High search volume results for locations

[Francisco Ferrari]

Hi!

I am trying to get the monthly estimated search volume for certain keywords using the LocationSearchParameter and the id of a country (in this case Switzerland, 2756) but I am getting results that are too high to be real.

Also, when I try to use lower level location (in this case cities) I get results that are pretty close to the country level. How is that possible?

The selector construction:

 # Construct selector object and retrieve related keywords.

  selector = {

      'ideaType': 'KEYWORD',

      'requestType': 'STATS'

  }

  

  selector['requestedAttributeTypes'] = [

      'KEYWORD_TEXT', 'TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES']

  selector['searchParameters'] = [{

      'xsi_type': 'RelatedToQuerySearchParameter',

      'queries': ['iqos']

  }]

  selector['searchParameters'].append({

      'xsi_type': 'LocationSearchParameter',

      'locations': [{'id': '2756'}]

  })

 

Thanks in advance for any type of help! :D

FF

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Francisco, 

Could you enable logging and provide the SOAP request and response logs for the request to TargetingIdeaService in both these cases, LocationSearchParameter set to Switzerland(2756) and cities in Switzerland? Are you making these requests against a test AdWords account? Please note that when using test accounts, the TargetingIdeaService will return dummy data. Please use Reply privately to author when responding. 

Thanks,
Shwetha, AdWords API Team.