Hi,

while implementing the new versions of both TargetingIdeaService and 
TrafficEstimatorService, we ran into some problems, that lead to a 
(sometimes too big) discrepancy between the API results and its 
corresponding tool.

1. TargetingIdeaService vs. http://preview.tinyurl.com/adwtool:

According to the migration guide:

*SEARCH_VOLUME is equivalent to AVERAGE_TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES if 
language and/or location is specified. SEARCH_VOLUME is equivalent to 
GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES if language and/or location is not specified.*
*
*
But, either I'm doing something wrong (not likely, as the API usually 
crashes when passed invalid structure) or the results for targeted search 
volume between the API and the tool are completely different. Here's an 
example:

*Keyword*: [katze]
*Targeting*: Location: Austria; Language: German
*API*: SEARCH_VOLUME 18100
*Tool*: 5400

I'm attaching the request and response xmls.

2. TrafficEstimatorService vs http://preview.tinyurl.com/trafftool

The problem here seems to persist from earlier, so it's not v201206 
specific. We tried with the following data:

*Keyword*: [katze]
*Targeting*: Location: Austria; Language: German; Search Network: Google 
Search
*Max CPC*: €2.00
*Tool Average CPC*: €1.94
*API results*: min CPC: €0.42, max CPC: €0.51 - as you can see, totally 
different from the Tool results.

I'm also attaching the XML request and response files for reference.

Can someone please shed some light as to why both TargetingIdea and 
TrafficEstimator services provide incorrect data?

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Attachment: targeting_request.xml
Description: XML document

Attachment: targeting_response.xml
Description: XML document

Attachment: traffic_request.xml
Description: XML document

Attachment: traffic_response.xml
Description: XML document

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