Hi everyone, We are planning to resume our monthly API Live Meeting series next Thursday, March 26, at 1 PM Pacific Time. Program Manager Shamit Patel will be discussing our upcoming release and some of the changes that will impact code for developers using the adCenter API. We will continue the monthly series of Live Meeting webcasts as we approach the release date and throughout the upgrade period.

Some of you may have noticed that the Perl example code in the adCenter API documentation does not work correctly with the latest version of SOAP::Lite from CPAN. Our example code was created and tested using SOAP::Lite version 0.60. When SOAP::Lite version 0.710 was released, our Perl code broke. The problem was in the creation of the SOAP arrays, such as the columns in a report request. With SOAP::Lite V 0.60,

Hello, FYI, the following topics were the most viewed adCenter API topics on MSDN for the month of February 2009. Microsoft adCenter API WSDL Overview Microsoft adCenter API Programming Reference SOAP Requests and Responses United States Microsoft adCenter Campaign Management API Reference Getting Started with the Microsoft adCenter API Introducing Microsoft adCenter API Campaign Management Service Operations Developing with the Microsoft adCenter API Thank you.

Hello, The Python example below shows how to create campaigns by using the Campaign Management Web service. This example assumes that you have already determined which account ID will be used for the campaigns; you must substitute your account ID for the accId variable that is assigned 489 in the following code. We'd like to get your feedback on this Python example as we prepare other Python examples for release to MSDN.

Our communications team sent out an e-mail yesterday to all API clients informing them of some upcoming 2009 plans. If you don't receive the e-mails, let us know. We try to communicate news about API via this blog, via the API forum on MSDN, and via our e-mail efforts. Also, there are frequently opportunities for developers to talk with the product and support teams and provide feedback. In the coming months, we will be scheduling a series of Live Meeting webcasts,

Hello, FYI, the following topics were the most viewed adCenter API topics on MSDN for the month of January 2009. Microsoft adCenter API WSDL Overview Microsoft adCenter API Programming Reference Microsoft adCenter Campaign Management API Reference Campaign Management Data Objects Ad Data Object ReportRequest Data Object United States Developing with the Microsoft adCenter API Introducing Microsoft adCenter API Thank you.

A customer pointed out in his blog at http://sudhirvn.blogspot.com/2009/01/adcenter-error-code-1514-negative.html that error code 1514 will be returned when adding negative keywords if the keyword only has an exact match bid. This is correct and the documentation does not explain this. When setting negative keywords for a keyword, the keyword must have at least one of a broad or phrase match bid. You cannot set negative keywords on a keyword that only has an exact match bid.

Microsoft adCenter undergoes scheduled maintenance the weekend of January 17-18. For a period of time on Saturday, January 17, you will not be able to make campaign changes. You will be able to access the adCenter User Interface and ads will continue to serve as scheduled, but you will not be able to modify your campaigns. The adCenter API and adCenter Desktop Beta will also be in read-only mode and no campaign updates will be accepted during this same period.

We are doing maintenance on the API Sandbox environment today Jan 14 between 11 am and 3 pm Pacific time, so you may experience intermittent issues with the UI and API. Jeff Dillon,

This 10-minute video covers the basics of capturing SOAP messages in various languages when making calls to the adCenter API. The audience would be those individuals already using the adCenter API and wishing to learn how to effectively troubleshoot and report issues that may arise. Providing SOAP headers to our API support staff greatly assists us in quickly resolving issues. You may choose the .Net, Java, PHP,

Happy New Year! FYI, the following topics were the most viewed adCenter API topics on MSDN for the month of December 2008. Microsoft adCenter API What is WSDL? Campaign Management Service Operations )V5.1( Microsoft adCenter API Programming Reference )V5.1( United States AdGroup Data Object )V5.1( SOAP Requests and Responses Live Search cashback Rebate Program Campaign Data Object )V5.1( Microsoft adCenter Campaign Management API Reference )V5.1( Thank you.

Hello, FYI, the following topics were the most viewed adCenter API topics on MSDN for the month of November 2008. Microsoft adCenter API What is WSDL? Microsoft adCenter API Programming Reference )V5.1( United States Introducing Microsoft adCenter API Developing with the Microsoft adCenter API Microsoft adCenter Campaign Management API Reference )V5.1( Microsoft adCenter API Overview Live Search cashback Rebate Program Microsoft adCenter API Concepts Thank you.

- I want to rally renewed interest for our monthly customer webcasts. Some of our recent sessions resulted in issues with connectivity, we cancelled the webcast in September, and last month our promotion was buried somewhat in all the news about the release of the adCenter Fall Upgrade. Yet, we heard from customers that these are worthwhile opportunities for developers to talk with the product team members.

adCenter API developers may be interested in the new Live Search API beta released this week by Microsoft. It offers Live Search that Web publishers can incorporate into their own Web site with great customization, and a pilot program that will allow webmasters to incorporate advertisements seamlessly into their results pages. For advertisers, it's of interest in the potential for new ways ads may be distributed. For Web publishers and Web developers,

One of the new features in the Microsoft adCenter Fall Upgrade is that the EditorialStatus element of the Ad and Keyword data objects now gets populated with the specific object's editorial status. Previously those elements were not used. The EditorialStatus element is read-only, and its value is assigned by adCenter based on the result of the editorial review of the ad or keyword.

Hi Everyone, Two sessions for Microsoft Advertising were presented at PDC 2008 on October 27, 2008. These sessions are now available for public viewing. The two Microsoft Advertising sessions are: Microsoft Advertising Platform: A Lap Around Microsoft Advertising Platform: A Day in the Life of a Click See the links above for a description of each session as well as the recording. Thank you.

- The Microsoft adCenter Fall Upgrade is now available in the adCenter API Production environment. We've been listening to your feedback, requests, and ideas for new adCenter API features, and throughout this year we've made significant progress in several key areas. Now, the adCenter Fall Upgrade brings you even more. Microsoft adCenter API version 5.1 )V5.

- The Microsoft adCenter Fall Upgrade is now available in the adCenter API Production environment. We've been listening to your feedback, requests, and ideas for new adCenter API features, and throughout this year we've made significant progress in several key areas. Now, the adCenter Fall Upgrade brings you even more. Microsoft adCenter API version 5.1 )V5.

Attached are several XML reports containing sample data using Daily Aggregation and Customized Date Range. AdGroupPerformanceReport.xml AdPerformanceReport.xml CampaignPerformanceReport.xml KeywordPerformanceReport.xml They are contained in Reports.zip Enjoy!

This notice went out in an e-mail to API users today: Next week, the Microsoft adCenter API Production environment will undergo planned system maintenance, October 23 through October 26 in preparation for the adCenter Fall Upgrade . Although there will be no downtime, and your ads will continue to serve, there will be some delays to the editorial processing of ads and keywords. We recommend that you do not make any changes to your ad text or keywords during the maintenance.