Point me in the right direction: geographical breakdown of audience

[mmaydaniuk]

Hi,

I am working on a project for client the goal of which is to list out the relative percentages from each state of members of each of several lists/audiences.

I can get the information I need (State, Country),  tied to Campaign or AdGroup using the GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT.

I am looking for a hint on how I could get similar information for an Audience.   I've used the AUDIENCE_PERFORMANCE_REPORT but there is no geo data in it.

Any help you can offer is appreciated!

Regards,

Michael

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Michael,

Unfortunately, there is no report type that can retrieve audience level statistics and location data together. For location type reports, only the Geo Performance Report and Campaign Location Target Report are available. Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Regards,

Dannison

AdWords API Team

[mmaydaniuk]

Hi Dannison,

Thanks for your help!

Is there any other way to get the location data for an Audience other than using a Report? I was thinking maybe I could query the UserLists (or something) individually but it's my first time working wth the API so I don't know if this is a path worth persuing.

Any advice is appreciated!

Michael

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Michael,

You could try using the AdWordsUserListService.get() to get your audience lists. However, the only location related field in this service is the addressInfo of the Member class. Let me know if this is what you're looking for.

Regards,

Dannison

AdWords API Team

[mmaydaniuk]

Thanks!

The AddressInfo API is marked as available for whitelisted customers only.

Based on a quick google search it seems getting whitelisted is something reserved for a very limited set of (large corporate) customers. Is that a fair statement? I am wondering if I should consider this as not feasible based on the fact the customer is just a tiny startup.

Thanks again for your help.

Michael

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Michael,

Yes, you are correct. Whitelisting means only limited users can access this specific feature. If you wish to whitelist your account, kindly respond back with your clientCustomerId and inform me so I could confirm this to the team whether or not it is possible. You may respond using the Reply privately to author option. 

You may also refer to the guide links I provided to confirm from your end is this is what you are really looking for.

Regards,

Dannison

AdWords API Team