If you login to your Google AdWords account and visit the billing summary page, under “my account,” you will notice that the page looks different. Google’s FAQ page says they have updated the page for three reasons, “transparency, flexibility, and performance.”

The new billing page looks like this:

The old billing page, taken from here, looked like this:

The main changes are:

Advertising costs are broken out by dayOne invoice is created at the beginning of each month showing all advertising costs and payments from the previous monthHighlights were added at the top of the rows showing balance or next bill date, your last payment info and your payment methods.Costs are broken down by dayOverdelivery credits are clearly displayed nowYour running balance is clearerBetter and more flexible date range optionsCollapsible totals feature for monthly viewsNew filter by charges, payments, adjustments, and taxesA break out by Offline ad views (like print or tv ads)Monthly invoice print optionSpeed was improvedFaster updates, from six hours to less than an hour.

There were more changes, but this is a major change to the AdWords Billing Summary page.

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