If your campaign is using Conversion Optimizer bidding strategy, you won't be able to change the bid modifier.
This is an exception I came across which is very poorly documented in the Enhanced Campaigns guide. Check this page: http://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2471188?hl=en There is a line that says: At this time, the following AdWords features aren't compatible with Conversion Optimizer: All types of bid adjustments, except mobile device bid adjustments of -100%. Oliver On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 11:18:23 PM UTC+1, Julian Khandros wrote: > > Hi, > > we're migrating our Java AdWords campaign management module to v201302. > Our code is required to disable bids for mobile devices. Hence I use code > very similar to the Mobile Bid Adjustment code excerpt on > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/enhanced-campaigns : > > // Create mobile platform. The ID can be found in the documentation. > // https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/platforms > Platform mobile = new Platform(); > mobile.setId(30001L); > > // Create criterion with bid modifier. > CampaignCriterion criterion = new CampaignCriterion(); > criterion.setCampaignId(campaignId); > criterion.setCriterion(mobile); > criterion.setBidModifier(1.2); // 120%, or 20% more. > > // Create SET operation. > CampaignCriterionOperation operation = new CampaignCriterionOperation(); > operation.setOperator(Operator.SET); > operation.setOperand(criterion); > > // Update campaign criteria. > CampaignCriterionReturnValue result = campaignCriterionService.mutate(new > CampaignCriterionOperation[] { operation }); > > The SOAP request & response look correct - I see the correctly-populated > bidModifier element and so on. However, when I subsequently view the > campaign's device settings in the AdWords UI (i.e. in the browser at > https://adwords.google.com/cm/CampaignMgmt?...) the "Mobile devices with > full browsers" Bid adj. column is set to "--". This is the case whether I > pass a bidModifier of 0.0 or 1.2 (for example). > > Does anyone know why this might be? I can't think of any conflicting or > overriding campaign settings that might come into play. > > Thanks in advance, > Pete > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
