Eric, I don't think it's a coincidence-- my results in testing have been consistent: estimating single keywords in a series of different adgroups yields the same result as estimating them in one adgroup _unless_ you place the individual adgroups in separate campaigns.
I've attached SOAP XML logs of two transactions, both contain two keywords. One has one keyword per adgroup, and the other has multiple keywords per adgroup. The results are the same-- they both exhibit the "stealing" behavior you describe whether or not they are in an adgroup together. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
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