Adwords TargetingIdea Keyword MatchType not working

[John Ricaña]

Hi, 

I am using the TargetingIdeaService on calling the Adwords API and we are looking for the Exact result based on the keyword that was requested.

We are passing the keywords via RelatedToQuerySearchParameter.

On the api guide it says the "A list of exact keyword match query Strings that the search result should be related to."

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201710/TargetingIdeaService.RelatedToQuerySearchParameter

But why does it shows many related results and not the Exact result? 

Ex.  keyword = cebu

   Response: 

     cebu pacific

     cebu 

Thanks and Looking Forward,

John

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi John,

The TargetingIdeaService will return the related ideas/keywords based on the keyword/s that you set if your requestType is IDEAS. If you want the statistics of the specific keyword/s (e.g. "cebu", "cebu pacific") that you set, you need to use the STATS requestType.

Kindly do this in your end and let me know if this is what you are looking for.

Thanks,

Vincent

AdWords API Team