Hi Josh, thanks again for your quick reply. To be honest I don't really know whether there will be a lot of these use cases at our company. We're just in the process of preparing our tools to handle Upgraded URLs so we will be ready for the migration in July, and we found the whole topic of multiple final URLs to be somewhat confusing.
Just to make sure I understand correctly, if I get the following line in a PLACEHOLDER_FEED_ITEM_REPORT: Campaign,Attribute Values Campaign Name,This is the link text; ; This is Line 2; This is Line 3; http://example.com/url1; http://example.com/url2; http://example.com/url3; http://tracker.com/tracking-template?param={_custom_var} then there's basically no way to tell whether http://example.com/url2 is the *second* FINAL URL or the *first* FINAL MOBILE URL? Thanks and best regards, Dorian On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 8:04:39 PM UTC+2, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi Dorian, > > The correct field type for *finalURLs* is *URL_LIST*. I'll fix the > documentation accordingly -- thanks for pointing out this inconsistency. > > Regarding parsing the *AttributeValues* field, do you actually have cases > where you are specifying multiple *finalURLs* for feed items? I ask > because the primary use case for that is when your *trackingUrlTemplate* > redirects > a portion of the traffic to one final URL, and the rest to another, which > usually only happens when you're running some sort of landing page > experiment. In the (hopefully) rare cases where you do have multiple final > URLs, report output may be a bit difficult to parse due to the issue you > mentioned. > > As an alternative, you could simply retrieve *FeedId* and *FeedItemId* from > the report, then use either the FeedItemService > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201502/FeedItemService> > > or one of the extension setting services > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/extension-settings> > to get the final URLs. > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 10:56:09 AM UTC-4, Dorian Kind wrote: >> >> Hi Josh, >> >> a quick follow-up about URL lists from Upgraded URLs. >> >> In the Placeholder Feed Item Report, we can get a FeedItem's attribute >> values in the "AttributeValues" field, which contains a semicolon-delimited >> list of the FeedItem's attributes. >> >> Now, for a FeedItem representing a sitelink extension, the 5th attribute >> would contain the final URLs for this sitelink. Apparently they are either >> of data type URL_LIST (according to < >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/placeholders#sitelinks>) >> >> or REPEATED_URL (according to < >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/upgraded-urls>). >> >> I assume that here again, the individual URLs are separated by >> semicolons, but as they're inside the AttributeValues list, which itself is >> separated by semicolons, it seems that it's a bit difficult to parse those >> reports properly (especially as the next attribute in the AttributeValues >> field is final mobile URLs, which again is of type URL_LIST). >> >> Am I missing the point completely or are there any pointers you can >> provide with regards to parsing PLACEHOLDER_FEED_ITEM_REPORT? >> >> Thanks a lot and best regards, >> Dorian >> >> On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 10:28:31 PM UTC+2, Josh Radcliff (AdWords >> API Team) wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dorian, >>> >>> AdWords allows multiple final URLs specifically for the use case where >>> you are *not* including *lpurl* in your tracking template. For example, >>> if your tracking template is directing traffic to a tracker that redirects >>> some traffic to one URL and other traffic to another URL, e.g., for a >>> landing page experiment. >>> >>> If you do have multiple final URLs *and* you are using a tracking >>> template that includes *lpurl*, AdWords will simply pass the first >>> final URL for the *lpurl* parameter value. Also, if you have multiple >>> final URLs and you are *not* using a tracking template at all, AdWords >>> will simply serve the ads with the first final URL as the destination URL. >>> >>> Currently, the UI does not support *adding* multiple final URLs, >>> although you can *view* additional final URLs by hovering over the >>> callout to the right of the *Final URL* entry field, at which point >>> you'll see an *Additional final URLs* tooltip that shows the 2..n final >>> URLs. >>> >>> Regarding reports, the semicolon in your *CreativeFinalUrls* will not >>> be escaped. However, it does appear that there will be a space following >>> the semicolon delimiter, e.g.: >>> >>> "AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT (Apr 22, 2015)" >>> Ad ID,Final URL,Impressions >>> 123456789,http://www.example.com/1?a;b; http://www.example.com/2?c;d,0 >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Josh, AdWords API Team >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 11:16:56 AM UTC-4, Dorian Kind wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello there, >>>> >>>> From the API documentation we know that the final URL fields of Ad >>>> objects ("finalUrls", "finalMobileUrls", "finalAppUrls") are lists. >>>> >>>> I'm having a hard time understanding how ad serving works if there are >>>> multiple final URLs for a given ad, for example, how does Adwords choose >>>> which final URL to use for the "lpurl" parameter? >>>> >>>> Additionally, is there currently any way that one can add multiple >>>> final URLs in the web interface, or is this just possible using the API? >>>> >>>> And lastly, it's mentioned that in reports, values for the final URL >>>> field for a given creative are separated by semicolons. But what if the >>>> URLs themselves contain semicolons (for example, they can be used in place >>>> of "&" as the item separator in query strings), are they going to be >>>> escaped? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your feedback and best regards, >>>> Dorian >>>> >>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. 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