I totally forgot about the STATS mode. You read my mind and thanks for answering the question! Thanks Eric!
On Jul 26, 7:52 am, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > As stated in the original thread, the sort order of the results of the > TargetingIdeaService cannot be changed. As for the original input > keyword, there is no way to make that the first result. If you only > want the statistics for input keywords then you should use requestType > = STATS. > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Jul 23, 5:18 pm, richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Eric, Dian, > > > I wasn't able to reply to this thread (perhaps because it is from 6 > > months ago) so I am starting a "new" thread (but I've copied the > > thread below for improved search engine > > indexing)http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/83bcf... > > > I sampled two keywords "f5u409" and "belkin" and based on that limited > > data set it seems to me that the order is based on the competition > > attribute. I wanted to describe my use case and perhaps it covers > > Dian's use case as well and it would be simpler to implement than a > > full blown sorting parameter input to the service. > > > Could the results always return the input (if it even exists in the > > result set at all) first? For example, submitting "f5u409" should > > return "f5u409" first, not "belkin f5u409". likewise submitting > > "belkin" should return "belkin" first, not "belkin wireless". > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > >Hi Dian, > > >I believe the sorting of results for the TargetingIdeaService is based > > >on relevance. The sorting cannot be changed at this time, but is a > > >feature request that the core engineering team is aware of. > > >Best, > > >- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > >On Jan 19, 5:20 am, "web.dev" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> when I use the TargetingIdeaService.get() function the result is a > > >>page of TargetingIdeas. I'm interested in the order the ideas are > > >> sorted, i.e. having all related keywords how does the system decide > > >> how to retrieve the first X based on my request. Example: If I use the > > >> Keyword-Tool via the Google website the default sort order is the > > >> "Global Monthly Search Volume". > > >> Can I set a parameter in order to get the wished order of the results? > > >> Otherwise I have to request "as much as possible" ideas to get the > > >> wished ones. > > >> Best regards, > > >> Dian -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
