Traffic Estimator question

[Dima Bikov]

I'm trying to use the traffic estimator in order to get estimations for various keywords' average CPC.

I've noticed that I get different results in the following cases:

1. If I create a keyword estimate request with a single keyword, say keyword "a", and then an ad group estimate request, campaign estimate request, and send the request, I get some result for the average CPC of "a", say x average CPC.
   
   
2. On the other hand, if I create a keyword estimate request with more than one keyword, say with "a" and "b", and complete the process, I get a different result for the average CPC of "a" that is not x.
   
   

Why Is that happening? Could it be because I'm currently sending requests to a test account using a developer token that is in pending status?

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

For test accounts, the traffic estimator service returns dummy data. See the test accounts guide for more details.

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team