Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google adwords api'

I cannot tell you how many issues I see come up in the AdWords API forum about why does a certain request work in the Google AdWords API Sandbox and not in the normal AdWords API. A Sandbox API is...

Posted on March 12, 2010 8:39 AM

Developers who code for the AdWords API do not want to miss the upcoming AdWords API v2009 Hack Days. There is one in San Francisco on January 7, 2010 and on in New York on January 14, 2010. The event...

Posted on December 15, 2009 8:22 AM

A Google AdWords API Help thread estimated position or average CPC being returned by the AdWords API differs from that of the Google Keyword Tool. Eric Koleda from the Google AdWords API Team replied basically pointing fault at the tool....

Posted on November 23, 2009 8:56 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

Jeffrey Posnick, AdWords API Team posted an announcement in a Google Groups thread about budget optimizer changes that AdWords API users might need to know about. If you are an AdWords API user and you use Budget Optimizer, then you...

Posted on May 8, 2009 8:44 AM

We reported earlier that Google AdWords is sunsetting the AdWords API version 12 on February 23, 2009. Google has been forced to extend that deadline to March 9th, due to the Perl library not being updated until recently. The Perl...

Posted on February 19, 2009 8:47 AM

On December 17, we announced Google's plans to push out a data refresh for the Sandbox due to some issues and bugs that users have been encountering. The initial Sandbox refresh was scheduled for December 19th. Apparently, though, Google has...

Posted on December 23, 2008 9:31 AM

Yesterday, we reported that Google Quietly Released AdWords Editor 7.0. We thought they did it quietly for a reason, but it turned out - they blogged about it soon after and people began installing it. I was hoping they wouldn't...

Posted on December 18, 2008 8:09 AM

For you big AdWords API users, you should know there that on the 19th, Google is pushing out a data refresh for the Sandbox and that there are continued Sandbox issues and bugs. Sandbox Database Refresh is to take place...

Posted on December 17, 2008 8:05 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

Jeffrey Posnick from the AdWords API Team announced at a Google Groups thread the AdWords API Local Database Sync Project. The details of this project are located over at code.google.com/p/awapi-local-db-sync/. Here is the summary: The AdWords API Local Database Sync...

Posted on October 9, 2008 7:09 AM

Good news for AdWords API junkies, you can now differentiate between negative keywords in your keyword structure reports. According to a post by an official AdWords representative in Google Group, Google has added a KeywordIsNegative column to the Keyword Structure...

Posted on October 6, 2008 7:16 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

A Google Groups thread reported a minor scare from some advanced AdWords advertisers. They noticed that Google's AdWords API all of a sudden stopped returning data for the KeywordMinCPC. Advertisers were nervous that they would no longer be able to...

Posted on September 24, 2008 8:48 AM

A Google Groups thread has confirmed reports that the Google AdWords API image creation feature does not work properly in the sandbox environment. When programmers try to enable the image ad feature in test mode (sandbox), they get an exception...

Posted on September 10, 2008 8:43 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

About three months ago, we reported that the Google AdWords API Traffic Estimator figures were off. Since then, nothing much has changed, but Google announced that they have made changes that should help stabilize those figures and make them more...

Posted on August 28, 2008 7:56 AM

Google AdWords API advisor writes at Google Groups that the Java client library (version 2.0.0) has been released at http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-java/. Version 2.0.0 has some major fixes. It removes support from v11 and updates the default version to v12, and there's...

Posted on August 21, 2008 10:07 AM

Last week, there were reports of the Google AdWords API not functioning properly. In particular, the "quota units used" counter was not changing, nor were usage counters retrieved via API. When this was reported (7/21), Jeff Posnick (AdWords API Advisor)...

Posted on July 30, 2008 9:30 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

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

Google has announced that it has launched the newest version of the AdWords API: version 12. Release notes are here, but include the following new features: Conversion Optimizer support CPC bidding for placement-targeted ads Expanded code sample library Version 11...

Posted on March 27, 2008 9:20 AM

AdWords API Advisor at the Google AdWords API Group has introduced three non-Googlers with the title of "AdWords API Gurus." AdWords API Advisor posted the details at a Google Groups thread with the announcement. This is a new Google program...

Posted on February 18, 2008 7:17 AM

Brian Kennish, aka AdWords API Advisor, writes in a Google Groups thread that Google is seeking talent to clarify their help document. Making our Developer Guide (http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/) and Help Center (http://www.google.com/support/adwordsapi/) as clear and comprehensive as possible is a big...

Posted on August 28, 2007 8:47 AM