Queries using multibyte languages...

[digitalpoint]

This is mostly just for informational purposes, but #26 in the Google API FAQ (http://www.google.com/apis/api_faq.html) says they are working on remedying the fact that the API does not return correct results for Chinese, Japanese and Korean keyword queries.

Well, it turns out it's a problem with the client-side, *not* Google's backend. I ended up writing my own SOAP client for the keyword tracker, and after much fiddling with it, I realized that it's just that Google's servers are very specific about how the character set is passed within the HTTP request header. Fixing that fixed the whole problem. Google should buy me a beer.

- Shawn

[Foxy]

You might be lucky and get the Strawberry Icecream

[nlopes]

Well, it turns out it's a problem with the client-side, *not* Google's backend. I ended up writing my own SOAP client for the keyword tracker, and after much fiddling with it, I realized that it's just that Google's servers are very specific about how the character set is passed within the HTTP request header. Fixing that fixed the whole problem. Google should buy me a beer.
- Shawn

In PHP 5 there is a new extension, SOAP, that will turn your job much easier!
read more at: http://www.php.net/soap

[digitalpoint]

Yeah, I saw that... I'll do some testing with it when it comes out, although my SOAP client is already done, so it won't make it any easier at this point. :)

- Shawn

[charless]

Hey Shawn..searched and didn't want to create a new thread so here I go bumping a year old post. Care to explain further on how you fixed or got around this? (Concept..don't have to go in details)