REMINDER: Version 8 Shutdown on July 9

Just a reminder… per our announcement on March 15, we will shutdown Version 8 of the API on July 9.

Please make sure to migrate your applications to version 9 or 10 by July 9. You can find more information about these versions (including the release notes) at http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/index.html.

-- Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

Zero Impression Reporting – Out of Beta

Based on feedback from many of our beta testers, we have made the IncludeZeroImpression field in KeywordReportJob and CustomReportJob accessible to all developers. Previously, this field was restricted to beta testers.

Please note that very large reports that include zero impression rows may fail (indicated by error code 112). If your report fails as a result of enabling this option, try breaking subsequent reports down into smaller queries/reports.

We are working to make this a more scalable solution. However, we (and several of you) felt it was important to expose this feature now despite this issue. We will notify you when scalability enhancements are released.

-- Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

AdWords Systems Maintenance – June 9

We will be performing routine AdWords system maintenance from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT on Saturday, June 9, 2007. While all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal, you may not be able to perform API operations during this maintenance period.

--Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

AdWords Systems Maintenance - May 19

Last weekend’s regularly scheduled AdWords system maintenance was postponed at the last minute. Therefore, we have rescheduled this month’s system maintenance period to occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT on Saturday, May 19, 2007. 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 inconveniences or confusion this postponement may have caused.

--Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

AdWords Systems Maintenance - May 12

We will be performing routine AdWords system maintenance from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT on Saturday, May 12, 2007. While all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal, you may not be able to perform API operations during this maintenance period.

--Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

REMINDER: Version 7 Shutdown on May 21

Just a reminder… per our announcement on January 18, we will shutdown Version 7 of the API on May 21.

Please make sure you migrate your applications to Version 8, 9 or 10 by May 21. You can find more information about these versions (including the release notes) at http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/index.html.

-- Jon Diorio, Product Marketing

API Version 10 Now Available

We are happy to announce the release of the AdWords API Version 10 (V10).

V10 introduces six changes to the AdWords API. Below, you'll find a few highlights from this release. For a complete list of V10 changes, please see our release notes.

V10 HIGHLIGHTS

• Site Suggestion Service: The new SiteSuggestionService provides operations for getting web site suggestions by category, topics you define, URLs or demographics (currently available in the US only). The suggestions the service returns include the URL of the suggested site, the approximate number of impressions per day, and which types of ads the site accepts (text, image, video).
• Check keyword traffic: A new request checkKeywordTraffic (in TrafficEstimatorService) lets you check a batch of keywords to see whether they will get any traffic.
• Proximity target: You can now target your ads by map coordinates and a surrounding circular area using ProximityTargets.

V9 SUNSET IN AUGUST 2007

Per our versioning policy, V9 will be supported for four months from today, at which time it will be turned off. Therefore, please make sure that you upgrade to V10 before August 20, 2007.

And as a reminder, please remember that we will shutdown V7 on May 21, 2007 and V8 on July 16, 2007.


As with every new version, we strongly urge you to review the Release Notes section of the Developer’s Guide.

-- Judy Nam, Product Marketing