No results on API, thousands on keyword tool

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calford

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Jul 13, 2010, 3:32:24 AM7/13/10
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Hi,

Just want to make a different thread for this issue so it doesn't get
lost on the April-May-June no data one.

If i try to get volume for some keywords using the adwords keyword
tool (web interface) i get these results for US in all languages using
BROAD matchtype


Nicole Kidman: Global: 2,240,000 Local:550,000
John Travolta: Global: 1,830,000 Local:550,000
Lindsay Lohan: Global: 7,480,000 Local:2,240,000


But, using the API i get no results for any of them for the last 12
months.

any ideas why this is happening?

Irio

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Jul 13, 2010, 5:58:34 AM7/13/10
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Hi,

My guess is because it is brand name... and you cannot book in a
campaign brand names afaik.

calford

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Jul 14, 2010, 3:22:23 AM7/14/10
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Hi,

thanks for the reply.

I ran a test using these keywords
Microsoft, IBM, Sony, BMW.

and all of them return values.

I am not trying to create a campaign (yet). Just looking at keyword
volumes

Irio

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Jul 14, 2010, 4:42:17 AM7/14/10
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I don't know about API because I have not worked with it, but with all
the rest of search volume tools.

But what i know is that you cannot book brand names.

Of course though a brand name has volume and maybe even that you reach
with it a website non-brand related (e.g. newpapers writing about the
brand).

You can look into search volumes from so many Google tools: the
AdWords KeywordTool, logged and non logged in, the search based tool,
ratios of search volume in Trends/Insights.

calford

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Jul 14, 2010, 10:47:57 AM7/14/10
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"But what i know is that you cannot book brand names."

fair enough, but i dont need to "book" them.
I just need to know the traffic for them using the API

AdWords API Advisor

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Jul 14, 2010, 6:10:01 PM7/14/10
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Hi,

Can you post a sanitized SOAP XML request and response that
demonstrates the problem?

Best,
- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

calford

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Jul 15, 2010, 3:23:08 AM7/15/10
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sure thing, done for all countries, all languages

for
Nicole Kidman
John Travolta
Lindsay Lohan


[Jul 15 2010 07:17:15.000000 - INFO] POST /api/adwords/o/v200909/
TargetingIdeaService HTTP/1.1
Host: adwords.google.com
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/5.3.0, gzip
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: ""
Content-Length: 765

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
envelope/" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/
v200909" xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v200909"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
<ns2:RequestHeader xsi:type="ns1:RequestHeader">
<ns1:applicationToken/>
<ns1:authToken>*****</ns1:authToken>
<ns1:developerToken>*****</ns1:developerToken>
<ns1:userAgent>AwApi-PHP-2.1.0-adwords api test</ns1:userAgent>
</ns2:RequestHeader>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns2:get>
<ns2:selector>
<ns2:searchParameters xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/
api/adwords/o/v200909" xsi:type="ns2:RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter">
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>Nicole Kidman</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>John Travolta</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>Lindsay Lohan</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
</ns2:searchParameters>
<ns2:ideaType>KEYWORD</ns2:ideaType>
<ns2:requestType>STATS</ns2:requestType>
<ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>KEYWORD</
ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>
<ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</
ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>
<ns2:paging>
<ns1:startIndex>0</ns1:startIndex>
<ns1:numberResults>500</ns1:numberResults>
</ns2:paging>
</ns2:selector>
</ns2:get>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
SOAPAction: ""
Content-Encoding: gzip
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:17:15 GMT
Expires: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:17:15 GMT
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
Server: GSE

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Header>
<ResponseHeader xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/
cm/v200909" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v200909">
<ns2:requestId>0337c5753933699859277026eb903ba4</ns2:requestId>
<ns2:operations>3</ns2:operations>
<ns2:responseTime>541</ns2:responseTime>
<ns2:units>6</ns2:units>
</ResponseHeader>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/
v200909" xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/
v200909">
<rval>
<totalNumEntries>3</totalNumEntries>
<entries>
<data>
<key>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute</
Attribute.Type>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>6</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>3</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>2</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>1</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>12</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>11</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>10</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>9</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="KeywordAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
<ns2:text>nicole kidman</ns2:text>
<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
</entries>
<entries>
<data>
<key>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute</
Attribute.Type>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>6</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>3</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>2</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>1</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>12</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>11</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>10</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>9</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="KeywordAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
<ns2:text>john travolta</ns2:text>
<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
</entries>
<entries>
<data>
<key>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute</
Attribute.Type>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>6</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>3</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>2</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>1</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>12</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>11</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>10</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>9</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="KeywordAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
<ns2:text>lindsay lohan</ns2:text>
<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
</entries>
</rval>
</getResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>


