Hi Shaun, Unfortunately, I think the approach you outlined is your only option if you are looking for traffic estimates.
Thanks, Josh, AdWords API Team On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 1:48:24 PM UTC-5, Shaun Greer wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Josh, my programmer and I have reviewed the traffic > estimator api and do not see any easy way to receive a "top of page bid" > for a keyword in a specific location. In order to get a top of page bid it > looks like you would have to send a request with a CPC, receive the Avg. > Position back, and then keep doing this until you receive a Avg. Position > back from the api greater than 3. It this correct? > > I see that in the Adwords reports you can add a column "top of page bid" > and it will give you the CPC bid price to be in one of the top positions. > Is this information available via traffic estimator api? > Thank you, > > On Monday, December 8, 2014 7:29:35 AM UTC-7, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API > Team) wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'd recommend using the TrafficEstimatorService >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201409/TrafficEstimatorService>. >> >> See our Estimating Traffic guide >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/traffic-estimator-service> >> for >> a full explanation/walkthrough of the service. In particular, this >> section >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/traffic-estimator-service#search_for_new_keywords_and_ad_group_ideas> >> discusses >> how to set up criteria for specific locations. Each client library also >> contains an example of using this service in the *EstimateKeywordTraffic* >> example >> in the *optimization* folder (e.g., the Java example is here >> <https://github.com/googleads/googleads-java-lib/blob/master/examples/adwords_axis/src/main/java/adwords/axis/v201409/optimization/EstimateKeywordTraffic.java> >> ). >> >> Cheers, >> Josh, AdWords API Team >> >> On Thursday, December 4, 2014 10:22:29 PM UTC-5, Shaun Greer wrote: >>> >>> What is the best way to find the estimated CPC bid price for a top of >>> page (top 3 spots) placement for different locations in the U.S. I have >>> approximately 3,400 locations I want to get this avg. CPC bid price for. If >>> possible I would like to use an existing campaign/Adgroups/keywords to do >>> it. I think this information is available on the detailed reports, but I >>> would like to fetch this info via API. >>> Thanks, >>> >> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/e6308667-bba9-47e3-91cf-b03def48dada%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
