Google adwords tool no longer free?

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   Appletreedealsposted 14 years ago

   Maybe I'm have a brain-glitch, but...
   
   When I try using Google's adwords tool - which I used frequently
   
   I now get this message
   "Your session has expired. Please return to the AdWords homepage and login again."
   
   When I login with my google acct. (I don't have an Adwords acct.) it tells me it's not an adwords acct. Duh.
   
   I can't access the tool anymore
   
   It is me? or is it no longer free?

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      wesleycoxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      me neither, it sucks.

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      thranaxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I can get into it with Adwords. I paid the 5 dollars cuz they offered $100 in ads free..I didn't want to but now I can still use the tool.
      I guess it isn't free anymore.
      
      ~thranax~

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   DennisBarkerposted 14 years ago

   You have to sign up seperately for your adwords account. It sounds like you are using the external keywords tool which has a timeout built into it.
   
   Just signup for adwords using the email you used at adsense and the two accounts will synch up.

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   Drew Breezzyposted 14 years ago

   i have had no problem

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   KevCCposted 14 years ago

   I've just been using it, no probs.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   No problem here either.

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   Song-Birdposted 14 years ago

   I just signed up using my same email as adsense and I was up and running again

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   NaomiRposted 14 years ago

   I haven't had any problems, either.

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   visitmaniacposted 14 years ago

   You need to have a google adwords account. It is not hard to get one just do not put any ads in rotation simple as that

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   Appletreedealsposted 14 years ago

   thanks all,

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    LVMposted 14 years ago

    I noticed this too. All I did was to sign up for adwords.

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    Lily Roseposted 14 years ago

    Whew - glad I'm not the only one!  I went to use it earlier today and got the same response.  I had to sign up for adwords, but don't plan on using it - got my access back to the keyword tool though!

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    darksideposted 14 years ago

    It works fine for me. If it ever times out just have it bookmarked and go back to the https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal URL to start a new session.

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    lakeerieartistsposted 14 years ago

    I had the same problem.  I had to sign up for Adwords to get it to work again.  Not sure if that is just for today or what.

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    rumblingposted 14 years ago

    That error comes because your session has timed out , don't worry about it , just go the link again and start over , I get this error sometimes and that is what I do , works fine for me

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       Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       No, it definitely wasn't a timed out issue because I tried to start all over again - every which way there is and it would not let me! 
       
       I had to sign up for AdWords to get it working again.

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       darksideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Google must have changed things a little. I was using the tool after being here and I ended up getting the same thing. I just used my gmail account I use for my Adsense Publisher account and added Adwords to it.
       
       On the plus side I don't have to use the catchpa every time I visit the site when I'm logged in.

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