Keyword Ids

[ewan]

Hi,

I'm looking at a report at the moment where the account has the same
keyword in multiple different Ad Groups. Each time it appears the
same id is used. However, the bid amounts are different. Does anyone
know if this is correct?

Also, will this be the same for ads with exactly the same copy, url
etc?

Many Thanks,

Ewan Heming

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Ewan,

The behavior you are seeing is correct. As for uniqueness, we only
guarantee that an ad group id / criterion id pair will be unique.
Likewise, an ad group id / ad id pair will be unique. You should
build your applications around these concepts.

In the current implementation, identical criteria will have the same
ID across ad groups, but the same is not true for ads. This behavior
is not guaranteed however, and no assumptions should be made about the
uniqueness of these ids.

Best,
- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

[ewan]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for that. One more similar question I have is about the
campaign id; is this unique across the whole AdWords system or should
i use an account/campaign id pair as the key. I know the account
needs to be specified in calls to the API but for storing data on my
end I just wanted to check if there is any chance of an id conflict.

Regards,

Ewan

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Ewan,

Campaign ID's are globally unique. The official word on ID's can be
found on the following page under the section "A Word On IDs":

http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/developer/adwords_api_services.html

The passage is a little confusing around criteria ID's, and we are
working with the documentation team to correct that.

Best,
- Eric

[Manish Khettry]

When you say, AdGroup ids are "globally unique", do you mean within a master account right? Also, the web documentation about uniqueness of keyword id's seems to contradict what you guys say in this email thread!

Manish

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[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Manish,

Globally unique means unique across all accounts. As I mentioned, the
passage about criteria id uniqueness is written in a confusing way on
that page, and I'm working with the documentation team to correct it.

Best,
- Eric

On Jan 5, 10:35 am, Manish Khettry <manish.khet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When you say, AdGroup ids are "globally unique", do you mean within a master
> account right? Also, the web documentation about uniqueness of keyword id's
> seems to contradict what you guys say in this email thread!
>
> Manish
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:33 AM, AdWords API Advisor <
>
>
>
> adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ewan,
>
> > Campaign ID's are globally unique.  The official word on ID's can be
> > found on the following page under the section "A Word On IDs":
>

> >http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/developer/adwords_api_servic...

>
> > The passage is a little confusing around criteria ID's, and we are
> > working with the documentation team to correct that.
>
> > Best,
> > - Eric
>
> > On Jan 2, 4:15 pm, ewan <e...@ppcbullet.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Eric,
>
> > > Thanks for that.  One more similar question I have is about the
> > > campaign id; is this unique across the whole AdWords system or should
> > > i use an account/campaign id pair as the key.  I know the account
> > > needs to be specified in calls to the API but for storing data on my
> > > end I just wanted to check if there is any chance of an id conflict.
>
> > > Regards,
>
> > > Ewan
>
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