Re: How To Use Google Adwords API To Solve False-Positive Malware Detected?

2019-12-27 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I have, 8 days ago with no replies: https://support.google.com/google-ads/thread/23308992?hl=en There seems to be some sort of tool that Adwords staff is using to assess malware but the support staff isn't telling me what it is and all the malware lookup tools I could find on the internet a

How To Use Google Adwords API To Solve False-Positive Malware Detected?

2019-12-26 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, we've been going back and forth with Adwords staff about elements of our website having malware, unfortunately the same form-mail response we've been getting is just including each individual element of our website (images, videos, css, javascripts) without anything specific as to where is

Misspelling Search Volumes

2019-11-25 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I'm using the TargetingIdeaSelector to try and find new keywords and I'm wondering if there's a way to get the true search volume for misspelled keywords as I'm finding these kinds of searches are not returning the correct values. For example: free games 150 dree game 150 efree

Re: Google Ads GeoTargeting Not Providing Correct IDs

2019-11-09 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I did get a good suggestion from the advertiser forum in that the geolocation CSV that google publishes (See: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting ), each criteriaID does have an associated parentID so in theory I should be able to map postal codes to the nea

Re: Google Ads GeoTargeting Not Providing Correct IDs

2019-11-08 Thread Charles Michael
I'll open a ticket there to figure out what level of detail the ID can be as I was expecting the ID's we submitted is what would be provided. Thanks for your help. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=

Re: Google Ads GeoTargeting Not Providing Correct IDs

2019-11-08 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, that's strange. To answer your question, this issue is happening about 90% of the time. This is best shown by example, looking at my server logs I am seeing ID's for postalcodes even though I am targeting criteriaID's for cities. Here is an example: I am targetting in my targetingoptions ID

Re: Google Ads GeoTargeting Not Providing Correct IDs

2019-11-08 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I replied privately to this 2 days ago, but I'm not sure where follow ups go. Is there a mailbox on google groups or does the messages go to my email? Thank you. On Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 4:58:36 PM UTC-5, adsapiforumadvisor wrote: > > Hello Charles, > > Could you please confirm i

Re: KeywordID Different For Same Keyword

2019-11-07 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I'll update our tracking system to include the campaignid + criteriaid. Thank you. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because yo

Google Ads GeoTargeting Not Providing Correct IDs

2019-11-06 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I'm using the value track {loc_physical_ms} in my finalurl to track the geolocation but the ID's that we are receiving from Google are not what we are targeting. In our campaign settings, we are targeting thousands of city's from the geolocation database found here: https://developers.goog

Re: KeywordID Different For Same Keyword

2019-11-06 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, unfortunately we need the criteriaID (keyword ID) and not just the adgroup/campaign id's. We're trying to track revenues / expenses by keyword and while we can pass this id via a valuetrack variable in the finalurl ({targetid}), we are having a hard time creating reports when the same keywo

KeywordID Different For Same Keyword

2019-11-05 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, is there a way to ensure that if we use the same keyword in multiple campaigns that the keywordID will be the same between all campaigns? I'm noticing that sometimes its the same ID and sometimes it isn't which is throwing havoc to my report management. Is there a way that we can ensure tha

Re: Ad Customizers - Blank Behaviour

2019-09-26 Thread Charles Michael
I'd also prefer to not revert to a default value, I'd rather the ad doesn't trigger than use a default value. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received

Ad Customizers - Blank Behaviour

2019-09-26 Thread Charles Michael
I'm setting up ad customizers where I'm using up to 3 text fields to include features about the items we are selling, but not all 3 fields have data (some are blank). I'm wondering what is the default behaviour when a lookup to an adcustomizer is blank. For example what if the ad appears as "Ch

Where to Find Daily Quota Used Thus Far

2018-08-17 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I have a basic access account and I'm just trying to find where I can see the current number of requests I've made for the current day. From the developer console, under my project I can see the list of quotas for everything, but I'm not seeing Adwords API and all quotas are showing 0. Anyo

