Most keywords we are interested in are affected. We use the targeting idea service for keyword data. For search volume data we use the STATS request with the language target swedish, country target sweden and exact keyword match type. For keyword suggestions we use the IDEAS request type with the exact same search criteria. The average targeted monthly search volumes accompanied in IDEAS responses are of expected amplitude (and identical to the those of the online AdWords Keyword tool), while the average targeted monthly search volumes in STATS responses are most often unreasonably low.
These three examples represent the general problem: KEYWORD | IDEAS | STATS catering stockholm 49500 | 480 webbyrå | 18100 | 260 sökmotoroptimering | 9900 | 390 There are many other similar threads about this problem, like the response above or http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/027c8b69a6c00276 Is it possible that the local exact search volumes of sweden/swedish are affected to a higher degree than other local targetings? Keep us updated. Best regards -- Martin Software Developer Jajja Communications AB On Feb 10, 9:41 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > STATS request are the preferred method of getting statistics for known > keywords, while IDEAS is appropriate for generating related keywords. > There have been cases in the past where STATS and IDEAS returned > different results, and we're working to ensure that this doesn't > happen going forward. I'm not seeing this behavior across all > keywords, can you provide some samples that exhibit this behavior? > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Feb 9, 4:02 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've found out some more about the low values for exact keyword match > > on local search volumes. > > > Update: > > > The search volumes in STATS requests differ from the search volumes in > > IDEAS requests. This explains why we experience different values in > > the keyword tools. Is this an old issue that has resurfaced? A fix for > > clients would be to exploit STATS requests, which is how it had to be > > done quite some time ago. However, to ensure values for all keywords > > there is an overhead in API-units. > > > Are you looking into this discrepancy between the two data sources? > > > Best regards > > -- > > Martin > > > On Feb 8, 10:44 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We have noticed a a huge drop in local (sv_SE) exact match targeting > > > for most (or all) keywords we are interested in. > > > > The search volumes in the API also differ largely from the values in > > > the Keyword Tool. > > > > Is there being work done to correct this issue? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
