Thanks for the response! I'd be very happy to receive updates on the progress of this issue.
By the way, there seem to be some timeout bug in this forum, why there are 3 identical/similar posts describing the issue. The message seems lost after posting, and then reappears much later in the thread. Best regards -- Martin On Feb 14, 11:56 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Thank you for the detailed information. I've been able to replicate > this issue, and I'll work with the core engineering team to address > it. > > Best, > - Eric > > On Feb 11, 9:44 am, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Eric, > > > One example that is reproducible at the moment is the phrase 'catering > > stockholm', which has the same meaning in both swedish and english. > > > Using the online AdWords Keyword Tool and targeting Sweden and > > swedish, we get the following results for the local estimated search > > volume: > > broad match: 49500 > > phrase match: 49500 > > exact match: 49500 > > > Using the AdWords API with the same targeting and keyword yields the > > following results: > > broad match: 49500 > > phrase match: 49500 > > exact match: 480 > > > So using exact matching and targeting Sweden/swedish gives us a local > > estimated search volume which is clearly differing from the results we > > get when using the online tool. > > Other keywords/phrases that seem to experience the same differences in > > online vs API values are 'webbyrå', 'restaurang stockholm' and > > 'sökmotoroptimering'. It seems to affect only the volumes for exact > > match data though. > > > Best regards, > > Daniel > > > 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