Re: TargetingIdeaService RateLimit Constantly Getting Hit

2018-07-31 Thread Charles Michael
ur rate limits > documentation > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/rate-limits>. > > Regards, > Dannison > AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 5:01:22 AM UTC+8, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> Thanks, I see I still have Stan

Re: TargetingIdeaService RateLimit Constantly Getting Hit

2018-07-24 Thread Charles Michael
Thanks, I see I still have Standard Access, that's a good sign. As for the rate limits, I have no issue adhering to the timeout level given, I just wish it was more accurate. I always get returned 30 seconds, but its clearly much much higher (I've tried values as high as 600 and still get rate

TargetingIdeaService RateLimit Constantly Getting Hit

2018-07-23 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, It's been nearly two years since I've worked with the Google API, but I wanted to ask two questions: 1) Is it possible to verify if I still have standard access (we haven't actively used our API access in over 2 years and I'm unsure if our account still has Standard Access, especially aft

Re: TargetingIdeaService Pagination Limits

2016-11-21 Thread Charles Michael
PM sent. Thank you Joyce. On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 9:44:42 PM UTC-5, Joyce Lava wrote: > > Hello Charles, > > You should be able to fetch the results beyond 700 by using the startIndex. > I would recommend trying the query to the Keyword Planner tool in the UI > and then do the same que

TargetingIdeaService Pagination Limits

2016-11-21 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, I'm trying to use TargetingIdeaService to fetch as many suggestions as possible for some generic keywords I want to explore. From the limits page, I can see there is a hard limit of 700 keyword suggestions returned as output per request. I can also see from the Paging feature of Targeti

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-10-04 Thread Charles Michael
s/guides/batch-jobs> to do > that? > With BatchJobService, most of the time, you probably don't need to worry > about the waiting time. > > Best, > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 10:18:37 PM UTC+9, Charles Michael wrote: >> >&g

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-10-04 Thread Charles Michael
so 100 seconds is what we can expect in many > situations. > But if you have any use cases where that waiting time is too long, then I > can pass that information to the engineering team. > > Thanks in advance. > > Best, > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, October 4, 2

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-10-03 Thread Charles Michael
leads-java-lib/blob/master/examples/adwords_axis/src/main/java/adwords/axis/v201607/campaignmanagement/AddCompleteCampaignsUsingBatchJob.java#L166> > > example. > I'm confirming with engineering but we haven't reached the conclusion yet. > > Best, > Thanet, AdWords API

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-10-03 Thread Charles Michael
. > > I'll keep this post updated when I have any more news. > > Cheers, > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 3:40:19 AM UTC+9, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> The only issue with this strategy though is you could potentially be >&

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-23 Thread Charles Michael
e information. > > Best, > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > > On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 6:09:06 AM UTC+9, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> Hi, was there any update to this? Since originally posting this, I've >> narrowed the issue to only occurring b

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-22 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, was there any update to this? Since originally posting this, I've narrowed the issue to only occurring between 12pm - 5pm EST, outside of this range there are no issues with taking more than 30 seconds between requests. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-16 Thread Charles Michael
n't need to send all of them. > > Thanks! > > Best, > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 5:15:01 AM UTC+9, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> Unfortunately it's over 5 gigs large as I never flushed it since the >> beginning (over a

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-15 Thread Charles Michael
10:13 AM UTC-4, Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > Could you please provide the SOAP log by *Reply privately to author*? > > Best, > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 7:30:14 AM UTC+9, Charles Michael wro

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-14 Thread Charles Michael
ppen to have SOAP logs containing *retryAfterSeconds*, could > you please send that along to me too? > Also, do you still face this situation consistently for everyday's peak > time? > > Thanks. > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 6:09:17 AM UTC+9,

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-12 Thread Charles Michael
uthor*? > And if you happen to have SOAP logs containing *retryAfterSeconds*, could > you please send that along to me too? > Also, do you still face this situation consistently for everyday's peak > time? > > Thanks. > Thanet, AdWords API Team > > On Saturday,

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-09 Thread Charles Michael
Hi, I am the only developer with access to the API, so scenario #2 is applicable. My main issue is that the retry after 30 seconds isn't actually valid, it seems to be much longer and I can't really code a throttle if the time being reported is inaccurate. The advice from the pages linked basic

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-09 Thread Charles Michael
[RateExceededError ] I have read the rate limits guide, but the issue is that the API is not lifting the block after 30 seconds despite the API telling me to retry after 30 seconds. I also already have a standard account. PS: This issue seems to be particular hitting me during peak hours, betw

Re: Traffic Estimator Service - should it return the same output for the same input?

