Hello veseo,
Please check this blog post I believe describes this issue: http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.ru/2012/11/understanding-adwords-api.html -Danial, AdWords API Team. On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:56:18 PM UTC+4, veseo wrote: > > 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? > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
