Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'api'

Not sure how important this is, but it is one of those minor changes that I particularly enjoy covering. The Google Webmaster Tools API lets you verify and reverify sites directly in the API. The thing is, they have changed...

Posted on October 28, 2009 8:38 AM

Google has released new updates to the AdWords API v2009. The biggest addition is that it now supports asynchronous calls, which allows you to make multiple requests (calls) to the API even before your first call is not complete. This...

Posted on October 23, 2009 8:09 AM

The Google AdWords API Help forum notifies us that the AdWords API is undergoing unscheduled maintenance since late last night. This impacts users of v2009 of the AdWords API only. Eric Koleda from the AdWords API Team team said: We...

Posted on October 7, 2009 11:02 AM

I hate it when I read threads of Google AdWords API users who found out too late that the API they have integrated their software with no longer works and that they either lose money or time due to not...

Posted on August 31, 2009 8:06 AM

A few weeks ago, the Apple App store for the iPhone gained its first app to manage Google AdWords campaigns. The app was developed by Webdevs.com and enables AdWords advertiser to manage their campaigns on the go. The application can...

Posted on August 19, 2009 8:33 AM

About a year ago, Google introduced the new Google Webmaster Tools API. This API allow developers to communicate with Google Webmaster Tools (GWT), without actually accessing the front end, so they can code reports, verify sites and so on, without...

Posted on July 31, 2009 9:07 AM

Yesterday Google announced the latest version of the AdWords API, version v2009. This is an upgrade from AdWords API 13 which was released in October 2008. There are major changes between v2009 and version 13 and Google wants you to...

Posted on July 1, 2009 8:04 AM

Google has quietly announced in a Google Groups thread that they have finally added the impression share columns to the AdWords API. The new columns, currently visible in the API documents are: exactMatchImpShare which is the Exact Match IS (measure)impShare...

Posted on May 28, 2009 8:02 AM

A Google Webmasters Help thread has reports that the Google Webmaster Tools API is having some technical difficulties over the weekend. Users of the API are receiving 502 errors for some requests. Authentication seems to work via the API, but...

Posted on May 25, 2009 8:25 AM

Google announced the public availability of the Google Analytics API this week and SEOs are very happy about it. SEOs thrive with data and even better SEOs have ways to automatically build software that uses this data to improve their...

Posted on April 24, 2009 8:39 AM

AdWords API users out there, you may have noticed that Google is returning errors for some of your operations and calls. Reports came in on April 1st at a Google Groups thread, which has been confirmed by Google. Googler, Jeff...

Posted on April 3, 2009 8:07 AM

Yesterday we reported that there was an Google AdWords API Usage Reporting Glitch. In short, Google wasn't telling AdWords API users how many API calls they were making, and since Google charges some advertisers for API calls, it can become...

Posted on March 24, 2009 6:59 AM

There are reports in the Google AdWords API Google Groups that the Google AdWords API is reporting inaccurate data from the usage tool. First reports came in on March 19th, where an AdWords API user said: We have just rolled...

Posted on March 23, 2009 6:56 AM

Just a heads up to you Google AdWords API users. If you are running development tests off Google's sandbox environment, do not that it is having technical issues for the past day or two. A Google Groups thread has confirmation...

Posted on March 12, 2009 8:05 AM

This is a warning to anyone still using version 12 of the Google AdWords API. Google has announced in a Google Groups thread, amongst other places, that they will stop supporting it on February 23, 2009. AdWords API version 13...

Posted on February 5, 2009 8:03 AM

For those Google AdWords API developers, you should be aware that currently any requests sent over the SOAP protocol to the API Sandbox will return an error. A Google Groups thread has one developer complaining and an official Google representative...

Posted on November 21, 2008 8:25 AM

If you are a big Google AdWords API user and you have been messing around in the API's Sandbox yesterday or today, you may have been experiencing some issues. Many API users are reporting weird glitches with the sandbox. Errors...

Posted on October 29, 2008 8:31 AM

First go read Greg Sterling's write up at Search Engine Land named Location in the Browser: What Does It Mean? Now that you read that, you will realize that the implication of Google adding geolocation capabilities to your desktop browser...

Posted on October 24, 2008 8:17 AM

A Google Groups thread has reports from several Google AdWords API users that Google's report download feature is having some issues. In short, if you use the API to download reports, you may be having issues. Minutes after issuing the...

