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Phrase match not working for destination URL

quotation marks ( " ) not working in URL

         

blackatom

7:42 pm on Jan 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I have a group of adwords, some are phrase match, some broad, and some exact. I have the keywords and URL's structured like so:

"keywords go here" ** http://www.example.com?track=google&keyword="keywords+go+here"

If I submit this line under the 'edit keywords' section, Google tells me my Destination URL's are invalid, and I have to request an exception. If I edit each word individually, then the changes go through fine. Also, the URL's were already in there and accepted, all I did was change a word in the tracking parameter. I talked to Google support and they told me that the ( " ) are what causes the error and that I have to do each individually. Also, after I request an exception, some of the URL's get dropped and only the keywords remain, and I have to go through the process all over again. Does anyone have any ideas? Is this a bug that will eventually be fixed?
Thanks,
Eric

[edited by: eWhisper at 8:39 pm (utc) on Jan. 12, 2006]
[edit reason] Please use example.com for sample links [/edit]

roscoepico

5:19 pm on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I would love to know the answer to this as well.

poster_boy

7:29 pm on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Encode those characters.

I believe quotation marks are encoded as "%22". Exact match brackets are encoded as "%5B" and "%5D".

blackatom

8:06 pm on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Thanks much. That worked perfectly.

jtara

9:29 pm on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Why don't you just use keyword substitution in the destination URL, though?

http://www.example.com?track=google&keyword={keyword}

Seems like you're doing a lot of unnecessary typing.

blackatom

10:01 pm on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

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That would work, except I need to capture the quotes for tracking purposes so I know what type of match it was. Thanks, though.