Re: TargetingIdeaService returns different numbers from the AdWords Keyword Tool

2012-11-28 Thread Jonathan Leger
Thanks for the extra information. I can pass that along to our clients so at least they know we're not just incompetent. I find the AW API exasperating because of things like this. Every other API we code for is simple, straightforward and actually returns the results you would expect. You

TargetingIdeaService returns different numbers from the AdWords Keyword Tool

2012-11-26 Thread Jonathan Leger
I'm using v201209 of the TargetingIdeaService to get the Local Monthly and Global Monthly Search volumes for a set of keywords. As an example, let's say the keywords are: *how to get rid of dark circles* In the AdWords Keyword Tool (exact match, USA location) it returns 12,100 as the count for