Retrieving recent data using Targeting Ideas

[Noe Wei]

I have been able to successfully pull search volume for the previous month using the Targeting ideas object through November. However, when our process ran in December to get November data, the latest data available is October. Is this due to the data for November not being available, or is this potentially related to Google obfuscating search volume data for some accounts. Please note that the process has not changed, and the October data that is being returned appears to be "actual" search volume and is not a range.

[Vishal Vinayak (Adwords API Team)]

Hi,

Metrics available via TargetingIdeaService should be considered trend line data and not actual figures, since the stats are averaged over the last 12 month period. Although, there's no set date on when the stats for a particular month are available after the month end, I can check with my team on why an anomaly exists for the November data and will get back to you. 

Regards,

Vishal, AdWords API Team

[Vishal Vinayak (Adwords API Team)]

Hi,

To confirm, could you please provide me with the SOAP XML request and response logs for the API call that uses TargetingIdeaService? If you don't happen to have the logs, could you please provide me the values for the following settings?

clientCustomerId

Request Type (Ideas vs Stats)

Query search paramater (for which stats/ideas are requested)

Preferred Language

Network Targeted (Google Search, Search Network, Content Network, Target Partner Search Network etc.)

Sample output ideas/stats  

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