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Overview

The ASL API offers top-tier features to deliver top-notch results.

Free Access - No quotas. Take more of your revenue to your bottom line.
Daily Budget - (instead of monthly), giving you more control over your spend.
Hourly Reporting - Hourly billable reporting and keyword/campaign reporting across accounts for more finely tuned results tracking.
Key Metrics - Average Position, Average CPC, CTR. More key data points to measure your success.
Market Pricing - Ability to pull keyword market pricing/forecasting for any and all terms available in the system, giving you the information you need to make informed optimization decisions.
Industry Standardization - SOAP/XML interface for quick and easy

What They're Saying

“Integrating the Ask.com API was a particularly easy process. The quality and volume of traffic on Ask.com and its syndication network reinforces what we know about Ask.com’s reputation. On top of all that, it is free and with unlimited access.”
- Kelly Stephen | CTO | WebVisible

“The Ask.com API is simple and streamlined for rapid development. The Reporting service provides us with the right data and level of detail we need with an easy-to-use set of methods.”
- Nathan Silberman | Software Engineer | DoubleClick/Performics/DART Search

What's New

Version 4 of the API is now available!

API Version 4 Detailed Changes. See a comprehensive list of changes specific to Version 4 of the API, including new operations for Ad Groups and ad rotation. Also, see our Best Practices White Paper prior to upgrading to Version 4.
Geo Targeting. ASL now supports full geo-targeting, from country all the way down to postal code plus radius.
Day-Part Targeting. Now target your ads to appear at valuable times of the day for improved results.
Dynamic Variable Insertion. Now insert more than just the keyword into your ad copy and destination URL, like the queried term, the ad ID, the keyword ID, and more.

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