Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google 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

Over the past week, Google has released new client libraries for the AdWords API. The new libraries are available in Java, PHP, Python, .NET, and Ruby. They contain bug fixes, unit tests, and enhancements. Here are links to the new...

Posted on January 26, 2010 8:19 AM

Those of you who are patiently waiting for Google to fix the verification tag in the Webmaster Tools API for the past two months just has to wait a bit longer. In short, those who are tying to use the...

Posted on December 30, 2009 8:08 AM

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

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

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