Hi Jeff, I am very much after what the orginal poster asked for and I got quite excited when I read your post: 'Keyword Match Type and the KeywordToolService' http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/keyword-match-type-and.html
It appeared to solve my problem, but so far it hasn't. I would like the returned search volumes from the API to be for exact match type and not broad. I have used the following code for a UK query: # Create seed keyword structure. $seed_keyword = '<negative>false</negative>' . '<text>google api</text>' . '<type>Exact</type>'; $use_synonyms = '<useSynonyms>true</useSynonyms>'; # Get keyword variations. $request_xml = '<getKeywordVariations>' . '<seedKeywords>' . $seed_keyword . '</seedKeywords>' . $use_synonyms . '<languages>en</languages>' . '<countries>GB</countries>' . '</getKeywordVariations>'; You can see I have specified the type to be exact and query the UK. The search volume returned for 'google api' is 33100 - checking the web keyword tool reveals this is the number for the broad match type, the exact is actually 1,600. Could you explain why this is the case and if I am doing anything wrong? Thanks Joe On Jan 5, 3:59 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote: > Hello, > > When I use the web tool to perform the actions you describe, I get > the following result: > > Keywords related to term(s) entered - sorted by relevance > google api 1 - 3 $1.79 550,000 450,000 > > I'm not sure where you're getting the 27,100 number from, but 450,000 > is the average search volume I'm getting. > > When I make the following call to getKeywordVariations(), leaving out > the countries and languages options so that all are selected: > > <getKeywordVariations> > <seedKeywords> > <negative>false</negative> > <text>Google Api</text> > <type>Broad</type> > </seedKeywords> > <useSynonyms>false</useSynonyms> > </getKeywordVariations> > > I get a response that contains this result, along with many other > results: > > <ns1:moreSpecific> > <ns1:text>google api</ns1:text> > <ns1:language></ns1:language> > <ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>4</ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale> > <ns1:avgSearchVolume>450000</ns1:avgSearchVolume> > <ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>550000</ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume> > </ns1:moreSpecific> > > That's the same data as I'm seeing in the web tool. While there can > sometimes be differences in the estimates returned from the web tool > and the getKeywordVariations() call, there doesn't seem to be in this > case. > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Dec 31 2008, 2:50 am, SEO <google....@adverted.com> wrote: > > > While we've been using AdWords tools manually, we are trying to get > > the AdWords API code to work, we have not been able to get a API code > > that will return back what we need and currently do manually. > > > Currently the manual process is: > > > Goto:https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal > > > Select: > > All Countries and Territories > > > Select: (all countries in the list) > > English > > ... > > ... > > ... > > Vietnamese > > > Enter Keyword: > > Google Api > > > Uncheck: > > [] Use synonyms > > > Click: > > Filter my results > > > Check: > > [] Don't show ideas for new keywords. I only want to see data about > > the keywords I entered. > > > Click: > > Get keyword ideas > > > Drop Down Select: > > Match Type: Exact > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Output ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Keyword: google api > > Approx Avg Search Volume: 27,100 > > > Now how can we get the Google AdWords API tool to do the above? I > > hate having to pay $30/hour for people to sit in front of a computer > > and cut and paste when we have great API tools from Google, just can't > > get the those great API tools too work... > > > Can anyone help? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
