How to get data from Keyword Planner by using TargetingIdeaService.

[keym]

Hi,

I’ve been using the TargetingIdeaService to get AVERAGE_CPC and SEARCH_VOLUME, but I can't get results of keywords I searched.

For example, when I search keywords “pharmacist jobs”, results of related keywords such as “pharmacist jobs wages” and “pharmacist job change” return, but results of “pharmacist jobs” aren’t included.

In other case, when I search "pharmacist", the results of keywords such as "pharmacist jobs" and "pharmacist wages" return, but results of "pharmacist" aren’t included.

I want to get results of only what I searched and I don't need results of related keywords.

How do I have to do?

Details are below:

OS; CentOS, or MacOS X Yosemite
Language; PHP 5.5.14
Library; Google Ads APIs Client Library for PHP (AdWords, Adx, and DFP)
https://github.com/googleads/googleads-php-lib
API; Google AdWords API
Version; v201409
Service; TargetingIdeaService
Method; get
Parameter when calling get method;
　　searchParameters
　　　　LanguageSearchParameter 　　　　1005（japanese）
　　　　ideaType　　　　　　　　　　　　　　KEYWORD
　　　　requestType　　　　　　　　　　　　IDEAS
　　　　requestedAttributeTypes　 　　　KEYWORD_TEXT
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　COMPETITION
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　EXTRACTED_FROM_WEBPAGE
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　IDEA_TYPE
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　SEARCH_VOLUME
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　AVERAGE_CPC
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES
　　　　localeCode　　　　　　　　　　　　ja_JP
　　　　currencyCode　　　　　　　　　　　JPY
　　　　paging 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2000
　　　　relatedToQuerySearchParameter->queries 　　'pharmacist jobs'   *set in array.
　　　　ideaTextFilterSearchParameter->included　　'pharmacist jobs'  *set in array


Note:
-I have authorized Goolge AdWordsAPI and done all of settings for the developerToken and client_id related to OAuth2.
-This problem occurs how many times I try to get results.

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

I noticed that in your request you are specifying Japanese for the LanguageSearchParameter, but the keyword phrases you mentioned are in English. Are you submitting the keywords in Japanese or English?

I tried queries with the language set to English and RelatedToQuerySearchParameter set to "pharmacist jobs", and I got back both "pharmacist jobs" and related keywords in the response.

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team

[keym]

Thanks for the comment!

I'm submitting the keywords in Japanese.
What I want to do is to get data of only what I submit.

Do you know what I have to do?
Or is it impossible to get data of only what I submit?

2015年3月20日金曜日 6時07分09秒 UTC+9 Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team):

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

I've run some experiments and I have not been able to get the service to only return the terms I specified. However, this actually makes sense given the purpose of the service. TargetingIdeaService is for generating ideas. As the service description says:

Use this service to generate new keyword and placement ideas based on the parameters specified in the selector

You may want to try the TrafficEstimatorService to see if it's a better fit for your use case. Note, however, that TrafficEstimatorService is for estimating future traffic for a set of criteria.

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team

[Kamil R]

Hi Keym,
I know that your question is pretty old but I don't see correct answer below so I thougt that I'll write down.
To get keywords that you type to search you should set 'requestType' to 'STATS' - not 'IDEAS' as example has in default.Then you get only words that you searched for.
This is just for future user who will be search for something like this.
Cheers,
Kamil