Hi Kevin, I think that the service ignores the broad match modifier and is dedupping the list of keywords. Normally the service will return one entry for each input keyword, but in this case you may want to ensure that you don't pass in keywords with broad match modifiers.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:41:41 PM UTC-5, Kevin wrote: > > Hi, > > This happens to n number of keywords (request for *n* keyword but get > *n-1* back), but I use 2 as example. > > I'm using TARGETING_IDEA_SERVICE to get global monthly searches for 2 > keywords (one using modified broad match and the other just broad match): > machining companies > +machining companies > > > But the response contains information for only 1 keyword. > > Here is the soap request: > <soapenv:Body> > <get xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201109";> > <selector> > <searchParameters xsi:type="ns8:RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter" > xmlns:ns8="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201109";> > <keywords> > <ns9:text xmlns:ns9=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>machining > companies</ns9:text> > <ns10:matchType xmlns:ns10=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>BROAD</ns10:matchType> > </keywords> > <keywords> > <ns11:text xmlns:ns11=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>+machining > companies</ns11:text> > <ns12:matchType xmlns:ns12=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>BROAD</ns12:matchType> > </keywords> > </searchParameters> > <ideaType>KEYWORD</ideaType> > <requestType>STATS</requestType> > > <requestedAttributeTypes>GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes>CRITERION</requestedAttributeTypes> > <paging> > <ns13:startIndex xmlns:ns13=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>0</ns13:startIndex> > <ns14:numberResults xmlns:ns14=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109 > ">800</ns14:numberResults> > </paging> > </selector> > </get> > </soapenv:Body> > > Response: > <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> > <soap:Header> > <ResponseHeader xmlns:ns2=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109"; xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201109";> > <ns2:requestId>0004ba3943cbb7280ada201900005c76</ns2:requestId> > <ns2:serviceName>AccountService</ns2:serviceName> > <ns2:methodName>get</ns2:methodName> > <ns2:operations>1</ns2:operations> > <ns2:responseTime>355</ns2:responseTime> > <ns2:units>6</ns2:units> > </ResponseHeader> > </soap:Header> > <soap:Body> > <getResponse xmlns:ns2=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109"; xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201109";> > <rval> > <totalNumEntries>1</totalNumEntries> > <entries> > <data> > <key>CRITERION</key> > <value xsi:type="CriterionAttribute" xmlns:xsi=" > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> > <Attribute.Type>CriterionAttribute</Attribute.Type> > <value xsi:type="ns2:Keyword"> > <ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type> > <ns2:text>machining companies</ns2:text> > <ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType> > </value> > </value> > </data> > <data> > <key>GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key> > <value xsi:type="LongAttribute" xmlns:xsi=" > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> > <Attribute.Type>LongAttribute</Attribute.Type> > <value>4400</value> > </value> > </data> > </entries> > </rval> > </getResponse> > </soap:Body> > </soap:Envelope> > > Shouldn't adwords return 2 entries even if adwords treats these 2 as the > same keywords? > > -Kevin > > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
