Hi Matt,
I've tried retrieving the historical values from both "KeywordPlanService"
and "KeywordPlanIdeaService" leading to the same result (cpc values seem to
always be the same no matter the period requested).
I am sharing here the example for "KeywordPlanService" only, as the
requests sent and responses returned seem to be the same (in case I am
wrong, I can share another example using the "KeywordPlanIdeaService").
As seen in the responses, the returned monthly_search_volumes do refer to
the requested period, but competition metrics such as
low_top_of_page_bid_micros and high_top_of_page_bid_micros always stay the
same.
Though I am still not certain this isn't due to the keywords mantaining the
same cpc values throughout the entire year, I've tested a dozen keywords
and observed they all return unchanging competition metrics.
Is this because competition metrics are always aggregated to the last 12
months? I couldn't find an explicit indication about this in the
documentation.
Thanks,
Martino
*Code:*
```
from google.ads.googleads.client import GoogleAdsClient
def test(client, customer_id, keyword_plan_id):
keyword_plan_service = client.get_service("KeywordPlanService")
metric_request = client.get_type("GenerateHistoricalMetricsRequest")
resource_name = keyword_plan_service.keyword_plan_path(customer_id,
keyword_plan_id)
metric_request.keyword_plan=resource_name
metric_request.historical_metrics_options.year_month_range.start.year=2021
metric_request.historical_metrics_options.year_month_range.start.month=
client.get_type("MonthOfYearEnum").MonthOfYear.JANUARY
metric_request.historical_metrics_options.year_month_range.end.year=2021
metric_request.historical_metrics_options.year_month_range.end.month=
client.get_type("MonthOfYearEnum").MonthOfYear.FEBRUARY
response =
keyword_plan_service.generate_historical_metrics(metric_request)
print(response)
client = GoogleAdsClient.load_from_storage('./google-ads.yaml', version
="v10")
test(client, CUSTOMER_ID, KEYWORD_PLAN_ID)
```
*Responses:*
*- *2021 JAN to 2021 FEB returns:
*```*
metrics {
keyword_metrics {
competition: MEDIUM
monthly_search_volumes {
month: JANUARY
year: 2021
monthly_searches: 18100
}
monthly_search_volumes {
month: FEBRUARY
year: 2021
monthly_searches: 18100
}
avg_monthly_searches: 33100
competition_index: 55
low_top_of_page_bid_micros: 713887
high_top_of_page_bid_micros: 3617029
}
search_query: "cheap cruise"
}
```
2022 JAN to 2022 FEB returns:
```
metrics {
keyword_metrics {
competition: MEDIUM
monthly_search_volumes {
month: JANUARY
year: 2022
monthly_searches: 33100
}
monthly_search_volumes {
month: FEBRUARY
year: 2022
monthly_searches: 40500
}
avg_monthly_searches: 33100
competition_index: 55
low_top_of_page_bid_micros: 713887
high_top_of_page_bid_micros: 3617029
}
search_query: "cheap cruise"
}
```
Il giorno giovedì 28 aprile 2022 alle 15:55:28 UTC+2 adsapi ha scritto:
> Hi Martino,
>
> Thanks for reaching out. I understand that you are finding that setting
> the year_month_range does have an impact on page bids. Can you please
> privately provide us with the complete request and response logs so that we
> can confirm?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
> Google Ads API Team
>
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> Matt
> Google Ads API Team
>
>
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