SEM Development

January 25, 2006

destinationUrl in KeywordService and CriteriaService behaves oddly

Filed under: Google AdWords, annoyances — Bob @ 6:44 pm

Maybe I’m the only one that sees it this way but I think you should be able to omit the destinationUrl when updating a Keyword or Criteria record. Currently, it is required, and thus omitting it results in a <destinationUrl xsi:nil="true"> being sent. This means your current destinationUrl is erased in favor of the ad group’s default URL. I just think that’s annoying. If I wanted to erase the destinationUrl I’d send a blank or NULL field. If I just don’t want to waste bandwidth by including it in the call, I’d like to be able to omit it. Apparently, that isn’t allowed.

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