Hi everyone. I was doing some keyword research using Google's adwords: Keyword tool and after a few searches it failed to respond. After I tried to enter the page again I got this message: "Forbidden Error 403". I'm pretty sure google has banned me from using the tool. I have 2 questions: 1. Do you have any idea of how long will the ban be in effect? 2. Is there a way to prevent this using the Google API? Thanks.
They might be doing some maintenance work. On my Adworks I got this message: Oh yea, I like the "short downtime" from 11:00AM to 5:00PM.....LOL....and they say we don't have inflation going on...
thanks for posting chrisd. this might have been the problem for me.. pretty unlucky Now about my 2nd question, let me rephrase... what tools do you use for keyword research/pricing?
This is caused by Extreme OVERUSE of the tool. This is to prevent automated scripts/programs from accessing the tool in such a way that may penalize actual human users. The way to fix this problem is to delete the adwords cookie: I believe the cookie ends with @adwords.google.txt cookies are found in the c drive under documents and settings and the name of your computer or the current user. All cookies begin with the current USER name.