Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi All, I believe this problem has been fixed now. Can you pleae re-run your tests and confirm? Best, - Eric -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Martin, You can enable SOAP XML logging in the Java client library using the instructions in the README: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-java/source/browse/trunk/README#198 Best, - Eric On Oct 11, 5:28 am, Martin wrote: > Hi Eric, > > thanks for the notification. We are very pleased to see that work is > being done. > > The issue with duplicate keywords seems to be resolved, so it's very > reasonable that you cannot replicate the problem. For future > reference, is there an easy way to generate the SOAP XML from the Java > API? > > Best regards > -- > Martin > > On Oct 8, 7:08 pm, AdWords API Advisor > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > The engineering team has identified an issue where language filters > > are used incorrectly in STATS requests. They are working to correct > > the problem and should hopefully have a fix available within the next > > week or so. For now the recommendation is to omit a language filter > > for STATS requests. > > > Martin, > > > I'm not able to replicate the duplicate results problem you mentioned, > > can you post the sanitized SOAP XML request and response that > > demonstrates this issue? > > > Best, > > - Eric > > > On Oct 4, 9:34 am, Bastien wrote: > > > > Hi Eric > > > > I also confirm the issue in French/France targetting. > > > For instance, the keyword "polaris 280" (a popular swimming pool > > > robot) is reported with 1900 global / 880 local search volume in Exact > > > Match in the public Adwords External Tool, and with zero volume with > > > the API. > > > When do you think this is going to be fixed ? > > > > Best regards > > > Bastien -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Eric, thanks for the notification. We are very pleased to see that work is being done. The issue with duplicate keywords seems to be resolved, so it's very reasonable that you cannot replicate the problem. For future reference, is there an easy way to generate the SOAP XML from the Java API? Best regards -- Martin On Oct 8, 7:08 pm, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hi All, > > The engineering team has identified an issue where language filters > are used incorrectly in STATS requests. They are working to correct > the problem and should hopefully have a fix available within the next > week or so. For now the recommendation is to omit a language filter > for STATS requests. > > Martin, > > I'm not able to replicate the duplicate results problem you mentioned, > can you post the sanitized SOAP XML request and response that > demonstrates this issue? > > Best, > - Eric > > On Oct 4, 9:34 am, Bastien wrote: > > > > > Hi Eric > > > I also confirm the issue in French/France targetting. > > For instance, the keyword "polaris 280" (a popular swimming pool > > robot) is reported with 1900 global / 880 local search volume in Exact > > Match in the public Adwords External Tool, and with zero volume with > > the API. > > When do you think this is going to be fixed ? > > > Best regards > > Bastien -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi All, The engineering team has identified an issue where language filters are used incorrectly in STATS requests. They are working to correct the problem and should hopefully have a fix available within the next week or so. For now the recommendation is to omit a language filter for STATS requests. Martin, I'm not able to replicate the duplicate results problem you mentioned, can you post the sanitized SOAP XML request and response that demonstrates this issue? Best, - Eric On Oct 4, 9:34 am, Bastien wrote: > Hi Eric > > I also confirm the issue in French/France targetting. > For instance, the keyword "polaris 280" (a popular swimming pool > robot) is reported with 1900 global / 880 local search volume in Exact > Match in the public Adwords External Tool, and with zero volume with > the API. > When do you think this is going to be fixed ? > > Best regards > Bastien -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Eric, we can se that there is work being done on the search volume issue. However, search volumes still differ between keyword suggestions (ideas request type) and search volumes (stats request type) from the targeting idea service. In most cases the search volumes accompanying keyword suggestions seem reasonable, but search volumes requested as stats from the service are still missing or significantly lower than those in the suggestions. There are also duplicate keyword suggestions (same keyword occurring more than once), with differing search volumes, from the targeting idea service. Look specifically at suggestions for "säkerhetsdörrar" using Swedish/Sweden as a local targeting seed to get an idea of the problem. Our result contains two instances with high competition and one with medium for the exact same word, when requesting high competition suggestions. Will there be work on the backend to correct this new behavior? Best regards -- Martin -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Eric I also confirm the issue in French/France targetting. For instance, the keyword "polaris 280" (a popular swimming pool robot) is reported with 1900 global / 880 local search volume in Exact Match in the public Adwords External Tool, and with zero volume with the API. When do you think this is going to be fixed ? Best regards Bastien -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Martin, We've seen some other cases recently where traffic seems significantly lower than would be expected, even given the exclusion of search partners statistics. We are following up with the core engineering team and I'll post more information as it becomes available. Best, - Eric On Sep 28, 3:24 am, Martin wrote: > Hi Eric, > > thanks for your reply. However, we cannot find the reason for the > behavior we experience, except for maybe this part of the post: > > "In addition to these improvements, we’ve also changed how we > calculate Global Monthly Searches and Local Monthly Searches. > Statistics in these columns are now based on Google.com search traffic > only." > > Surely the intended meaning is not only google.com data, but also data > from all other localized google.