Hi Armand, The results you are seeing are normal and expected. The type field of the seedKeyword controls match type of the source word, but it does not control the match type of the returned volumes. You can read more about this topic on the AdWords API Blog: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/keyword-match-type-and.html.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Aug 14, 4:11 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem to obtain qualified volume with v13 > getKeywordVariations : > > - i try with Broad, Phrase and Exact type in this form : > > <getKeywordVariations> > <seedKeywords> > <negative>false</negative> > <text>figuier</text> > [ <type>Exact</type> | <type>Broad</type> | <type>Phrase</ > type> ] > </seedKeywords> > <useSynonyms>false</useSynonyms> > <languages>fr</languages> > <countries>FR</countries> > </getKeywordVariations> > > ... 3 different request return the same result : > > <ns1:moreSpecific> > <ns1:text>figuier</ns1:text> > <ns1:language></ns1:language> > <ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>3</ > ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale> > <ns1:avgSearchVolume>49500</ns1:avgSearchVolume> > <ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>49500</ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume> > </ns1:moreSpecific> > > * The web based KeywordToolExternal return : > > - target (Large & Expression) : > avgSearchVolume = 49500 > lastMonthSearchVolume= 49500 > advertiserCompetitionScale= 3 > > - target (Exact) : > avgSearchVolume = 8100 > lastMonthSearchVolume= 5400 > advertiserCompetitionScale= 3 > > - Because i'm curious, i also try with : > > <getKeywordVariations> > <seedKeywords> > <negative>false</negative> > <text>[figuier]</text> > <type>Exact</type> > </seedKeywords> > <useSynonyms>false</useSynonyms> > <languages>fr</languages> > <countries>FR</countries> > </getKeywordVariations> > > ... in this case the result is :( > > <ns1:moreSpecific> > <ns1:text>figuier</ns1:text> > <ns1:language></ns1:language> > <ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>0</ > ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale> > <ns1:avgSearchVolume>-1</ns1:avgSearchVolume> > <ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>-1</ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume> > </ns1:moreSpecific> > > - Of course i have made search in blog, forum...,articles : > i've found this problem related, but not the solution ! > - i send e-mail to gg adword's support ! i'm waiting for the response > > No solution for me at this time > > Any suggestion is welcome > > Many thanksss for your help > > Armand --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
