Hello Joe, The scenario you describe is exactly what I was describing in my blog post, and to quote from the last paragraph:
"The search volumes in the results returned from the API should roughly correspond to what you'd see with the Broad setting for match type in the web tool, but retrieving search volumes for Phrase or Exact match types is not possible." So to reiterate, you cannot retrieve search volumes that correspond to the Exact match type via the AdWords API. Cheers, -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team On Mar 4, 3:19 pm, Joeyw <joey.l.willi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
