Average monthly searches vs Keyword planner

[Benjamin Thys]

Hi

i have a problem with Adwords api 

i use it with the targertingideaservice with just one value needed 

the search volume aka the average monthly searches on keyword planner

selector.requestType = RequestType.STATS;

                selector.ideaType = IdeaType.KEYWORD;

                selector.requestedAttributeTypes = new[]

                {

                AttributeType.KEYWORD_TEXT,

                AttributeType.SEARCH_VOLUME

            };

Here is my problem, when i put a list in my program i have so often time the soap response give me  a totalNumEntries at 0

Here is an example ; 

I put a keyword like this : "pare choc polo pas cher"

with this soap request : 

http://i.imgur.com/a2pkb4p.png

and unfortunatly i have this response ;

http://i.imgur.com/68eymlK.png

and i have the same result when i retry and retry... with this keyword

BUT when i passed the same keyword on the Keyword Planner manually he gave me some result :

pare choc polo pas cher  6600.

more example ; 

these example is for french keyword but did the same result for DE or UK keyword

http://i.imgur.com/4FSgSz2.png (with api) (9999999 = 0 totalNumEntries)

http://i.imgur.com/cL9rQfD.png (manually with keyword planner)

and its like too often time. Today I've put 100k keywords to process with the api and 89k gave me a 0 totalNumEntries 

but with the Keyword planner its like 45% return no result

Can you explain me what i did wrong

Thank you 

Ben

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

Can you provide an example of how you specifically set up the Keyword Planner? Maybe there's some different option that is causing the results to differ from the API to the Keyword Planner.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

[Benjamin Thys]

Hi Michael 

I just set the location : France , language : french ,and google for the search engine in the keyword planner

and in my program i set  location France  = 2250 language french = 1002 and set google engine at true 

and i use default date range on both.

just sorted 284k processed keyword this morning 262k give me a null response with adwords api

Best regards 

Ben

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

Can you please try manually specifying the same date range on both the API request and the keyword planner? I want to rule out the possibility that the default date range on the API service and the web interface don't match.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

[Benjamin Thys]

Thank you for your reply Michael

Ok i've tried many keywords with diff date range and the default date range with the API is 12 month, like the keyword planner

Here is an other example ; 

i have try 20 keywords with the API  :  http://i.imgur.com/hEP57KQ.png

and the same 20 keyword with the same parameter with the keyword planner : http://i.imgur.com/nrY4odo.png

Many of the null result with the API give me 10 in the keyword planner but just many not all.

this evening i'll update this thread with the final result i have  with 400k keywords : 200 k with  "pas cher" (cheap) extension and 200k (same keyword) with "occasion" (used)

i'm afraid of how many matches will be null and i don't understand why the result can be so often time at null with the API

Best regards,

Ben

Le vendredi 2 octobre 2015 11:32:30 UTC+2, Benjamin Thys a écrit :

[Benjamin Thys]

EDIT1: The first example i provide on the top post is wrong, i apologize

the result is correct with the API and the keyword planner :http://i.imgur.com/1EIefCW.png ans the result i have with API : http://i.imgur.com/4FSgSz2.png

 i fucked up with the manual result list.

Sorry.

Ben

[Benjamin Thys]

EDIT2: 400k keyword done only 22,7k with result.

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

That does look strange to me. I'm not sure what the cause of the difference would be. Can you provide the request ID or the full SOAP request/response for one of your API requests? This will help the engineering team look into what might be happening.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

[Benjamin Thys]

Hello Michael,

Here is the complete soap request/response for the keyword "cuisiniere bois charbon pas cher"  = http://puu.sh/kCYj5/c59a68714b.png

And the response in the keyword planner tools = http://i.imgur.com/FKs4ckI.png

Thank you

Ben

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello Ben,

I apologize for the back and forth. Would it be possible for you to provide the SOAP request/response to me in a text format rather than an image? You can reply to me directly using the drop-down arrow at the top right of my post, so that you don't have to post your developer token publicly.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team