I have a script that uses the TargetingIdeaService and we have been getting good results from it for the most part. Generally we submit a dozen or so keywords looking for PHRASE matches and the results we get back are consistent with the keyword tool. For some reason using a smaller dataset (1-3 keywords) seems to come back with much broader results.
For example if we use: chess programs programs chess chess program program chess We get back matching phrases: programs chess chess program school chess programs online chess programs online chess program chess training program chess tournament program chess training programs program chess chess study program chess teaching programs old chess programs strong chess programs ... If we only search on two keywords: chess programs programs chess We get back phrases that are loosely related: chess strategy chess strategies chess pawn chess tournament chess move championship chess chess federation chess tactics chess rules online chess programs chess programs fritz chess downloads chess freeware ... The Keyword Tool returns appropriate PHRASE results for those two keywords so I am wondering if I'm missing a parameter to narrow down the results or if maybe the RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter is looking at the keywords as a group rather than as individual keywords. Here's the working SOAP call: <SOAP-ENV:Envelope> <SOAP-ENV:Header> <RequestHeader> <authToken></authToken> <clientEmail></clientEmail> <developerToken></developerToken> <userAgent></userAgent> <validateOnly>false</validateOnly> </RequestHeader> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <get> <selector> <searchParameters xsi:type="RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter"> <keywords xsi:type="Keyword"> <text xsi:type="string">chess programs</text> <matchType xsi:type="string">PHRASE</matchType> </keywords> <keywords xsi:type="Keyword"> <text xsi:type="string">programs chess</text> <matchType xsi:type="string">PHRASE</matchType> </keywords> <keywords xsi:type="Keyword"> <text xsi:type="string">chess program</text> <matchType xsi:type="string">PHRASE</matchType> </keywords> <keywords xsi:type="Keyword"> <text xsi:type="string">program chess</text> <matchType xsi:type="string">PHRASE</matchType> </keywords> </searchParameters> <searchParameters xsi:type="LanguageTargetSearchParameter"> <languageTargets xsi:type="LanguageTarget"> <languageCode xsi:type="string">EN</languageCode> </languageTargets> </searchParameters> <searchParameters xsi:type="KeywordMatchTypeSearchParameter"> <keywordMatchTypes xsi:type="string">PHRASE</keywordMatchTypes> </searchParameters> <ideaType>KEYWORD</ideaType> <requestType>IDEAS</requestType> <requestedAttributeTypes>KEYWORD</requestedAttributeTypes> <requestedAttributeTypes>GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</ requestedAttributeTypes> <requestedAttributeTypes>NGRAM_GROUP</requestedAttributeTypes> <paging> <startIndex>1</startIndex> <numberResults>400</numberResults> </paging> <localeCode>en_US</localeCode> <currencyCode>USD</currencyCode> </selector> </get> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> Here's the same call but with only two keywords that returns results that are not PHRASE related: <SOAP-ENV:Envelope> <SOAP-ENV:Header> <RequestHeader> <authToken></authToken> <clientEmail></clientEmail> <developerToken>lKzbm3OF6YVno48Wgx2nTw</developerToken> <userAgent></userAgent> <validateOnly>false</validateOnly> </RequestHeader> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <get> <selector> <searchParameters xsi:type="RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter"> <keywords xsi:type="Keyword"> <text xsi:type="string">chess programs</text> <matchType xsi:type="string">PHRASE</matchType> </keywords> <keywords xsi:type="Keyword"> <text xsi:type="string">programs chess</text> <matchType xsi:type="string">PHRASE</matchType> </keywords> </searchParameters> <searchParameters xsi:type="LanguageTargetSearchParameter"> <languageTargets xsi:type="LanguageTarget"> <languageCode xsi:type="string">EN</languageCode> </languageTargets> </searchParameters> <searchParameters xsi:type="KeywordMatchTypeSearchParameter"> <keywordMatchTypes xsi:type="string">PHRASE</keywordMatchTypes> </searchParameters> <ideaType>KEYWORD</ideaType> <requestType>IDEAS</requestType> <requestedAttributeTypes>KEYWORD</requestedAttributeTypes> <requestedAttributeTypes>GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</ requestedAttributeTypes> <requestedAttributeTypes>NGRAM_GROUP</requestedAttributeTypes> <paging> <startIndex>1</startIndex> <numberResults>400</numberResults> </paging> <localeCode>en_US</localeCode> <currencyCode>USD</currencyCode> </selector> </get> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> -- 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=en.
