I'm having the same issue...tried all of the steps in this thread and still can't get it to work for even 1 keyword. They all say "banned by google adwords". We rely on this part of the software so please let me know how to fix!

I have the same issue! Please fix it

I can't update my KEI.
I get "Forbidden" reply into the "number of searches" column.

Is this the same issue you have written above?

I can not update KEI google # of searches either. I am getting Temp Blocked, every time.

I'm even entering in captchas and it's still not working.

Yes, there is an issue with Google AdWords slightly changing their output over the weekend. We're releasing a fix for this today most probably. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience.

I have downloaded the latest software and I am still getting the banned/forbidden messages with my KEI traffic checks.

Did the latest update work for anyone else?

No. It would be great if this could be fixed ASAP.

When will a fix be made for this? I'm getting forbidden errors no matter what settings I use.

I've also tried a block of 10 IP Addresses, adwords accounts, etc. I am still showing in the reports as banned for Checking number of searches.

I'm concerned because I used an adwords account that I use for my client. Is this going to negatively affect the actual adwords account?


Not sure if this is helpful, but this is what the report details say:

com.agilemind.commons.gui.locale.LocalizedIOException: Banned by Google AdWords
at com.agilemind.commmons.io.searchengine.keywords.c.b(c.java:362)
at com.agilemind.commmons.io.searchengine.keywords.c.a(c.java:339)
at com.agilemind.commmons.io.searchengine.keywords.c.a(c.java:60)
at com.agilemind.commmons.io.searchengine.keywords.c.a(c.java:116)
at com.agilemind.commmons.io.searchengine.keywords.c.a(c.java:135)
at com.agilemind.commmons.io.searchengine.keywords.c.getNewKeywords(c.java:293)
at com.agilemind.commons.io.searchengine.analyzers.CacheKeywordCollector.getKeywords(CacheKeywordCollector.java:56)
at com.agilemind.commons.io.searchengine.analyzers.CacheKeywordCollector.getKeywordSearchNum(CacheKeywordCollector.java:4)
at com.agilemind.commons.io.searchengine.analyzers.KeywordCollectorProxifier.worker(KeywordCollectorProxifier.java:8)
at com.agilemind.commons.io.searchengine.analyzers.KeywordCollectorProxifier.worker(KeywordCollectorProxifier.java:14)
at com.agilemind.commons.io.impl.Proxifier.query(Proxifier.java:60)
at com.agilemind.ranktracker.util.GetSearchNumTask.execute(GetSearchNumTask.java:12)
at com.agilemind.commons.application.modules.concurrent.util.operations.Operation.executeOperation(Operation.java:110)
at com.agilemind.commons.application.modules.concurrent.util.c.run(c.java:3)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at com.agilemind.commons.util.concurrent.a.a(a.java:5)
at com.agilemind.commons.util.concurrent.a.run(a.java:17)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Is this a java issues?