateContentBidsvalue 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 theenableSeparateContentBidscampaign 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 > >enableSeparateContentBidsset 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 > >enableSeparateContentBidsset 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 > >enableSeparateContentBidsto false in your update. First of all, the > >enableSeparateContentBidsattribute 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 ifenableSeparateContentBidswere > > 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 withenableSeparateContentBids= false, but the Campaign in > > > > the addCampaignList response hasenableSeparateContentBids= 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
