September 30th, 2005 | by Eric | published in Google Blogger Buzz
A few of us got to have lunch with Neil Gaiman today — he’s on tour and stopped by to give a short talk about (and reading from!) his new book, Anansi Boys. Apparently it’ll soon be taking the top spot on the NYTimes Bestseller list, and Neil att…
September 30th, 2005 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
On January 1, 2006, we will launch the new AdWords Commercial Developer Program, an optional program designed to help commercial AdWords developers meet their client and business needs by providing greater API access and support.This voluntary program …
September 29th, 2005 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
As one developer recently (and most astutely) noted, the current rate sheet states that setKeywordListMaxCpc and setKeywordListSingleMaxCpc operations consume 10 quota units each, while updateKeyword and updateKeywordList consume 1 quota unit each. Or …
September 29th, 2005 | by Graham | published in Google Blogger Buzz
CNBC’s Morning Call has now started The Morning Blog. It’s brand-new still (just announced this morning) but here’s what they say it’s going to be like: What you’ll get when you log on to TheMorningBlog are the insights about the business news of the d…
September 29th, 2005 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
Thank you all for your patience. We have corrected the issue with last week’s release of site targeting and CPM bidding functionality, and have re-released the code.For more information on these new functions, please review last week’s post or cons…
September 27th, 2005 | by goldman | published in Google Blogger Buzz
If you don’t yet have a song stuck in your head, be sure to check out Rocketboom today for the remedy.
September 26th, 2005 | by goldman | published in Google Blogger Buzz
On Saturday, the Blogger team squared off against our good friends from Flickr in the sport of kings … kickball. (Well, it’s the sport kings played when they were in grade school).We’re happy to report that the Blogger side emerged victorious with a …
September 24th, 2005 | by Eric | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Jason Goldman demoing Blogger during the blogging tool dance-off.
Affected Keyword Destination URL’s Have Been Restored
September 23rd, 2005 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
This afternoon at 4:30pm PDT we completed a process that restored the affected Keyword Destination URL’s to their original values (specifically, the value they held on September 20 at 4:00pm PDT before the bug was released).To ensure that we didn’…
September 23rd, 2005 | by Eric | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Reporters Without Borders just released a “Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents:””Reporters Without Borders has produced this handbook to help them, with handy tips and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get round censorship, b…
September 22nd, 2005 | by goldman | published in Google Blogger Buzz
We’ve just made it a lot easier for Blogger users to make money using their blogs. Our new integration with AdSense lets you signup from within Blogger. And we’ve added a tool for inserting the ads in your blog (so you don’t have to mess around with …
Update on Yesterday’s Bug and Disappearing URL’s
September 22nd, 2005 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
I wanted to update everybody on yesterday’s bug and code roll-back.From Tuesday, Sept 20th at 4:00pm (PST) to Wednesday, Sept 21st at 11am (PST) all calls to the KeywordService SOAP API methods setKeywordListMaxCpc and setKeywordListSingleMaxCPC resu…
September 21st, 2005 | by Eric | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Sorry for the late notice, but there’ll be a brief outage (~15 mins) at 4pm PST today, for a server memory upgrade. Details are on Status.Update: This is complete.
September 21st, 2005 | by Pete | published in Google Blogger Buzz
If you’re looking for ideas for meddling with your blog’s template, take a look at how Derek Powazek focused on the bottom of the page when he redesigned his blog. Try it as the new home for your profile or your previous posts, and see if you can g…
September 20th, 2005 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We have exposed new functionality through the API that allows you to take advantage of existing AdWords site targeting and related CPM (cost per thousand) bidding. This new functionality lets advertisers choose individual sites in the Google Content Ne…