Hi Victor, If you use the RequestType STATS instead of IDEAS, then the results returned will only contain the keywords you included in the request.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Jan 15, 11:30 pm, Victor <victorep...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am using the targetingIdeaService to retrieve > AVERAGE_TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES for various broad match keywords. I > set: > $paging->numberResults=100; > and when I send a list of 100 keywords, only 7 of those 100 keywords > are returned in the result, and then another 93 "related" or > "suggested" keywords that are not in my list also get returned. The > reason this happens, is that 93 of the keywords that I sent have 0 > monthly searches, so those are not included in the result. > > The trouble is, I am being charged for all 100 keywords in the result > when using the API! I only need 7 of them. That is, I only need the > keywords that are in the list that I sent, and not any related or > suggested keywords. If 93 of my keywords have 0 monthly searches, then > only the 7 that do need to be returned, and therefore I would only be > charged for those 7. > > How do I instruct the targetingIdeaService to return ONLY the keywords > that are in the list that I send it, without any related or suggested > keywords? The AdWords Keyword Tool has an option for this, to return > only the same keywords that were in my list. How do I get the API to > do this? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
