Hello Jason, First off, just to set expectations, we do not guarantee that the numbers returned from the web version of the tool and the numbers from the AdWords API's KeywordToolService will always match up. Both methods of retrieving data involve approximate search volumes.
That being said, if you're careful to make sure you specify the same language and geographic targeting, the numbers should be close. In this case, I think you're making a mistake in the targeting you specify when using the web tool. Specifically, I think you are using the default targeting of English/United States. Please make sure that you edit your targeting before generating keyword ideas using the web tool. I believe that you said you were using all languages and regions wit the API, so be sure to select all the languages (using shift- clicks is the easiest way) and choose the "All Countries and Territories" option in the geographic targeting list. When I run things in the web tool with all languages/countries selected, I get numbers that match those you pulled from the API. When I run things with the default English/United States, I get numbers that match what you say you're getting from the web tool. Cheers, -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team On Mar 16, 8:30 pm, jason <jr...@sugarinc.com> wrote: > Jeff: > > I did some spot checks to verify the update before doing another batch > pull and am still seeing some discrepancies. When passing the seed > "football" into both the web tool and the API, this is what I'm > seeing: > > Pulled from API (broad match): > > date keyword last month avg search volume > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 03/16/2009 football tickets 49,500 450,000 > 03/16/2009 football 3,350,000 68,000,000 > 03/16/2009 college football 74,000 2,240,000 > 03/16/2009 football scores 165,000 673,000 > > Pulled from online AdWords Keyword Tool (broad match) > > date keyword last month (Feb) avg search volume > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 03/16/2009 football tickets 9,900 301,000 > 03/16/2009 football 823,000 30,400,000 > 03/16/2009 college football 60,500 1,830,000 > 03/16/2009 football scores 6,600 368,000 > > FYI, the API data matches what you reported below, but now does not > match the web tool. Can you please advise on the discrepancies and if/ > when they may be resolved? > > Thanks, > Jason > > On Mar 9, 8:43 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Jason, > > > I was told that it should be complete by today. Using your example > > keywords with all language and locations as the parameters I'm seeing > > results that match via the API and via the web tool. They're not > > exactly the same results as what you posted: i.e. for football, I'm > > getting last month of 3,350,000 and average of 68,000,000 via both the > > API and web tool. > > > Cheers, > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > On Mar 7, 12:49 pm, jason <jr...@sugarinc.com> wrote: > > > > Jeff: > > > > Thanks for the update. Can you reply back when the update is complete > > > and it's safe to pull the new data? > > > > Best, > > > Jason > > > > On Mar 6, 2:06 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello Jason, > > > > > Actually, scratch that last request. The folks responsible for the > > > > search volume data returned from the AdWords API spotted a problem > > > > with the process that refreshes the data (and also with the process > > > > that monitors whether the data was refreshed...) and they're working > > > > to get everything updated now. They actually discovered this a few > > > > days ago independently of your report, and that's also what's causing > > > > some queries to return -1 for search volume while the backend data is > > > > being updated, as reported in this thread: > > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/e43f3... > > > > > There's apparently a large amount of data that needs to be updated, > > > > and it's taking some time to get pushed out to all of the places that > > > > it's replicated, but once it is complete fresh data should be > > > > available. > > > > > Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > > On Mar 6, 1:24 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > And for the AdWords API request? Are you leaving out the countries and > > > > > languages elements completely? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > > > On Mar 6, 12:06 pm, jason <jr...@sugarinc.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Jeff: > > > > > > > I'm using "all" for both language and country. > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > On Mar 5, 1:29 pm, AdWords API Advisor > > > > > > <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello Jason, > > > > > > > > Could you clarify as to what language and country settings you're > > > > > > > using? I'm not seeing the same results as you are, but I'm > > > > > > > checking > > > > > > > with US/English. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > > > > > On Mar 5, 12:05 pm, jason <jr...@sugarinc.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jeff: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the follow-up. > > > > > > > > > Here are a few generic examples: > > > > > > > > > Pulled from API (broad match): > > > > > > > > > date keyword last month avg search volume > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > 01/29/2009 video 618,000,000 414,000,000 > > > > > > > > 01/28/2009 mobile 151,000,000 124,000,000 > > > > > > > > 01/28/2009 football 101,000,000 68,000,000 > > > > > > > > > 03/05/2009 video 618,000,000 414,000,000 > > > > > > > > 03/05/2009 mobile 151,000,000 124,000,000 > > > > > > > > 03/05/2009 football 101,000,000 68,000,000 > > > > > > > > > Pulled from online AdWords Keyword Tool (broad match) > > > > > > > > > date keyword last month (Feb) avg search volume > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > 03/05/2009 video 185,000,000 124,000,000 > > > > > > > > 03/05/2009 mobile 30,400,000 24,900,000 > > > > > > > > 03/05/2009 football 55,600,000 30,400,000 > > > > > > > > > I believe the 1/29 API data matched the online AdWords data for > > > > > > > > December and Average, but I can't be sure. Hope this helps and > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > we can get the data refreshed on/around the first of the month > > > > > > > > as it > > > > > > > > is in the online tool. Please let me know if you see something > > > > > > > > different when using the API. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 12:20 pm, AdWords API Advisor > > > > > > > > <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello Jason, > > > > > > > > > > See this previous thread: > > > > > > > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/79451... > > > > > > > > > > I never received a response from the original poster. Could > > > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > > > provide the information I requested? A sample of different > > > > > > > > > requests > > > > > > > > > (i.e. more than one) illustrating this behavior would be > > > > > > > > > ideal. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2:28 pm, jason <jr...@sugarinc.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using the KeywordToolService to retrieve keyword > > > > > > > > > > suggestions for > > > > > > > > > > terms I'm passing in. Does anyone know when the search > > > > > > > > > > volumes > > > > > > > > > > "refresh," i.e., average and last month matches what I > > > > > > > > > > would see using > > > > > > > > > > the tool in the AdWords Keyword Tool? > > > > > > > > > > > I successfully used the service on 1/28, in which "last > > > > > > > > > > month" matched > > > > > > > > > > December data. However, when I run the same request today, > > > > > > > > > > I see the > > > > > > > > > > same search volume. It doesn't even seem to show January > > > > > > > > > > data, > > > > > > > > > > whereas the AdWords Keyword Tool is already showing > > > > > > > > > > "Approximate > > > > > > > > > > Search Volume: February." > > > > > > > > > > > Are there any plans to have this data match what we see in > > > > > > > > > > the AdWords > > > > > > > > > > Keyword Tool and can we get some guidance on when we can > > > > > > > > > > expect the > > > > > > > > > > data to refresh each month so we know when to pull new > > > > > > > > > > "last month" > > > > > > > > > > search volume? > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. 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