Hi Manuel, Thank you for your feedback, I'll pass that along to the appropriate team. Please be clear that this behavior I'm describing only applies to the TargetingIdeaService and the Keyword Tool, and has no bearing on Google search results or ad serving.
Best, - Eric On Nov 7, 1:25 am, manuel <[email protected]> wrote: > You say: "statistics for accents and non-accented keywords are > combined into a single search volume number." > > This is absolutely wrong. Google can't simple combine two absolute > different words, with a complete different meaning into one, just > because they "look" alike. > > I see Google is now doing the same mistake on the search results!!! > > I don't know what language experts Google has consulted, but in > French, Spanish and Portuguese there are a lot of words that when > accented gain a complete different meaning! > > Regards, > > On Sep 28, 1:54 am, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > To be clear, the changes in how accents are handled is part of a > > larger change in the Keyword Tool backend, and the behavior is > > consistent across the API and the web interface. My current > > understanding is that the statistics for accents and non-accented > > keywords are combined into a single search volume number. > > > There are changes in search volume data across the board, as explained > > in this blog post: > > >http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/09/updated-keyword-tool-out-of-beta.... > > > "In addition to these improvements, we’ve also changed how we > > calculate Global Monthly Searches and Local Monthly Searches. > > Statistics in these columns are now based on Google.com search traffic > > only. Previously, they also included traffic from search partners. > > We've updated these statistics based on advertiser feedback, and hope > > you find them more helpful for keyword selection." > > > Your feedback regarding these changes is appreciated and I will pass > > it on to the engineering and product teams. > > > Best, > > - Eric > > > On Sep 24, 6:32 pm, JSL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > For your information, this "intended behavior" is quite an > > > accomplishment in the sense that queries for some of the top latin > > > accented keywords return absolutely no relevant adwords data. > > > > Regardless of the "locations and languages" settings, a query for > > > "crédit" (french) returns either nothing or irrelevant data for > > > english credit keywords. > > > > Pizza's on me at the next engineer meeting. > > > > In all seriousness, success is the journey, not the destination -Bruce > > > Lee > > > > Good luck guys (and gals) > > > > On Sep 21, 8:50 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Just to confirm, this is the intended behavior. > > > > > Best, > > > > - Eric > > > > > On Sep 20, 5:12 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I believe this was intentional, but I'll circle back with the > > > > > engineering team and confirm. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > > > > On Sep 19, 10:23 am, bramiozo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Besides the rather large numerical discrepancy between different > > > > > > backends one thing I noticed was that the accents for the Spanish > > > > > > terms are ignored, is this a bug or is this intentional ? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
