KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT returns duplicate keywords

[an...@oneims.net]

I'm running a adwords campaign and while generating the KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT for it the response in get in the CSV format using `download_report_with_awql` there are duplicate keywords in the csv returned.

It's like in my dashboard i see keywords like : "1031 exchange" and [1031 exchange]

but both are returned in the CSV as 1031 exchange

Why aren't the exact keywords returned, and how can i get the exact keywords exported if it's not possible using CSV

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi,

Although the keyword might appear to have other characters in the AdWords UI, the AdWords API removes the special characters of the keyword when it is returned from the AdWords API. Apart from the Keywords Performance Report, you may also try the GetKeywords example (samples in other languages also available in the link) to fetch keywords based on your AdGroup. It will, however, return the keywords without the special characters, the same as it does in the reports.

Best regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team

[Dorian Kind]

I might be mistaken, but to me it looks as if these two keywords have different match types: "1031 exchange" is a phrase keyword, and [1031 exchange] is an exact match keyword. You can get this information out of the KEYWORD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT by including the "KeywordMatchType" field. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Dorian