Hi, Yes, I can confirm that the API now aligns to the Keyword Planner.
Best, - David Torres - AdWords API Team On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 4:23:21 AM UTC-4, calford wrote: > > I just saw this on another post > > > http://adwords.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/introducing-keyword-planner-combining.html > Keyword tool will be sunsetting this month, so the API changes should be > related to that. > > On Monday, 8 July 2013 23:57:28 UTC+2, Gustav Gennrich wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We have been using the TargetingIdeaService to get >> TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES and AVERAGE_CPC for some time now but recently we >> have noticed that the values coming back are not what is expected. For >> example, for the keyword "online schools" we were seeing >> TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES around 22,000 and AVERAGE_CPC around $65 but now >> we are getting TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES around 110,000 and AVERAGE CPC >> around $35. The historical data shows the same trends. Here is the selector >> we are generating in ruby: >> >> *selector = {* >> * :idea_type => 'KEYWORD',* >> * :request_type => 'STATS',* >> * :requested_attribute_types => ['KEYWORD_TEXT', >> 'TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES', 'AVERAGE_CPC'],* >> * :search_parameters => [{* >> * :xsi_type => 'RelatedToQuerySearchParameter',* >> * :queries => keys},{* >> * :xsi_type => 'LocationSearchParameter',* >> * :locations => [{:xsi_type => 'Location', :id => '2840'}]},{* >> * :xsi_type => 'LanguageSearchParameter',* >> * :languages => [{:xsi_type => 'Language', :id => '1000'}]}* >> * ],* >> * :paging => {* >> * :start_index => 0,* >> * :number_results => keys.size* >> * }* >> * }* >> >> Here is the result: >> >> *{:total_num_entries=>1, >> :entries=>[{:data=>{"KEYWORD_TEXT"=>{:attribute_type=>"StringAttribute", >> :value=>"online schools", :xsi_type=>"StringAttribute"}, >> "TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES"=>{:attribute_type=>"MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute", >> >> :value=>[{:year=>2013, :month=>6}, {:year=>2013, :month=>5, >> :count=>110000}, {:year=>2013, :month=>4, :count=>135000}, {:year=>2013, >> :month=>3, :count=>165000}, {:year=>2013, :month=>2, :count=>135000}, >> {:year=>2013, :month=>1, :count=>165000}, {:year=>2012, :month=>12, >> :count=>90500}, {:year=>2012, :month=>11, :count=>110000}, {:year=>2012, >> :month=>10, :count=>165000}, {:year=>2012, :month=>9, :count=>110000}, >> {:year=>2012, :month=>8, :count=>74000}, {:year=>2012, :month=>7, >> :count=>40500}], :xsi_type=>"MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute"}, >> "AVERAGE_CPC"=>{:attribute_type=>"MoneyAttribute", >> :value=>{:comparable_value_type=>"Money", :micro_amount=>34979369}, >> :xsi_type=>"MoneyAttribute"}}}]}* >> >> If the historical TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES showed a jump then I wouldn't >> see a problem but the historical data has all jumped as well. It appears >> that instead of EXACT phrase matches, that the API is now returning PHRASE >> matches but I am not seeing any documented changes about this. >> >> Could someone please enlighten me? Has the API call changed? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gustav >> > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
