“There’s a time for everything.” This is something I’ve been hearing since I was a kid, but today I’m not here to tell you that you shouldn’t have your dessert before your meal or play with noisy toys after dark; rather, I’d like to talk to you about w…
We, at the AdWords API Team, are often asked questions such as “Where have all my units gone?” and “How many API units has a particular account used in the last month?” Luckily, we have supplied you with a great set of tools with InfoService to answer …
The API sandbox is open to anyone who wants to test code during development, and it’s completely free. We recommend using the sandbox as much as possible to catch your bugs during development so they won’t hit your production account later. Here a…
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, March 14 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick, A…
It’s easy to write code using the AdWords API in the programming language of your choice, thanks to all of our client libraries. But when it comes to written language, you’re more constrained–our recent developer documentation has only been maintained…
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, February 21 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick…
In accordance with our policy of sunsetting older versions of the AdWords API, we will turn off access to version 12 of the API on Monday, February 23, 2009. Version 13 of the API has been available for over four months now, and supports a number of ne…
We first blogged about AdWords API v13′s new keyword search volume info functionality back in November, and it remains a popular topic among developers. We’ve heard a number of follow-up questions about how the results from v13′s KeywordToolService mat…
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, January 10 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick,…
The AdWords API team has been hard at work on some big improvements for 2009 that we’re very excited to bring you. Although we’re still working on the details, we wanted to give you a preview so you can plan your programming resources accordingly.These…
Just a friendly heads-up to developers out there: when you send SOAP requests to the Production AdWords API service, you should be connecting to the adwords.google.com hostname. (Requests to the AdWords API Sandbox should be sent to sandbox.google.com….
Managing your bids is crucial to running a successful AdWords campaign. The AdWords API offers developers control over all aspects of their bidding strategy, but the variety of options available can be daunting. To add to this, AdWords added support f…
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, November 8 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick,…
AdWords API v13 ushered in a number of great new features, like exposing keyword quality score information, new report types, and support for more geo-targeting options. There is an additional new feature that received somewhat less fanfare, though: st…
We’re happy to announce the release of the AdWords API version 13 (v13)! V13 introduces several changes to the AdWords API; we’ve highlighted the main points below. For a complete list of v13 changes, please see our release notes.V13 Highlights New geo…