Hello Michael,
I have rechecked this issue. As I can see, '&' from tracking template is
automatically replaced with '?' if needed now.
Am I right? Is this issue resolved? :)
Regards,
Alexander
On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 8:41:59 PM UTC+3, Michael Cloonan (AdWords
API Team) wrote:
>
> Hello Alexander,
>
> That sounds like a pretty reasonable request to me. I will pass along your
> suggestion to the engineering team.
>
> Regards,
> Mike, AdWords API Team
>
> On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 3:55:37 AM UTC-4, Александр Швец wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael!
>>
>> Thank you for your quick response. I think unifying URLs format is the
>> best strategy for now.
>>
>> But I hope, there will be new tracking value in the future, like
>> {lpurlq}, that adds '?' or '/?' to URL automatically if necessary.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Alexander
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 5:11:07 PM UTC+3, Michael Cloonan (AdWords
>> API Team) wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> In the short term, during the upgrade, you are correct in that you may
>>> lose some statistics as you convert to a more future-proof setup. However,
>>> you should be able to set things up in such a way that you don't need to
>>> recreate ads again thereafter.
>>>
>>> In order to do that, you will need to have some kind of uniform scheme
>>> for URLs, or at least those that exist within the same structure and you
>>> want inheriting the same tracking template. Your third option is probably
>>> easiest for this. You could easily append "?" or "/?" to the end of each
>>> URL as you recreate the ads to make sure that they would all react properly
>>> to that type of tracking template.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mike, AdWords API Team
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 9:20:57 AM UTC-4, Александр Швец wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> I have some confusion about using Upgraded URLs.
>>>>
>>>> For example, I want to write {targetid} in utm_term parameter of every
>>>> URL in my campaign. The best way I see is to use tracking template at the
>>>> campaign level. Something like "{lpurl}?utm_term={targetid}".
>>>>
>>>> But in the real world I don't know the exact format of every URL. It
>>>> can be one of the following:
>>>> 1. Just domain: "https://example.com";. I have to use
>>>> "{lpurl}/?utm_term={targetid}"
>>>> template.
>>>> 2. With path: "https://example.com/section";. I have to use
>>>> "{lpurl}?utm_term={targetid}"
>>>> template here.
>>>> 3. With query parameters: "https://example.com/section?param=1";. The
>>>> third template is "{lpurl}&utm_term={targetid}".
>>>>
>>>> Could you advice the right strategy in this case? Should I set
>>>> template at the ad level for every ad or should I change URLs to unify
>>>> their format? Both solution requires modifying (recreating) of ads which
>>>> destroys all benefits of using new URLs.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I can use some specific values in tracking template to satisfy
>>>> all these three formats?
>>>>
>>>> Hope, you have a solution :)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alexander
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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