Hi, The likely cause is a mismatch in the language and location targeting between the two methods. The TrafficEstimatorService makes certain assumptions about language and location, which are explained in this blog post:
http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/2008/07/traffic-estimator-service-explained.html Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 19, 2:37 pm, Dave <dave.lavin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Am using v13 instead of v2009 because I need the estimated CPC values. > I gave : > > keyword = { > 'text': 'mesothelioma', > 'maxCpc': SOAPpy.Types.untypedType('30000000'), # $30 > 'type': SOAPpy.Types.untypedType('Exact') > > } > > Output I got was > > $ python estimate_keyword.py > Estimates for keyword with text "mesothelioma": > Lower average position is "7.0". > Upper average position is "10.0". > Lower clicks per day is "17.23188". > Upper clicks per day is "21.584587". > Lower cpc is "14543535". > Upper cpc is "21815302". > > For a $30 max bid, I get position 7.0 - 10.0 with lowerCPC as $14.54, > upperCPC as $21.82 and hence avg CPC as $18.18. > > But when I checked the KeywordTool (https://adwords.google.com/select/ > KeywordToolExternal) for the same input I got > position 4 - 6, Estimated avgCPC = $15.70 > > How come the difference ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=.
