Hi George, Let me clarify - when you create a SMJ, you start by creating the job (MutateJobService.mutate.ADD, 1 unit per job). Then you poll the service at regular intervals to see if the job completed (MutateJobService.get, 1 unit per job). Once the job completes, you retrieve the result (MutateJobService.getResult, 1 per JobResult).
So to run a job, what you need is 1 * mutate + N * get + 1 * getResult, where N is the number of times you poll the server to see if the job completed. In terms of cost, that would be 1 + N * 1 + 1. Add to that the actual cost of operations / 2 and you get the total cost. The clause about 50% cost reduction for MJS is listed on the rate sheet at http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/ratesheet.html. It lists the cost reduction for BulkMutateJobService, but MJS also gives the same cost savings. Also, yes, your calculations are correct. However, we provide free units to developers under some cases. See http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45891 and http://www.google.com/adwords/api/preferredpricing/ if you are interested. An additional thing about the scenario you mentioned - I assume it is hypothetical and you mentioned it for discussion purposes only. If it isn't, then 1 ad + 1 keyword per adgroup isn't going to work very well unless you expect the users to search for that very specific term (e.g. a camera model name). What might be more effective is one ad and a few (6-7) keywords. You might also want to explore Ad Params ( http://adwordsapi.blogspot.in/2009/11/more-dynamic-ads-with-ad-parameters.html) and dynamic keyword insertion ( http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=74992) to see if that helps in cutting the number of ads Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions. Cheers, Anash P. Oommen, AdWords API Advisor. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
