CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES is null

[Sally CHEN]

Hi,

I am using TargetingIdeaService to get some new keyword ideas but I found some keyword's CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES attribute value(categoryids array) is null so I would like to know the meaning of the null value. 

Best Regards,

Sally

[Peter Oliquino (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sally,

There may be instances wherein the results or the keywords returned by the TargetingIdeaService may not really belong or is associated to any specific categories. However, in order to better investigate your concern, could you provide the complete SOAP request and response and the UI screenshot of the Keyword Planner with the same parameters?

You may reply to me via the Reply privately to author option.

Thanks and regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team

[Sally CHEN]

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your quick reply. I also found some categoryIds are negative numbers, so I would like to know the meaning of the negative categoryId value. BTW could you give me some reference for me to understand the some exceptional categoryid value. Now I have productsservices.csv to retrieve the category name of each category id.

Best Regards,

Sally

[Peter Oliquino (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sally,

Regarding your concern about negative CategoryId values, this appears to be already more product related. In the AdWords API perspecitve, only the values stated in this documentation should be available via the AdWords API. This being said, I would recommend that you get in touch with the product experts in the AdWords Community Forum and double check with them as to the origins of the negative values.

Cheers,

Peter

AdWords API Team