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We want to take a minute to notify all AdWords API developers about an upcoming change in the way bids are handled in campaigns that make use of the Budget Optimizer. If none of your campaigns use the Budget Optimizer, or if you never plan on turning t…

Hello all,As we mentioned in our December blog post “A preview of 2009 API changes,” we’ve been hard at work on re-building the AdWords API to offer our developers improved speed, functionality, and flexibility.Today, we’re announcing the launch of the…

The system maintenance we had intended for last Saturday, April 11, did not take place. As a result, we have rescheduled it for this Saturday, April 18, from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during thi…

When we first announced non-English translations of our AdWords API Developer’s Guide, we provided Japanese and Chinese versions of the v12 documentation. Our team has been hard at work since then, and we’re happy to announce that the existing Chinese …

We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, April 11 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…

“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…