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When we originally launched this blog in 2005, we sought to provide you with the most up-to-date information on the AdWords API, as well as useful resources to help with API development. Recently, we’ve realized that the content we produce can be sha…

We’ve noticed a popular question in the forum: “How do I retrieve criteria of a specific type via the API?”. Previously, there was no straightforward way to filter by the criterion type on the server side and the only workaround was to retrieve a…

AdHoc reports is one of the new features we introduced in v201109 of the AdWords API. AdHoc reports are free, synchronous and don’t require a stored report definition. This blog post explains this new feature and covers the best practices.Downloading…

A little over a week ago we published a blog post informing developers that we would begin requiring a developer token with report downloads to better allow us to monitor reports, and extended the deadline in an update. We are changing the deadline to…

With the introduction of v201109 we’ve made some changes in the AdWords API with regards to targeting campaigns.  This blog post will discuss these changes in detail.From CampaignTargets to CriterionTargeting campaigns in v201109 is now accompli…

The AdWords API allows you to manage a large number of accounts using a single login credential set. In order to determine which account to run a query against, a customer identifier is required.Previously we allowed the use of either client email addr…

Last Thursday we published a blog post informing developers that we would begin requiring a developer token with report downloads.  Due to developer feedback regarding the proposed date being so close to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the US…

We’ve released the ConstantDataService as a new service with v201109.  This blog post will talk about what it is used for as well as suggest some best practices.The ConstantDataService currently has two web service methods available: getCarrierC…

We would like to announce an important change to the process of downloading reports from the AdWords API that will affect all report downloads for tools built on API versions post v13.  Currently, downloading reports costs no API units and has pre…

As part of our updates to the design and experience of Google Search and all of our other products, we are introducing new ad placements on Google Search. This will result in a visible change on the “Display Name” and “XML Attribute” values of …

We have recently released new versions of the AdWords API client libraries to support v201109 and AdHoc reports.  Please see below for a summary of changes for each library.JavaSupport for v201109 was added along with utility code for AdHoc report…

As we announced last month, with the release of AdWords API v201109, we will be deprecating the following versions and services:API versions v13, v200909, v201003, v201008, v201101*API version v13 AccountService will only be available on a whitelist ba…

Google+ Hangouts have proven to be a great way to connect people and engage with an audience, something the Google Developer Relations team is very passionate about. In that spirit we’re going to start holding office hours for the AdWords API using H…

Reporting has changed significantly with v201109. We’d like to take this opportunity to discuss how to download reports for lots of clients simultaneously. To download reports for a large number of client accounts, we recommend requesting the downl…

Last year, we provided you with a bonus of 20% more AdWords API units at no additional cost. We’re pleased to announce that we’re bringing back our holiday bonus this year. Starting now and extending through January 15, 2012, you’ll receive 20% m…