It's disappointing to see Google drop support for their Google API. I had (false) hopes that they would extend this API to allow Marketers to extract information like PageRank and AdWord statistics through the API.

This is a step backwards. Google, please follow Salesforce.com's lead and allow paying customers to access their own data. The goodwill of providing "free" access to applications in exchange for delivering ads is wearing thin in the business world.