Get historical keyword search volume for a subset of given categories

[Oscar Vidal]

Hi,

I'm trying to get historical search volume for a set of keywords (these keywords are independent of any existent campaign) which can be achieved by using the service targetingIdeaService and setting RequestType.STATS instead of RequestType.IDEAS. 

The problem is that we want to get search volume for searches that are related to the fashion/clothing industry only, but when getting volume for keywords as patagonia (which a cloths brand but also a geographic region) the keyword gets linked to these categories:

• 10017 /Travel & Tourism
• 10769 /Travel & Tourism/Accommodations/Hotels, Motels & Resorts
• 10145 /Travel & Tourism/Tourist Attractions & Destinations
• 10142 /Travel & Tourism/Accommodations
• 12066 /Travel & Tourism/Accommodations/Hotels, Motels & Resorts/Resorts
• 12073 /Travel & Tourism/Accommodations/Ski Accommodations/Ski Lodges & Resorts
• 10773 /Travel & Tourism/Accommodations/Ski Accommodations
• 12098 /Travel & Tourism/Tourist Attractions & Destinations/Winter Travel Destinations
• 10917 /Apparel/Clothing/Outerwear
• 10176 /Apparel/Clothing
• 10021 /Apparel
• 12238 /Apparel/Clothing/Sweatshirts & Hoodies

BUT, we only want volumes linked with categories 10917, 10176, 10021 and 12238 since these are the categories related to the industry that we are working with, therefore only those searches are relevant for us.

QUESTION:

• Is there a way to extract search volumes of a specific keyword but only considering searches linked to a subset of given categories?

Thanks,

Oscar

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Oscar,

You can use the CategoryProductsAndServicesSearchParameter to include IDs of these categories when using the TargetingIdeaService.

Cheers,
Anthony
Google Ads API Team 

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[Oscar Vidal]

Hi Anthony,

thanks for your answer but the CategoryProductsAndServicesSearchParameter is not supported when using the RequestType.STATS. If I try to use both then I get error TargetingIdeaError.INVALID_SEARCH_PARAMETERS. 

Any other options?

Thanks,

Oscar

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Oscar,

Unfortunately, there is no way to do this via the API when you are using STATS rather than IDEAS.

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Regards,