Hi, Which traffic estimator tool are you comparing it to? Please ensure that your targeting settings are the same across the tool and the API.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On May 18, 7:59 pm, dmcvitti <dmcvi...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > also, I should mention that I tried with both the PHP and Java > libraries just to make sure i had inadvertently wrecked my code, and > the basic example code for the library in both languages returned the > same result as above > > thanks! :) > > On May 18, 3:23 pm, dmcvitti <dmcvi...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I was working on some some tools to work with the > > TrafficEstimatorService, and got some very strange results.... > > I was working with the example code from the v13 examples page, a > > snippet is shown here: > > > $namespace = 'https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/v13'; > > $estimator_service = SoapClientFactory::GetClient( > > $namespace . '/TrafficEstimatorService?wsdl', 'wsdl'); > > $estimator_service->setHeaders($headers); > > $debug = 0; > > > # Create keyword structure. > > $keyword = > > '<text>mars cruise</text>' . > > '<maxCpc>1000000</maxCpc>' . > > '<type>Broad</type>'; > > > # Estimate keyword traffic. > > $request_xml = > > '<estimateKeywordList>' . > > '<keywordRequests>' . $keyword . '</keywordRequests>' . > > '</estimateKeywordList>'; > > $estimates = $estimator_service->call('estimateKeywordList', > > $request_xml); > > $estimates = $estimates['estimateKeywordListReturn']; > > > print_r($estimates); > > > It returned the following data: > > > Array > > ( > > [id] => -1 > > [lowerAvgPosition] => 1.0 > > [lowerClicksPerDay] => 0.009727052 > > [lowerCpc] => 631594 > > [upperAvgPosition] => 3.0 > > [upperClicksPerDay] => 0.06450792 > > [upperCpc] => 947392 > > ) > > Estimates for keyword with text "mars cruise": > > Lower average position is "1.0". > > Upper average position is "3.0". > > Lower clicks per day is "0.009727052". > > Upper clicks per day is "0.06450792". > > Lower cpc is "631594". > > Upper cpc is "947392". > > > That doesn't align at all with the online Traffic Estimator tool in > > Adwords, and the data doesn't even look to be of the correct type. > > > I have never had any trouble with other API services on either v13 or > > v2009. > > > Thanks in advance for any help > > > -- > > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > Also find us on our blog and discussion > > group:http://adwordsapi.blogspot.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api > > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > > 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-api@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en > > -- > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and discussion > group:http://adwordsapi.blogspot.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > 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-api@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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-api@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
