Hey Israel - Negatives can also be campaign-level... but in that case you use a NegativeCampaignCriterion
HTH - mm On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 3:00:18 PM UTC-6, israel epstein wrote: > > I must admit at the outset that I am a bit of a neewb at this, but I have > been struggling with this for hours and I would be so grateful if some one > out there could help... > > I guess I really have two questions, both concerning negative keywords > match types in the google adwords api. > > > 1. I understand that there are three basic match_types PHRASE, EXACT, > BROAD., so my question is, how do you designate a keyword as NEGATIVE? > 2. I am currently working on a project that involves two steps. 1. > someone enters keyword into database surrounded by match type symbols > (+,[],",-) 2. I wrote a program that *strips those symbols *and > writes the keyword to google adwords with the appropriate match type. > question: I noticed that on the google adwords dashboard the keywords > reappear with the same symbols that I had previously stripped off, does > this mean I might as well leave them on in the first place? and could this > be the answer to my first question, i.e. that I need simple leave the > minus > sign on the keyword, designate it as broad and send it? > > as mentioned above, I have been struggling with this for quiet some time > and would be ever so grateful for any assistance... > thanks so much and merry Christmas! > > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 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
