Archive for the ‘Google Adsense’ category

New AdSense Interface Now in Beta!

November 6th, 2009

A new AdSense interface is now in beta!

It looks more attractive. I can see that much of user interface cues were borrowed from the Google Analytics interface.

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New Pricing Structure for AdSense and AdWords Referrals

February 6th, 2007

Are you one of those who felt that it was too difficult to generate revenue from AdSense and AdWords referrals?

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Updated AdSense Program Policies

January 18th, 2007

It has come to my attention that there is an updated AdSense Program Policy page.

The policies remain the same but they are now in a more readable format.

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Policy Clarification on Google Ad and Image Placement

December 29th, 2006

Placing images along side Google AdSense ads has always been a controversial issue.

Apparently, AdSense publishers had observed increased ad click-through rates (CTR) when images are cleverly placed beside ads. I have not experimented with this idea although I knew about it for quite some time.

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Google AdSense in Password-Protected Areas?

November 4th, 2006

At present, Google AdSense does not support ads in password-protected areas. There is hope however that this limitation or restriction would go away.

According to Dave Taylor, the AdSense team is testing out a new capability called Site Authentication. A colleague of his received this invitation from the AdSense team: » Read more: Google AdSense in Password-Protected Areas?

AdSense for Audio On the Way?

November 1st, 2006

Wow! Contextual advertising over podcast? Is this a rumor?

A little over month ago, Jennifer Slegg (a.k.a. JenSense) stumbled upon an interesting job posting in Google. The position advertised is for Strategic Partner Development Manager for AdSense for Audio.

Some digging revealed that AdSense for Audio was originally slated for Q3 release, but it’s apparently going through some delays.

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Google Wants Feedback on How to Improve Measuring AdSense Success using Google Analytics

October 31st, 2006

If you are both a Google Analytics and Google AdSense user, Google is seeking your feedback on the following:

  1. Which Google Analytics reports do you use most often in conjunction with your AdSense account?
  2. Which reports or metrics would you most like to see added to Google Analytics to help you succeed with AdSense?

Google has created a topic thread in Google Group “Anaytics Help” for users to post their feedback.

» Read more: Google Wants Feedback on How to Improve Measuring AdSense Success using Google Analytics

Firefox 2.0 Not Supported by Google AdSense Referrals?

October 30th, 2006

I came across Barry Schwartz’s post saying that the recently released Firefox 2.0 is currently not supported by Google AdSense Firefox Referrals program.

Google AdSense program pays $1 per download of Firefox plus Google Toolbar from a referral. At this time, the referrals program only covers Firefox 1.5. [Update: Google has retired its referrals program in August 2008.]

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Create a Google Custom Search Engine and Connect to AdSense

October 26th, 2006

Google has just unveiled the Google Co-op Custom Search Engine. Well, Custom Search Engine allows you to:

Create a highly specialized Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. Place it on your website and, using our AdSense for Search program, make money from the resulting traffic.

With Google Custom Search Engine, you can restrict sites that appear in your search results or simply give your chosen sites a higher search rank or priority. You can even later add sites for inclusion using Google Marker. Google will give you a piece of code for a search box for you to embed in your site or blog. You can also customize the presentation and functionality of the search engine. Also, you can invite others to co-edit your search engine using the collaboration feature. » Read more: Create a Google Custom Search Engine and Connect to AdSense

The AdSense Code is Amazon.com Bestseller

October 21st, 2006

AdSense guru Joel Comm is making big waves on Amazon.com with his 260-page book, The AdSense Code.

The book has been recently ranked as high as #56 of all books sold on Amazon.com and #1 in the Computers & Internet category. » Read more: The AdSense Code is Amazon.com Bestseller

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