Many thanks, that was the issue.
On Mar 31, 4:33 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> To specify an Exact match in the web version of the tool, you need to
> enter your keyword with square brackets around it, like this: [flawed
> contracts]
>
> If you enter it without the brackets then you get the three results
> you mention, but that's based on a Broad match for the seed keyword.
>
> Please note that use the "Match Type" popup menu in the results list
> does not change the match type of the seed keyword, which might have
> been the source of confusion for you. For more info on match types and
> how the options of the KeywordToolService and the web version of the
> keyword tool relate to each other, see this blog post:
>
> http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/keyword-match-type-and.html
>
> Cheers,
> -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team
>
> On Mar 31, 6:11 am, PS Direct <psdirect...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I tried looking up "flawed contracts" on the web based keyword tool
> > athttps://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternalandthe API and
> > seem to be getting different results.
>
> > The web version returns 3 results:
>
> > [flawed contracts]
> > [contract flaws]
> > [flawed mortgage contracts]
>
> > and the API returns only 1:
> > flawed contracts
>
> > Just wondering if anyone knows what the cause of these differences is.
>
> > ---------------
>
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
> > - <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
> > envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:SOAP-
> > ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:ns7971="http://
> > tempuri.org">
> > - <SOAP-ENV:Header>
> > <email></email>
> > <password></password>
> > <clientEmail />
> > <useragent>Keyword Lookup Tool</useragent>
> > <developerToken></developerToken>
> > <applicationToken></applicationToken>
> > </SOAP-ENV:Header>
> > - <SOAP-ENV:Body>
> > - <getKeywordVariations>
> > - <seedKeywords>
> > <negative>false</negative>
> > <text>flawed contracts</text>
> > <type>Exact</type>
> > </seedKeywords>
> > <useSynonyms>true</useSynonyms>
> > <languages>en</languages>
> > <countries>GB</countries>
> > </getKeywordVariations>
> > </SOAP-ENV:Body>
> > </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
>
> > <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
> > envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
> > <soapenv:Header>
> > <responseTime soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/
> > next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/
> > adwords/v13">222</responseTime>
> > <operations soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/
> > next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/
> > adwords/v13">1</operations>
> > <units soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next";
> > soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/
> > adwords/v13">20</units>
> > <requestId soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/
> > next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/
> > adwords/v13"></requestId>
> > </soapenv:Header>
> > <soapenv:Body>
> > <getKeywordVariationsResponse xmlns="">
> > <ns1:getKeywordVariationsReturn xmlns:ns1="https://
> > adwords.google.com/api/adwords/v13">
> > <ns1:moreSpecific>
> > <ns1:text>flawed contracts</ns1:text>
> > <ns1:language></ns1:language>
> > <ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>0</
> > ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>
> > <ns1:avgSearchVolume>-1</ns1:avgSearchVolume>
> > <ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>-1</ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>
> > </ns1:moreSpecific>
> > <ns1:additionalToConsider>
> > <ns1:text>contracts of employment</ns1:text>
> > <ns1:language></ns1:language>
> > <ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>4</
> > ns1:advertiserCompetitionScale>
> > <ns1:avgSearchVolume>5400</ns1:avgSearchVolume>
> > <ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>6600</ns1:lastMonthSearchVolume>
> > </ns1:additionalToConsider>
> > ....
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