Some adCenter users may experience a 2-hour delay in performance reporting starting on March 22nd at 9pm PDT through around 10pm to 2am tonight. Reports are expectedto be running running normally by 11pm PDT, after this 2-hour window has passed.

Heres what weve got lined up for SES New York this year New Features Lab This year the Microsoft adCenter team will be showcasing some of their latest technologies and features at SES New York. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from the adCenter team about their latest platform improvements and how to best utilize them as part of your search strategy in 2012. The session will cover new areas of innovation, best practices,

Heres what weve got lined up for SES New York this year New Features Lab This year the Microsoft adCenter team will be showcasing some of their latest technologies and features at SES New York. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from the adCenter team about their latest platform improvements and how to best utilize them as part of your search strategy in 2012. The session will cover new areas of innovation, best practices,

As we mentioned last month, changes to negative keywords were starting to roll out to all advertisers. As of now, those changes are complete! Negative keywords uploaded at the campaign and ad group level will now be combined to filter traffic, working in tandem with one another. In the past, negative keywords at the ad group level would override those at the campaign level. You'll find more detail on this change over on the adCenter Blog ,

On Sunday, March 11, 2012, adCenter and pubCenter will be unavailable from approximately 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time )PDT( for unplanned system maintenance. Users in all markets will be unable to access adCenter during this time. Please note.

In this months release, there are some enhancements planned for Share of Voice reporting that will impact API customers immediately; we want you to know about this now so you can plan accordingly. What You Need to Know New columns will be available in your Account, Campaign and Ad group performance reports to provide more transparency and more actionable information to advertisers overall.

If youve been following along at here at the adCenter Blog, by now youve probably noticed that we typically make at least one announcement about new or updated features each month. As Im usually working on the content to deliver that news to you as it becomes available, youd think Id have a pretty firm grasp on whats new in adCenter. While I do in a general, overview sense, that grasp is probably more tenuous than you might suspect.

This months Desktop upgrade is all about enhancing navigation and simplifying bulk editing and data imports. If you didnt upgrade to the latest version when we suggested you do so last week, now is the time; youll need the latest version in order to ensure your campaign imports run smoothly . If you missed the February release post summarizing changes within the adCenter user interface, it's live on the blog now . So, whats new in Desktop?

Theres an expression that I first heard during my new employee orientation here at Microsoft thats stuck with me ever since: drinking from the fire hose. That one phrase was the perfect descriptor for what it felt like to sort through all the new-to-Microsoft information from deciphering an endless )and ever-changing( list of acronyms,

Over the past few weeks, weve made some announcements about changes that are coming soon to Microsoft Advertising adCenter. If youre a Desktop user, please take note that you will need to upgrade to the latest version of the tool in order.

SMX West starts next week, are you excited? Having been to a couple of SMX conferences in the past myself, I can say without a doubt that its one of the best out there for online marketers. Theres always a great mix of speakers from across the industry; if you dont walk away from this event feeling like you learned something new, then youre probably ready to be one of the speakers. If youve been following us on Twitter ,

Some adCenter API users may experience up to a 2-6 hour delay with API performance reports beginning Thursday February 23 at 8pm PST through between 10pm PST and 2am PST on Friday February 24. Reports are expected to be running normally by 2am PST on Friday, February 24.

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As Bob Wiley so eloquently put it, There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like Neil Diamond, and those who dont. As a card carrying member of Red Sox Nation whos belted out Sweet Caroline from.

If you saw the post on the adCenter Blog about the location targeting updates that are in the process of rolling out, no doubt you have some questions around what this means for the API. If you are using the adCenter API, you can expect the following changes based on the version of the API you use. While it is not required to upgrade to V8 of the adCenter API, please keep in mind that if you use V7: The system will no longer derive Region from the AdGroup.

Although this information was posted to the adCenter Blog, we wanted to make sure API users are aware of the changes that are coming to adCenter as well. Heres a quick summary of the changes that you could start to see as early as mid-February: As always, if you have any questions or comment, feel free to leave them in the comments below, post a thread in our API forum , ping us on Twitter , write on our Facebook wall or join the conversation in our new LinkedIn group,

Although there is a segment of the population who associate the term phishing with the darlings of the jamband music genre, here in the tech world, it refers to something much more sinister. Given that we recently received some reports of.

Although there is a segment of the population who associate the term phishing with the darlings of the jamband music genre, here in the tech world, it refers to something much more sinister. Given that we recently received some reports of phishing emails being sent to adCenter users, we wanted to take a minute to make sure youre aware of both the risks and resources available to help protect yourself from the nefarious characters who employ phishing techniques.

If you knew me in person beyond this glowing little box on your desk or in your hand - at some point, you would hear me say, Its all about perspective. Thats pretty much my mantra, because how we perceive the world informs what our own individual reality is and everyone has their unique version of it based largely on the experiences theyve had. When it comes to adCenter,

If you knew me in person beyond this glowing little box on your desk or in your hand - at some point, you would hear me say, Its all about perspective. Thats pretty much my mantra, because how we perceive the world informs what our own individual reality is and everyone has their unique version of it based largely on the experiences theyve had. When it comes to adCenter,