Thanks for the reply! Ok, so I had a look through your answer and ran a few changes and here is what still isn't clear...
I created an ad group and used that as the Ad Group ID, but that makes the query return nothing. Is it because I'm using a test account? Is it because my developer token hasn't been approved yet? Or something else entirely? All I need is for the API to return the keyword ideas, not really make any changes to the account itself. Regarding the average montly search volume, os that also a dummy value? Because several million seems a bit strange. On Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 3:49:33 PM UTC, Bharani Cherukuri (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hello, > > That's right. When using test accounts with no Ad group ID, the > TargetingIdeaService will return dummy data. The response of a > TargetingIdeaService will return a list of TargetingIdea objects. Each > TargetingIdea object contains a map of AttributeType > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/latest/TargetingIdeaService.AttributeType> > associated > with an Attribute > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/latest/TargetingIdeaService.Attribute>. > > If you're experiencing a discrepancy against a Production account, please > share us the SOAP logs, so I can take a look. > > As for your second concern, SEARCH_VOLUME > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201710/TargetingIdeaService.AttributeType#SEARCH_VOLUME> > is > of type LongAttribute > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201710/TargetingIdeaService.LongAttribute> > which > returns the approximate number of searches for a give keyword idea on > google.com or its partners. The Average CPC returns the average cost per > click historically paid for the keyword. Since, CPC is a MoneyAttribute > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201710/TargetingIdeaService.MoneyAttribute>, > > it returns the amount in micros where one million is equivalent to one > unit. To get the original cost, you will need to divide by 1,000,000. Let > me know if you have any other questions. > > Regards, > Bharani, AdWords API Team > > On Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 7:57:35 AM UTC-5, mar...@pulsecomms.com > wrote: >> >> Hello, I managed to get my API up and running and was looking to use it >> to generate keyword ideas using the following script: >> >> >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/samples/php/optimization#get-keyword-ideas >> >> It seems to be working fine once I leave the AD_GROUP_ID blank. However, >> when it returns the results, I get something like this (they seed keywords >> are birthday cake, bakery and pastries): >> >> Keyword with text 'birthday cake c7ea94a8', average monthly search volume >> 3960895, average CPC 4864816, and competition 0.66 was found with >> categories: 41, 10628, 21, 47 >> Keyword with text 'bakery 6b76bfff', average monthly search volume 5728336, >> average CPC 15754491, and competition 0.24 was found with categories: 48, >> 83, 68, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'bakery b8bf8bf9', average monthly search volume 5169192, >> average CPC 19104287, and competition 0.88 was found with categories: 16, >> 24, 9, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'bakery dee9a487', average monthly search volume 4985818, >> average CPC 1924203, and competition 0.05 was found with categories: 19, >> 10628, 30, 23 >> Keyword with text 'birthday cake bc36e2b', average monthly search volume >> 6602809, average CPC 6061040, and competition 0.95 was found with >> categories: 73, 10628, 47, 63 >> Keyword with text 'bakery caee408e', average monthly search volume 5315051, >> average CPC 9996539, and competition 0.60 was found with categories: 10628, >> 30, 15, 47 >> Keyword with text 'red herring 2d30b6a6', average monthly search volume >> 4407478, average CPC 14518197, and competition 0.46 was found with >> categories: 24, 41, 27, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'bakery 50bca43', average monthly search volume 5026980, >> average CPC 18575835, and competition 0.89 was found with categories: 34, >> 10628, 46, 23 >> Keyword with text 'bakery 46a29ba6', average monthly search volume 4695373, >> average CPC 9773779, and competition 0.90 was found with categories: 33, 2, >> 10628, 15 >> Keyword with text 'bakery d5b8cea', average monthly search volume 4511768, >> average CPC 14198964, and competition 0.40 was found with categories: 24, >> 41, 4, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'bakery 7d0f283b', average monthly search volume 5257204, >> average CPC 7229398, and competition 0.27 was found with categories: 4, 20, >> 10628, 38 >> Keyword with text 'bakery bd2b0b0', average monthly search volume 4838719, >> average CPC 18720460, and competition 0.76 was found with categories: 65, >> 10628, 46, 31 >> Keyword with text 'red herring 1f4fe5bf', average monthly search volume >> 6168275, average CPC 12618170, and competition 0.03 was found with >> categories: 64, 44, 10628, 69 >> Keyword with text 'bakery 3a46a64f', average monthly search volume 4410049, >> average CPC 16648459, and competition 0.02 was found with categories: 27, >> 51, 10628, 39 >> Keyword with text 'birthday cake 6b542080', average monthly search volume >> 4580951, average CPC 7704280, and competition 0.04 was found with >> categories: 18, 4, 10628, 21 >> Keyword with text 'pastries cf52b671', average monthly search volume >> 5497297, average CPC 14062686, and competition 0.30 was found with >> categories: 41, 50, 36, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'pastries 8b3423d6', average monthly search volume >> 5077028, average CPC 19727977, and competition 0.75 was found with >> categories: 43, 10628, 7, 23 >> Keyword with text 'pastries c272e195', average monthly search volume >> 4267164, average CPC 18388167, and competition 0.56 was found with >> categories: 32, 51, 36, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'pastries f340e083', average monthly search volume >> 5259375, average CPC 17064379, and competition 0.78 was found with >> categories: 40, 56, 52, 10628 >> Keyword with text 'pastries d619ef7b', average monthly search volume >> 3397004, average CPC 6110974, and competition 0.57 was found with >> categories: 49, 59, 10628, 79 >> >> >> As you can see, the keywords returned are just the seed keywords plus >> what looks like a hex number, the search volume and CPC are just large >> integers. The competition and categories look fine. How can I get the API >> to return the real values, or how do I decypher them? >> >> Also, there seems to be a few entries called 'red herring' mixed in. Are >> they meant to be a distraction or some sort of copyright protection? >> >> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. 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