Posted on September 30, 2008 7:25 AM

Google has released a new Java Client Library for the AdWords API. In version 2.1.0, minor fixes have been made which include removing j2ee dependencies, fixing dependencies in build.xml, and reducing the size of the jar by 3 times. You...

Posted on August 29, 2008 9:24 AM

After hearing rumors of the ability to create video ads within the Google AdWords API Sandbox, and then hearing that the launch of that feature would be delayed, it is now officially here. Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team said at...

Posted on August 11, 2008 8:14 AM

In March, Google released AdWords API v12 and is finally discontinuing version 11. This will occur on August 26, 2008. Migration from API v11 to v12 should be relatively straightforward. Jeffrey Posnick of the AdWords API team recommends that you...

Posted on August 8, 2008 9:01 AM

Diacritics are those letters that have a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation. For example, Mexico is often spelled México, with the special é. So when you want to tailor your ads to a specific region and...

Posted on July 15, 2008 7:43 AM

The Yahoo Search Blog recently announced the launch of BOSS -- an "open platform that offers programmatic access to the entire Yahoo! Search index via an API." BOSS currently lets you re-rank and blend results, gives you flexibility on presentation,...

Posted on July 11, 2008 9:40 AM

The Google AdWords API is now supporting the Traffic Estimator Service, which provides traffic estimates (CPC, clicks per day, etc.) for new and existing keywords, according to a recent blog post. The blog post states: AdWords API users can access...

Posted on July 3, 2008 10:10 AM

I can't express how happy I am to see a real live API available for Google Webmaster Tools. The announcement came late Friday, telling webmasters and developers that they can now use an API to access and communicate data back...

Posted on June 23, 2008 7:33 AM

On Google Groups, the AdWords API Advisor shares some videos and useful documentation on how to get the most out of the Google AdWords API. The documentation as provided by Google is at the AdWords API tutorial page, and there...

Posted on June 19, 2008 9:27 AM

There is a technical discussion taking place at Google Groups on the topic of bringing back to life a deleted keyword from Google AdWords. Jeff Posnick from the Google AdWords API Team said he isn't aware of a way to...

Posted on June 13, 2008 8:24 AM

AdWords API Advisor has posted on Google Groups that a new AdWords API Starter Kit is available. The goals are to teach new developers about the Google AdWords API and to provide a flexible/modifiable codebase for a variety of AdWords...

Posted on June 9, 2008 7:14 AM

Are you a developer? You may be interested in SearchMonkey, Yahoo's new open developer platform, which was released to all developers yesterday. The concept behind SearchMonkey is to empower developers to build applications that increase relevancy of search results. Developers...

Posted on May 16, 2008 9:45 AM

A Google Groups thread reports that the numbers reported from the traffic estimator tool within Google's AdWords API interface is reporting different numbers based on the IP calling the data. The AdWords advertiser said that depending on which IP is...

Posted on May 16, 2008 7:51 AM

Besides for Google discounting their search API registration it appears that the Google Search API results are not always matching those of a normal Google search. Now, this has been the case for as long as I remember. Since back...

Posted on February 15, 2008 7:48 AM

WebmasterWorld members have reported that there are problems with the Yahoo Site Explorer API. The problem seems to be either that the service is unavailable or that Yahoo only provides the first 50 results and nothing further. There's no word...

Posted on October 10, 2007 9:29 AM

In a Google Groups thread, AdWords API Advisor informs developers about a new feature available to the public: IncludeZeroImpression has been taken out of beta and has now been made available to all developers and should work in all versions...

Posted on June 15, 2007 10:30 AM

The Live Search Blog announced that they have renamed and taken out of beta, their search API the other day. The new name is Windows Live Search API, lovely. They also gave it a bit of an upgrade, adding: More...

Posted on February 7, 2007 7:45 AM

The eleventh edition of the Search Pulse has now been archived. We were able to discuss in detail about half of the topics I wanted. This week, we had on Eric Ward to discuss one of the most discussed topics...

Posted on December 20, 2006 7:01 AM

Does Microsoft adCenter, like Google AdWords & others have an API (application protocol interface) for developers to build software around? The purpose of an API is to help streamline, automate and easily access data from a 3rd party application. They...

Posted on October 18, 2006 8:04 AM

I wrote about this news yesterday at the SEW Blog. But why is it important for SEOs to know about this specific API? Well, Yahoo! is doing a ton of marketing for Yahoo! Answers. That product has grown very quickly....

Posted on August 17, 2006 7:47 AM