Addendum to question no 3; I think I've found the answer in thread https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/d41cc8e81db1236b/3fc94a2307acb1e8?hl=mofc94a2307acb1e8 the question number 6 there is similar to mine and the answer therefore should also be valid for my question.
On 19 dec, 18:42, ArthurW <klantencentrum_adwo...@wetselaar.com> wrote: > Hi Eric, Anash et al, > > after lurking for three months and reading almost every post I still > have some questions before I can start using the Adwords API with some > certainty of that I understand the API correctly. And that I am billed > as expected. I've google a lot for the questions below, and hope that > they are not too redundant. > > 1 The current version of the API is V201008, the ratesheet > athttp://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/adwords/docs/ratesheet.html > does not mention that version. Could you update that page for all > people like me that want to know for sure what they will have to pay? > 2 Am I correct in my understanding of the rate sheet and the functions > of the API, that if I only want the local traffic estimate for the > last month for a range of keywords, that the TargetingIdeaService, set > to 'stat' mode is the cheapest option in terms of API units? And that > is 5 per call + 0.1 per keyword, with a maximum of 2000 keywords per > call? > 3 And that if I want more than just the traffic estimate that the > TrafficEstimatorService is needed. For 20 units per Campaign, per ad > group and per keyword, independent of how many properties from each > selection I query for. E.g. if I would query for all properties for a > keyword "dog bed", would I get the Estimated average CPC, Estimated ad > position, Estimated daily clicks and Estimated daily cost for this > keyword for 20 units? > 4 If I want a complete list of all estimates for all keywords for an > account, that the trafficestimatorservice only supports a maximum of > 500 keywords per campaign and adgroup? See > http://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/adwords/docs/reference/latest/... > . On that page it says "The maximum number of keyword estimate > requests across all campaign estimate requests and ad group estimate > requests is 500.". Me not being a programmer nor a native English > speaker makes that sentence for me a bit difficult. Does this mean > that if an ad group contains more than 500 keywords that only the > first 500 are returned? > 5 If I want a list of all keywords with their match type that the > AdGroupCriterionservice is the place to be? And where I am totally in > the blind; according to the rate sheet this costs 1 API unit per > AdGroupCriterion. Is the criterion "keywords" so the list just costs > me 1 unit, or is the criterion 'per keyword' and the cost is equal to > the amount of keywords * 1 API unit. > 6 Same as question number 5 but for a list of Adgroups. Is the > AdGroupService the place to be and does that cost 1 unit per adgroup > or 1 unit for the whole list. > > On a side note, could somebody suggest a good book for the Adwords > API. It feels uneffective and annoying to have to scrape together > knowledge from this forum andhttp://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/ > > Thanks in advance and sorry for the long list of questions. > > Arthur Wetselaar -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