2016-09-08 Thread Charles Michael
ot;average": 678.10841 > +"min": 610.5439, > + "max": 746.2203, > +"average": 678.3821 > }, > "total_cost": { > -&quo

Re: Traffic Estimator Service - should it return the same output for the same input?

2016-09-08 Thread Charles Michael
Are you seeing different volumes for the same keywords or are you seeing different MaxCPC's? The CPC's should be moving on a regular basis as competition comes and goes, but the volumes should be relatively stable with changes on a monthly basis. On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 2:05:29 PM UT

RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-08 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, I have a standard account and I'm currently running a lot of TargetingIdeaSelector lookups with v201607 (just upgraded from v201601) and I'm hitting the RATE_EXCEEDED (Account) error where the RetryAfterSeconds is 30. I've waited several minutes and relaunched my script to keep hitting t

Re: RetryAfterSeconds=30, Still Not Working After 30.

2016-09-08 Thread Charles Michael
As a side note, its been over 15 minutes and I'm getting the same RATE_EXCEEDED with 30 second retry notice on the first request I send. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com

Re: Determining if a Keyword is Adult or Non-Adult

2016-08-30 Thread Charles Michael
ards, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 5:48:57 PM UTC-4, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> I don't think bundling 200 seed keywords together would help as it >> wouldn't be conclusive which keyword suggestion is the result of which see

Re: Determining if a Keyword is Adult or Non-Adult

2016-08-29 Thread Charles Michael
I don't think bundling 200 seed keywords together would help as it wouldn't be conclusive which keyword suggestion is the result of which seed keyword. I'm afraid it would be necessary to do 1 keyword at a time in order to get conclusive results. On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 5:34:54 PM UTC-4,

Re: Determining if a Keyword is Adult or Non-Adult

2016-08-29 Thread Charles Michael
That was the plan, I was thinking of running a search with and a search without the adult flag and based on the volume of suggestions, conclude whether the keyword is adult. Unfortunately this is a very costly algorithm, requiring 2 lookups per keyword. At 100K+ keywords, that's a lot of reques

Determining if a Keyword is Adult or Non-Adult

2016-08-29 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, I'm looking to split my keyword lists (100K+ keys) into an adult and non-adult list in order to avoid bidding on keywords that Google might not recognize as adult and vice-versa. Has anyone had experience with effective techniques with Google to determine if a keyword is adult in nature o

Re: RateExceededError for Standard Accounts

2016-08-19 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, I read thru the guide and it seems that TargetingIdeaService only costs 1 operation regardless of the number of keywords being submitted (I'm doing batches of 600 keys/request). I've already implemented a 45 second throttle between requests and everything is being run sequentially (no pa

RateExceededError for Standard Accounts

2016-08-19 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, We're hitting RateExceededErrors (Reason: RATE_EXCEEDED, Scope: ACCOUNT, Retry: 30) while performing TargetingIdeaService lookups. I already have setup a 45 second sleeper between requests which seems very long already, especially given we have standard access. With such a long pause bet

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-18 Thread Charles Michael
y. >- Union Territory: Larger than a city. Check out India. > > When I say larger than a city, this means that it will encompass multiple > cities. > > Hope that helps, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 7:20:15 PM UTC-5, Charles

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-17 Thread Charles Michael
.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201601/LocationCriterionService.Location> > that > will tell you if the location you passed in is a subset of another location. > > Happy coding, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 6:12:25 PM UTC-5, Charles Mi

