Thanks again for taking the time to reply. With respect to using the CSV; this is where I had to go, but the problem is that in separate queries about the data in the CSVs being out of date, we've been told that if we want more current information we should use the location service. You see the circular nature of the problem...
One obvious solution is to take the CSV and verify it once every some-reasonable-period against the API, but if the API is likely to return "best guess" answers, then the verification isn't worth doing. What would help a bit is if we had some guarantees with respect to the "Last-Modified" header on the CSVs. At least then we could know that that date represented the last time the data was pulled (rather than just a timestamp on a file that might have been touched by an automated process). However, the core problem remains: the CSV isn't current enough and the API isn't precise enough. One of those eventually needs to be fixed. On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:16:53 AM UTC-4, Eric Koleda wrote: > > Hi Aaron, > > No, unfortunately it's not possible to change the results returned by that > service. If you want to perform a more strict lookup you may want to > download the CSV and query that dataset locally: > > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting > > Best, > - Eric > > On Monday, April 2, 2012 6:57:01 PM UTC-4, Aaron Sherman wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, April 2, 2012 4:27:32 PM UTC-4, Eric Koleda wrote: >>> >>> Hi Aaron, >>> >>> The short answer is that the LocationCriterionService returns suggested >>> locations given your input, and those suggestions may occasionally include >>> some seemingly off-topic results. For the input "Abbeville, Alabama" I >>> wasn't able to get the behavior you're seeing, so it may have been a >>> temporary issue. >>> >>>> >>>> >> Hmmm... I'll have to perform some more testing. Is there any way to turn >> off the "suggestions" and just get entries whose LocationName could >> rationally be said to be "equal" to the requested value? >> >> -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
