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The v200906 API, which we released as a limited beta in June 2009, will be shut down one week from today, on February 2, 2010. The v200909 API, launched in October of last year, is a full replacement for v200906 and adds significant functionality. Read…

Thank you to everyone who attended our San Francisco and New York hack days. The response was very enthusiastic and we got a tremendous amount of valuable feedback. Next up on the schedule are three events in Europe: London: February 3rd Paris: Februa…

Beginning today, you no longer need to provide us with an AdWords API Application Token to access the AdWords API (v13 and v2009). This change requires no action on your part. The Application Token will simply be ignored if it continues to be include…

In October of last year we launched the v200909 API and shared with you that the majority of v13 services would be turned off on April 22 of this year. This is a reminder to our developers that less than 100 days are left before most v13 services will …

We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, January 9th 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. Best,- Eric Koleda,…

Location, location, location: so goes the mantra of the real estate business. Although, in this constantly connected world where people are carrying Internet-enabled mobile devices more and more, location is important to every retail business. Often, u…

​Have you been putting off migrating to v2009? Not sure where to start? Been way too busy? Well it’s time to jump start your v2009 development with some in-person help from Google. Join us in San Francisco (January 7th) or New York (January 14th) for…

Our Discover v2009 series has focused on introducing you to the new services and objects that come with the update to the API. And while we hope these posts have been informative we know there is nothing like running a code example yourself to bring t…

While making AdWords API calls, a common task that you have to perform as a developer is to ensure that the SOAP requests you make to the server are valid. This includes validation in terms of parameters required for an API call, as well as ensuring th…

The release of the new v200909 included a number of improvements and new features. Among these additions are new ad types: DeprecatedAd, LocalBusinessAd, MobileImageAd, and TemplateAd, which are all part of the AdGroupAdService.DeprecatedAd:The idea be…

In a blog post yesterday we introduced ad parameters, a new AdWords feature that allows for dynamic insertion of numeric and currency values into ads while retaining ad history. To manage ad parameters, a new service was added to the v200909 API: the A…

We’re excited to announce that a new feature of the v2009 API, called Ad parameters, is now available. Ad parameters enable you to change numeric information (for example: prices, discount percentages, etc.) within your text ad, while keeping the histo…

The v200906 API, which we released as a limited beta in June 2009, will be shut down on February 2, 2010. The recently-launched v200909 API is a full replacement for v200906 and it adds substantial additional functionality. For most developers, the mig…

We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, November 14th 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. Best,-Eric Koleda, A…

As we announced recently, KeywordToolService and SiteSuggestionService were among the services deprecated to make way for their v2009 successors. In designing their new replacement, we sought to create a unified experience similar to our other v2009 se…