Geotargets list contains duplicate records.

[Alex Papageorgiou]

Hi there, 

FYI only:

The latest list with geotargets file released

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/geotargets

 contains a number of potentially duplicate instances. 

examples: 

Arlington,Bennington,Vermont,United States

Arlington,Vermont,United States

both instances are listed as cities. 

My understanding is that there is no other Arlington in Vermont other than the town in  Bennington County.

there are several other similar cases

Attached is a table with more examples if you want to investigate this further.

Best,

Alex  Papageorgiou

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Alex,

This is Carmela from the Google Ads API team.

With regards to your concern, it appears that this is about geo targets. Having said that, kindly note that as per this documentation, each of the geo targets has Criteria ID which is a unique and persistent assigned ID. Having said that, could you elaborate or give more context so we can give accurate guidance to you?

Regards,

Carmela Google Ads API Team

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[Alex Papageorgiou]

Hi Carmela,

Thanks for the reply. To give you a more specific example. 

Compare rows 25057 and 74669 of the geotargets csv (to save you time check the attached image)

The rows are identical except the criteria ID

So the question is what's the difference between these two entries?  If wish to target city Bennington in state Vermont for example, which one do I choose? This is not very clear from the information currently available in the table. 

There are several other cases like the one above in the table. 

Best, 

Alex

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Alex,

Thank you for the reply.

Please note that in the geotargets documentation , only the criteria ID is mentioned as having a unique and persistent value. Since your concern is about other fields having the same values with two different criteria IDs and you are wondering what the difference is between these two entries and which one you should choose if you wish to target the city of Bennington in the state of Vermont, Allow me to raise this issue to my team for further checking. Rest assured that we will provide updates when become available.

Best regards,

Heidi Google Ads API Team

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[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Alex,
 

Thank you for your patience in waiting for an update on your concern.
 

I want to let you know that we have an update on your issue. Please see below.
 

As per team said, generally, this is intentional. You can check on your end by using the "Locations" feature in the UI. It will show a map that has the exact bounds of each location. In this case, there are two entries for "Arlington", and the maps are different.

Regards,

Darwin Google Ads API Team

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