Traffic Estimator Service(v201008) returning improper results

[exter...@spurtz.com]

Hi AdWords Team,

Traffic Estimator Service (v201008) returning improper results in
production.
Some estimator results returns zero(0) for keywords. Some of have
contains unique values for all keywords.Sandbox account is working
fine,it sending fake date with different values for keywords.

Please suggest me how the traffic estimator gives improper values.

Regards
Sambaiah B
Spurtz Application Developer
samba.b...@gmail.com

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Sambaiah,

Can you provide an example of this happening?

Best,
- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

On Jan 4, 3:11 am, "external...@spurtz.com" <external...@spurtz.com>
wrote:

> samba.bethap...@gmail.com

[exter...@spurtz.com]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your response.

I tried two sets of keywords, I am attaching the Traffic Estimator outputs to this post that are in XML format for our convenience.
These are tested in production environment.Please suggest me. How the Estimates are coming improper.

Regards
Sambaiah B
Spurtz Application Developer

samba.b...@gmail.com

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Sambaiah,

I'm not able to replicate this problem on my end. Can you provide the
request ID of such a request, so I can view the full details in the
logs?

Best,
- Eric

On Jan 7, 1:24 am, "external...@spurtz.com" <external...@spurtz.com>
wrote:

> samba.bethap...@gmail.com
>
>  TrafficeEstimator test 1.2.txt
> 4KViewDownload
>
>  Traffic Estimates Test 2.2.txt
> 10KViewDownload

[exter...@spurtz.com]

Hi Adwords API Adwisor,

I don't know how to get Request ID for the request.Can u just me how
to get request id.

I didn't find any request ID property in TrafficEstimatorResult.java
class .

Regards
Sambaiah B
Spurtz Application Developer

samba.be...@gmail.com



On Jan 8, 3:07 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
wrote:

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Sambaiah,

The request ID is returned as a SOAP header in the response. You can
get it by looking at the SOAP XML logs.

Best,
- Eric

On Jan 10, 4:17 am, "external...@spurtz.com" <external...@spurtz.com>
wrote:

> Hi Adwords API Adwisor,
>
> I don't know how to get Request ID for the request.Can u just me how
> to get request id.
>
> I didn't find any request ID property in  TrafficEstimatorResult.java
> class .
>
> Regards
> Sambaiah B
> Spurtz Application Developer

> samba.bethapp...@gmail.com

[exter...@spurtz.com]

Hi Adwords API Adwisor,

The below is the requested id for Traffic Estimator Service(v201008)

The request ID: 76b8a3fcaaadae603acbd4698aa54c5d

Please suggest me any wrong my input request values/ any issues.

Thanks in advance

Regards
Sambaiah B
Spurtz Application Developer

samba.b...@gmail.com


On Jan 10, 9:04 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>

[Eric Haskins]

requestId: d28e95bf39eddfb3d652575d3e16907f for Traffic Estimator
Service(v201008)

I am seeing weird results too

injury attorneys san diego
san diego injury attorney

and the likes come back with zero clicks & zero search position yet
have some min cost and
max cost. Some flat out come back 0 across the board. If I log into
the customer center and use the Traffic Estimator with the same terms
I get results, IMHO shouldnt the api be returning the same results
hence the reason people are paying to use the API?? How do we test our
results?

Thanks for any tips

Eric Haskins
PHP Programmer
KeyPath LLC


On Jan 11, 2:15 am, "external...@spurtz.com" <external...@spurtz.com>

wrote:
> Hi Adwords API Adwisor,
>

> The below is the requested id for Traffic Estimator Service(v201008)
>
> The request ID: 76b8a3fcaaadae603acbd4698aa54c5d
>
> Please suggest me any wrong my input request values/ any issues.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Regards
> Sambaiah B
> Spurtz Application Developer

> samba.bethap...@gmail.com

[Eric Haskins]

We are seeing the same results lots of

minclick 0
maxclick 0
maxposition 0
minposition 0

Some have all zeros yet tell me my daily cost will be xxxx microAmount
if Im getting 0 position 0 clicks how can it cost me money??

We are using Traffic Estimator Service(v201008)

The request ID: d28e95bf39eddfb3d652575d3e16907f for Traffic Estimator
Service(v201008)

But when we login via mcc and use the Traffic Estimator Tool we get
valid results for the same keywords. As I said in my previous post ,
was referred to this one, I we are paying for use of an API IMHO I
should think we should see very similar responses. If not what are we
paying for?? As a programmer its hard to trust data I can't validate
somewhere

Thx for any tips

[Eric Haskins]

Sorry for double post strange delay in posts today

Eric

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Sambaiah,

It looks like your account is configured to use the Indian rupee (INR)
as it's currency. Therefore a maxCpc of 1,000,000 = 1 INR = ~0.02
USD. Because this bid is so low the traffic estimator is correct
guessing that you won't receive any impressions or clicks.

Eric,

In your case it looks like the service is returning a fractional
clicks estimate, which is rounded down for the clicks field to 0, but
leads to a positive cost. The Traffic Estimator web interface is
showing the same results.

Best,
- Eric

[Eric Haskins]

Eric,

Traffic Estimator Tool
Keyword: san diego injury attorney
Global Monthly Searches: 9,900
Local Monthly Searches: 8,100
Estimated Avg. CPC: $24.82
Estimated Ad Position: 1.31
Estimated Daily Clicks: 0
Estimated Daily Cost: $11.52

Google API
requestId=61dfc72348e1d8d016f70389f95fc3cd
keyword: san diego injury attorney
matchtype: BROAD
mincpc:0
maxcpc:0
minsearchpos:0
maxsearchpos:0
estdailyclicks:0
minclicks:0
maxclicks:0
estdailycost:0
mindailycost:0
maxdailycost:0

So how do I get the API to give me back matching results?? I even
tried seeding with large maxCpc microamounts hoping to get some
useable data. In its current state Im unsure if the API is worth the
investment

Thx,

Eric


On Jan 12, 6:27 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Eric,

I haven't been able to replicate the problem with my own account.
Does this happen every time for that keyword?

Best,
- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

[Eric Haskins]

Eric,

requestId=6adbd507132f93297dd3ec3ac4aff722
requestId=42bf98dd2b9e163e6ff42cfb0f9f562f

Yeah pretty much. I guess Im baffled on fractional clicks I mean in
my world its either a click or isnt a click. Unless apple has devised
some cool mouse that allows you to fractionally click something but my
HP doesnt.

Eric Haskins
KeyPath LLC


On Jan 18, 6:54 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Eric,

I've done some more digging, and the zero estimates for some keywords
is due to effective duplicates. Consider your request using the
following keywords:

1) injury attorney san diego
2) injury attorneys san diego
3) san diego injury attorney
4) attorney diego injury san
5) san diego injury attorneys

All the keywords are BROAD match, which means that the order of the
words doesn't matter. This means that keywords #1, #3, and #4 are
equivalent. Likewise keywords #2 and #5 are equivalent. Because
these are all within the same AdGroupEstimateRequest, the TES is
estimating how much traffic these keywords would receive if they were
all added to the same ad group. Because of the effective duplicate
keywords, all of the traffic is being assigned to one of them (in this
case the first appearance) and the others are assigned zero traffic.
If you want to evaluate each of these keywords independently, then you
need to wrap them in their own AdGroupEstimateRequest.

Best,
- Eric