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-12 Thread Charles Michael
.Location> > that > will tell you if the location you passed in is a subset of another location. > > Happy coding, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 6:12:25 PM UTC-5, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> Thank you Nadine, I really appreciat

Re: Using the TargetingIdeaService to get search estimates on London Boroughs

2016-02-10 Thread Charles Michael
Hi Paul, Nadine has updated the ticket I had with the list of types that are searchable, Boroughs and Neighborhoods are not searchable by volume. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.g

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-10 Thread Charles Michael
rles, >> >> I pinged the thread I started with that Targeting Idea Service >> engineering team again. Sometimes, they get a bit busy and don't see the >> questions come in. I'll keep you updated as soon as I hear more. >> >> Cheers, >> N

Re: Using the TargetingIdeaService to get search estimates on London Boroughs

2016-02-10 Thread Charles Michael
I've experienced the same thing, some neighborhoods that are in Canada have 600,000+ population but I can't get search volumes for them. What I ended up doing was submitting my entire keyword list assuming there is search volume and once the keywords are live, the low volume keywords would show

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-10 Thread Charles Michael
ed list from Google staff however before I assume all criterion's of these types don't work. On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 5:45:27 PM UTC-5, Charles Michael wrote: > > Hello Nadine, > > Is it possible to get a list of all Target Type's that will or won't work >

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-10 Thread Charles Michael
24 hour clock. So, when > you make a request, it checks how many operations you've requested in the > last 24 hours. > > Cheers, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 12:22:36 PM UTC-5, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> Hi Nadine, >>

Re: Using the TargetingIdeaService to get search estimates on London Boroughs

2016-02-09 Thread Charles Michael
I have an almost identical ticket here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adwords-api/gPF2b4afsYs While Nadine is looking up my ticket to see what types of ID's are searchable for search estimates, I've come to the assumption that Boroughs, Municipalities and Neighborhoods are not searcha

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-09 Thread Charles Michael
gt; engineers. > > Best, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 5:45:27 PM UTC-5, Charles Michael wrote: >> >> Hello Nadine, >> >> Is it possible to get a list of all Target Type's that will or won't work >> with the adwords a

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-08 Thread Charles Michael
ps://www.en.advertisercommunity.com/t5/Google-AdWords/ct-p/Google_AdWords>. > > They may have the reason why, and they may be able to put in a general > feature request for something like this. > > Regards, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Monday, February 8,

Re: TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-08 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, I've come to the assumption that it has to do with the type of criterion, if its a neighborhood, it seems to always lead to an error. I'm looking at the documentation for TargetingIdeaService. The documentation for the API does state "Warning: Not all back-ends support sub-country precis

TargetingIdeaService::LocationSearchParameter::Criteria ID Not Recognized

2016-02-05 Thread Charles Michael
Hello, I'm trying to use TargetingIdeaService with specific cities / regions within a state and to conduct searchvolume lookups on my keywords. I'm running just one location at a time to keep things simple and I'm using the most recent Geographical Targeting database for the Adwords API located

Re: TargetingIdeaService (STATS) Results Less Than Input

2016-02-04 Thread Charles Michael
Hi again, I was able to resolve the issue, I have closed the thread and posted my solution should any other developers run into the same issue. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.goo

Re: TargetingIdeaService (STATS) Results Less Than Input

2016-02-04 Thread Charles Michael
Hello again, I was able to resolve this on my own. For those experiencing similar issues, I had 2 errors. First I was not reading my input as UTF-8, which evidently is necessary (I knew the results were returned in UTF-8, but apparently I have to submit it as well in this encoding). Second, I ha

Re: TargetingIdeaService (STATS) Results Less Than Input

2016-02-04 Thread Charles Michael
Thank you, I just replied to you privately. -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received thi

TargetingIdeaService (STATS) Results Less Than Input

2016-02-04 Thread Charles Michael
I'm building my code based on the recent Perl implementation of AdwordsAPI 201601 and I'm noticing that output returned by TargetingIdeaService (STATS) doesn't match the input count. All keywords have active search volumes via the web UI (KeywordPlanner), but the TargetingIdeaService seems to n