Version 4 Shutdown Today

Please take note… per our announcement on August 29, we will shutdown Version 4 of the API today.

Please make sure you have migrated your applications to Version 5 or 6 in order to ensure uninterrupted service. You can find more information about Versions 5 and 6 (including the release notes) at http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/index.html.

-- Rohit Dhawan, Product Manager

New V6 Method: getCreativeStats

When we launched V6 on September 27, we inadvertently included getCreativeStats, a beta method that allows developers to retrieve statistics for a list of creatives in an ad group.

We intended to release this new method as part of the V7 release. However, since we completed our beta testing earlier this week, we decided it would be best to simply activate getCreativeStats now so you can all take advantage of it.

If you would like more information, please review the Release Notes and Developer's Guide.

-- Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

REMINDER: V4 Shutdown on October 30

Just a reminder… per our announcement on August 29, we will shutdown Version 4 of the API on Monday, October 30, 2006.

Please make sure you have migrated your applications to Version 5 by October 30. You can find more information about Version 5 (including the release notes) at http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/index.html.

-- Rohit Dhawan, Product Manager

Unscheduled AdWords Maintenance - October 17

We will be performing another unscheduled AdWords maintenance from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. PST on Tuesday, October 17, 2006. While all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal, you may not be able to retrieve reports or upload image ads during this maintenance period.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

--Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

Unscheduled AdWords Maintenance – October 16

We will be performing unscheduled AdWords maintenance from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. PST on Monday, October 16, 2006. While all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal, you may not be able to retrieve reports or upload image ads during this maintenance period.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

--Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

System Maintenance Schedule Change

This weekend marks a change in our scheduled system maintenance calendar, so we’d like to update everyone on the new schedule. Starting this weekend, we plan to shift our regularly scheduled maintenance periods to occur on the second Saturday and last Saturday of each month.

• Second Saturday of the month: All AdWords interfaces will be unavailable from approximately 10am to 2pm US Pacific Time.
• Last Saturday of the month: AdWords users may experience intermittent interface downtime between approximately 10am and 2pm US Pacific Time.

Please note that these system maintenance periods only affect AdWords account management interfaces; all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal.

-- Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

System Maintenance - October 14

We will be performing routine AdWords system maintenance from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT on Saturday, October 14, 2006. While all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal, you may not be able to perform API operations during this maintenance period.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

--Jon Diorio, Product Marketing