Many thanks for that Josh :) On Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:29:41 PM UTC+1, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi Giles, > > Please see my comments below in blue. > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:06:17 PM UTC-4, Giles Bodger wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have several questions re Feeds >> >> Am i right in saying that you cant actually create a Feed via the web >> dashboard, and that it only happens via the dashboard if you create a >> FeedItem, like a Sitelink for example, and a Feed is created automatically >> for you ? I appreciate that you can choose a Feed for a Sitelink FeedItem >> to go in, but if there is no Sitelink Feed created just yet - what happens >> as far as Feed creation is concerned. >> > You are correct -- you can only create a Feed using the API, not the UI. > However, if you have an account with no Feeds and you add sitelink > extensions (for example) through the UI, the UI will automatically create a > Feed for you named 'Main sitelink feed'. You can identify feeds created by > AdWords by looking for Feeds where Feed.origin > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/FeedService.Feed#origin> > = ADWORDS. > >> >> Can i ask why i have 2 Sitelink Feeds for a partuicular account - 1 >> called "Sitelinks feed" that was created via the API and 1 called "Main >> sitelink feed"? I am guessing that the latter was created by Google as a >> default feed. >> > The UI will automatically create the 'Main sitelink feed' the first time > anyone edits sitelinks on the *Ad extensions* tab. > >> I am assuming this because with another account, I have created a Review >> extension without creating a Review Feed specifically and when I use the >> FeedService to look at all the ACTIVE feeds for an account I get an >> additional Feed which is named "Main review feed" so i am presuming that >> default Feeds are named "Main [Placeholder] feed" - is this correct? >> > Yes, that is correct, although I would recommend using the Feed.origin > field to detect system-defined feeds rather than rely on a naming > convention. > >> >> To further compound my understanding i am also getting another Feed on my >> call to the FeedService and this has a name "Social" - i understand what >> this contains, Social FeedItems, but not having created it via the API why >> is it just called "Social" and not "Main social feed" - and then further to >> this, the docs here >> >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/placeholders >> >> explain there is no "Social" feed type >> >> Also when i look at all the Active feed mappings for the account, i get >> none that match with the "Social" named Feed's FeedID >> > Social feeds are a relatively new concept and are quite unique. These > feeds are for *Showing ads with your Google+ page endorsements* > <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/1722132?hl=en>, and from what > I understand, the linkage is actually performed from your Google+ account, > not your AdWords account, so the usual Customer/Campaign/AdGroupFeed setup > may not apply. At this time we do not have any support for these feeds > through the API, so it's probably best to just ignore those feeds for the > time being. > >> >> >> many thanks in advance >> >> Giles >> >
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