for
bmw
microsoft
sony
apple

[Jul 15 2010 07:20:37.000000 - INFO] POST /api/adwords/o/v200909/
TargetingIdeaService HTTP/1.1
Host: adwords.google.com
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/5.3.0, gzip
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: ""
Content-Length: 757

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
envelope/" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/
v200909" xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v200909"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
<ns2:RequestHeader xsi:type="ns1:RequestHeader">
<ns1:applicationToken/>
<ns1:authToken>*****</ns1:authToken>
<ns1:developerToken>*****</ns1:developerToken>
<ns1:userAgent>AwApi-PHP-2.1.0-adwords api test</ns1:userAgent>
</ns2:RequestHeader>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns2:get>
<ns2:selector>
<ns2:searchParameters xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/
api/adwords/o/v200909" xsi:type="ns2:RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter">
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>BMW</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>microsoft</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>sony</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
<ns2:keywords>
<ns1:text>apple</ns1:text>
<ns1:matchType>BROAD</ns1:matchType>
</ns2:keywords>
</ns2:searchParameters>
<ns2:ideaType>KEYWORD</ns2:ideaType>
<ns2:requestType>STATS</ns2:requestType>
<ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>KEYWORD</
ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>
<ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</
ns2:requestedAttributeTypes>
<ns2:paging>
<ns1:startIndex>0</ns1:startIndex>
<ns1:numberResults>500</ns1:numberResults>
</ns2:paging>
</ns2:selector>
</ns2:get>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
SOAPAction: ""
Content-Encoding: gzip
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:20:37 GMT
Expires: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:20:37 GMT
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
Server: GSE

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Header>
<ResponseHeader xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/
cm/v200909" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v200909">
<ns2:requestId>71ebb2278265557b3b60cbb86e836471</ns2:requestId>
<ns2:operations>4</ns2:operations>
<ns2:responseTime>338</ns2:responseTime>
<ns2:units>6</ns2:units>
</ResponseHeader>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/
v200909" xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/
v200909">
<rval>
<totalNumEntries>4</totalNumEntries>
<entries>
<data>
<key>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute</
Attribute.Type>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>6</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>3</month>
<count>30400000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>2</month>
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</value>
<value>
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</value>
<value>
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</value>
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</value>
<value>
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<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
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<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
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<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
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</value>
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<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
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</value>
<value>
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</value>
<value>
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<count>45500000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>10</month>
<count>45500000</count>
</value>
<value>
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<month>9</month>
<count>45500000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
<count>37200000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
<count>37200000</count>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="KeywordAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
<ns2:text>microsoft</ns2:text>
<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
</entries>
<entries>
<data>
<key>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
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Attribute.Type>
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<month>6</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
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<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
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</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>2</month>
<count>45500000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
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</value>
<value>
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</value>
<value>
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<value>
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<value>
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</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
<count>45500000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
<count>55600000</count>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="KeywordAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
<ns2:text>sony</ns2:text>
<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
</entries>
<entries>
<data>
<key>TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute</
Attribute.Type>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>6</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>5</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>4</month>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>3</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>2</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2010</year>
<month>1</month>
<count>30400000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>12</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>11</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>10</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>9</month>
<count>24900000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>8</month>
<count>20400000</count>
</value>
<value>
<year>2009</year>
<month>7</month>
<count>20400000</count>
</value>
</value>
</data>
<data>
<key>KEYWORD</key>
<value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:type="KeywordAttribute">
<Attribute.Type>KeywordAttribute</Attribute.Type>
<value>
<ns2:Criterion.Type>Keyword</ns2:Criterion.Type>
<ns2:text>apple</ns2:text>
<ns2:matchType>BROAD</ns2:matchType>
</value>
</value>
</data>
</entries>
</rval>
</getResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>


AdWords API Advisor

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Hi,

This issue seems to be caused by the same problem that is causing
other search volume issues. Thank you for brining it to our
attention.

Best,
- Eric
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