* sites (such as google.se, google.no, > and so on..)? Otherwise the purpose of localized keyword data seems > entirely disabled in the backend. > > We should point out that this seems to be an issue with the whole > backend, since we experience this exact behavior (no search volumes > for even the "largest" of keywords) in the online AdWords Keyword Tool > and not only in the AdWords API. > > Any ideas on how we approach this issue? > > Best regards > -- > Martin > > On Sep 28, 4:20 am, AdWords API Advisor > wrote: > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > There were some recent changes to the keyword tool backend that may be > > leading to the behavior you're seeing. This blog post touches on some > > of them: > > > http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/09/updated-keyword-tool-out-of-beta > > > Best, > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > On Sep 24, 10:52 am, Martin wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > We use the Google Adwords API 8.1 for java , but it's rather > > > irrelevant, we have noticed that also the online keyword tool (https:// > > > adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) has the flaws we intend > > > to address. > > > > Here is a summary: > > > When using local targeting Sweden/Swedish > > > 1. There are no or very low search volumes for most keywords > > > (including big words like "iphone" and "fifa"). > > > 2. There is no or very little relevance of the keywords suggestions > > > for most of the big words. > > > > Is something broken? > > > > We know there has been work on the backend, but this must be a bigger > > > issue, right? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Eric, thanks for your reply. However, we cannot find the reason for the behavior we experience, except for maybe this part of the post: "In addition to these improvements, we’ve also changed how we calculate Global Monthly Searches and Local Monthly Searches. Statistics in these columns are now based on Google.com search traffic only." Surely the intended meaning is not only google.com data, but also data from all other localized google.* sites (such as google.se, google.no, and so on..)? Otherwise the purpose of localized keyword data seems entirely disabled in the backend. We should point out that this seems to be an issue with the whole backend, since we experience this exact behavior (no search volumes for even the "largest" of keywords) in the online AdWords Keyword Tool and not only in the AdWords API. Any ideas on how we approach this issue? Best regards -- Martin On Sep 28, 4:20 am, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hi Martin, > > There were some recent changes to the keyword tool backend that may be > leading to the behavior you're seeing. This blog post touches on some > of them: > > http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/09/updated-keyword-tool-out-of-beta > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Sep 24, 10:52 am, Martin wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > We use the Google Adwords API 8.1 for java , but it's rather > > irrelevant, we have noticed that also the online keyword tool (https:// > > adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) has the flaws we intend > > to address. > > > Here is a summary: > > When using local targeting Sweden/Swedish > > 1. There are no or very low search volumes for most keywords > > (including big words like "iphone" and "fifa"). > > 2. There is no or very little relevance of the keywords suggestions > > for most of the big words. > > > Is something broken? > > > We know there has been work on the backend, but this must be a bigger > > issue, right? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi Martin, There were some recent changes to the keyword tool backend that may be leading to the behavior you're seeing. This blog post touches on some of them: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/09/updated-keyword-tool-out-of-beta.html Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Sep 24, 10:52 am, Martin wrote: > Hi! > > We use the Google Adwords API 8.1 for java , but it's rather > irrelevant, we have noticed that also the online keyword tool (https:// > adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) has the flaws we intend > to address. > > Here is a summary: > When using local targeting Sweden/Swedish > 1. There are no or very low search volumes for most keywords > (including big words like "iphone" and "fifa"). > 2. There is no or very little relevance of the keywords suggestions > for most of the big words. > > Is something broken? > > We know there has been work on the backend, but this must be a bigger > issue, right? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Search volumes and keyword suggestions for localized targeting is broken?
Hi! We use the Google Adwords API 8.1 for java , but it's rather irrelevant, we have noticed that also the online keyword tool (https:// adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) has the flaws we intend to address. Here is a summary: When using local targeting Sweden/Swedish 1. There are no or very low search volumes for most keywords (including big words like "iphone" and "fifa"). 2. There is no or very little relevance of the keywords suggestions for most of the big words. Is something broken? We know there has been work on the backend, but this must be a bigger issue, right? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
