Hi Shay, Yes, that is correct. Doing a new search results in a new impression, which means at that point a new GCLID will be generated.
Cheers, Nadine, AdWords API Team On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 4:47:07 AM UTC-4, Shay BarChen wrote: > > Hi, > Just to make sure that I'v understand the following change - > > "In Q4 2016, we will *change the timing* of GCLID generation to impression > <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6320?hl=en> time (or when your > ad is shown) instead. As a result, if a user clicks on a particular ad > impression multiple times, those clicks will be associated with *only one* > GCLID. > Consequently, landing page visits for the exact same impression will share > the same GCLID value. " > > Today, every time the user clicks on an Ad, He gets a new GCLID - *Always > *. That to say that one AD ID can have Many GCLIDs in the click > performance reports > > After the Change - > > One AD ID will have *one *GCLID Only if the user clicked several times on > the same Ad in the same search results page. *But *without refreshing the > search results page or searching again and being exposed to the same AD ) > > Actions such as re-searching ( even if searching for the same query > search) or refreshing the search results page or re-opening the browser > and re-searching for the same query as before - will generate a new GCLID > every time. Even if the same AD is being displayed and clicked by the > user. > > Is the above correct ? > > Thanks, > S > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/e1235cf8-7981-4be6-b8f2-c7bc093e66ff%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
