Hi, Setting the localeCode doesn't affect the statistics retrieved. To filter for only US searches you need to use the CountryTargetSearchParameter
http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/TargetingIdeaService.CountryTargetSearchParameter.html Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On May 11, 8:30 am, fwmadwords <adwo...@firewatchingmedia.com> wrote: > I'm using the TargetingIdea service in the following way: > > ti_srv = adwords.service("TargetingIdea", 200909) > > kw = ti_srv.module::Keyword.new > kw.text = '車' #car in Japanese > kw.matchType = "EXACT" > > parameter1 = > ti_srv.module::RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter.new > parameter1.keywords = [kw] > > parameter2 = > ti_srv.module::AverageTargetedMonthlySearchesSearchParameter.new > parameter2.operation = > ti_srv.module::LongComparisonOperation.new > parameter2.operation.minimum = 0 > parameter2.operation.maximum = 100_000_000_000 > > selector = ti_srv.module::TargetingIdeaSelector.new > selector.searchParameters = [parameter1, parameter2] > selector.requestedAttributeTypes = > ["TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES","COMPETITION"] > selector.ideaType = "KEYWORD" > selector.requestType = "STATS" > selector.localeCode = "en_US" > selector.currencyCode = "USD" > > For this keyword, the Average Targeted Monthly Searches Value returns > 135,000, which makes sense for the Japanese market but I am > specifying the US market. When I do the same search in the Keyword > Tool UI, I get 320 which makes much more sense as it is a foreign > keyword. > > Is there a better way to get this data or is this a bug? > > -- > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and discussion > group:http://adwordsapi.blogspot.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
