Thanks and sorry about the confusion. I can see the documentation here: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/enhanced-campaigns
mentions that a value of -1 is exactly the same as a value of 1. To answer Chris's original question, I guess the difference between using -1 and 1 in this case is that you will need to use -1 if you don't have access to the parent bid value at the point of wanting to set it to 0% (which is not the case if you use a value of 1). Oliver On Thursday, May 9, 2013 4:12:26 PM UTC+1, Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi Oliver, > > -1 is for resetting mobile bid modifier (i.e. -- on UI), mobile bid > modifier values are from 0 to 4 in steps of 0.1 (-100% to +300% on UI). > > Cheers, > Anash P. Oommen, > AdWords API Advisor. > > On Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:48:28 PM UTC+5:30, Oliver wrote: >> >> I'm not sure which bid modifier you're referring to, but if it is mobile >> bid modifier then the API values are 0 to 4 and not -1 to 3. This is what >> the documentation says and what our current code uses (and it works). >> >> >> >> On Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:53:53 PM UTC+1, mm wrote: >>> >>> I believe valid values are from -1 through 3 in .1 increments. So as >>> examples: -1 is effectively -100%, or don't bid on mobile at all; -.2 would >>> be bid 80% of the base bid; 0 = just use the bid; .5 bid at 150%. >>> >>> HTH - >>> mm >>> >>> On Thursday, May 9, 2013 2:22:43 AM UTC-5, Oliver wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm surprised you didn't get an error when setting a bid modifier to >>>> -1. I thought the values have to be 0+. >>>> >>>> But, anyway, if you go by what the UI show you, a value of "--" means >>>> your Ads will not run at all (i.e. you don't have a bid), whereas a value >>>> of 0% means your Ads will run using exactly the same parent bid. >>>> >>>> Oliver >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:13:18 AM UTC+1, Chris Lande wrote: >>>> >>>>> if you set the bidModifier to -1 in the API then the UI shows it as >>>>> "--". But if you set it to 1 in the API the UI shows it as "0% increase". >>>>> Isn't this effectively the same thing? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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.
