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May. 9, 2008 at 8:27am by Greg Sterling
Google Executives Defend Potential Yahoo Search Deal, Microsoft Releases "Proxy Directors" And Looks Beyond Search And "The Last Click"
Yesterday before Google's annual meeting of shareholders, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page fielded questions from reporters on a range of subjects, including a potential paid search deal with Yahoo and its anti-trust implications. Their argument was that a future paid search deal could...
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Apr. 28, 2008 at 8:29am by Barry Schwartz
Google AdSense Ads May Become More Behaviorally Targeted
Bill Slawski analyzed a newly published patent application by Google named Rendering Advertisements with Documents Having One or More Topics Using User Topic Interest Information. In short, the patent application documents methods Google can use to make Google's contextual ads, AdSense, more behaviorally relevant to the user based on Google...
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Apr. 24, 2008 at 8:33am by Greg Sterling
Google Image Ads: Display Ads For Mobile
Yesterday Google announced mobile image ads. The ads are displayed on the mobile sites of publishers that are participating in AdSense for mobile (or that opt-in to the new program). Mobile image ads are created in users' AdWords accounts and require more or less the same type of setup as...
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Apr. 23, 2008 at 9:16am by Greg Sterling
Google Sued For Undesired AdSense Inclusion
Google is being sued by a man represented by a law firm that has successfully sued Google several times in the past. The firm is Kabateck Brown Kellner and the man is David Almeida, a local businessman from Massachusetts who claims that Google's sign up process for AdWords wrongly conceals...
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Apr. 17, 2008 at 8:55am by Greg Sterling
GooHoo Search Ads Outsourcing Deal Moves Forward
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the "initial test" of running Google ads on Yahoo search results had "positive results" and is thus moving forward. A range of blog posts offers speculation and cynicism about the story and what it may or may not represent for the potential MicroHoo...
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Apr. 9, 2008 at 4:42pm by Danny Sullivan
Microsoft: Forget It On Paid Search Partnership, Google & Yahoo
So Yahoo's going to partner with Google for a test of search ads? Better be only a test, Microsoft seems to be saying. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith just put out a statement suggesting that any partnership would likely be opposed on regulatory grounds, as Google would get more than...
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Apr. 9, 2008 at 3:34pm by Barry Schwartz
Confirmed: Yahoo To Test Google AdSense For Search Ads
Yahoo has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that it will be testing Google's paid search ads alongside its own for the next two weeks and involving no more than 3 percent of Yahoo's search pages in the United States. From the Yahoo statement...
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Apr. 2, 2008 at 5:22pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Selling Performics -- Thanks, Google!
Last month, I did an open letter to Google wishing they'd quickly sell off Performics, to avoid the conflict of having a search marketing firm that works to improve results on Google's own search engine. Well, thank you Google! They've acted far more quickly than I would have hoped for,...
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Mar. 13, 2008 at 2:24am by Greg Sterling
Google Ad Manager Targets Medium-Sized Publishers, Seeks Broader AdSense Distribution
Google's new Ad Manager (currently in a limited beta) is a free ad serving platform directed toward small and medium-sized publishers that don't need a complex, customizable solution such as DoubleClick's DART platform (which Google just acquired). It's a product for the broad, middle market intended to bring both greater...
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Feb. 26, 2008 at 10:17am by Barry Schwartz
Google Updates AdSense Terms & Conditions
AdSense publishers, the next time you login to your AdSense console you will likely have to agree to new terms and conditions. The Inside AdSense blog announced that Google has updated their AdSense terms and conditions to include better verbiage for new products and features, as well as an update...
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Feb. 21, 2008 at 9:48am by Barry Schwartz
Google Pushes AdSense For Video Again
As expected, Google announced another push to get advertisers and publishers to utilize video ads. Yes, Google did a pilot video ad program back in May 2007 and then another video ad push in October 2007. But from these, Google said they've learned much and have made changes to the...
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Jan. 14, 2008 at 8:57am by Barry Schwartz
IncrediMail Gets Crushed Financially By Google AdSense Ban
Google AdSense Has The Power To Lower Your Stock Price from paidContent reports IncrediMail, an email marketer based in Israel, has been banned by AdSense. The ban seemed to have caused their stock price to drop 45% in one day. IncrediMail did not say why they were banned. Was the...
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Jan. 9, 2008 at 8:39am by Barry Schwartz
Google Changes Referral Policy For AdSense Referrals
The Google AdSense Blog announced they have made changes to one of the Google referral products policies. The two changes made to this referrals pricing structure only impact referrals to the AdSense product. Those changes include:...
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Jan. 3, 2008 at 9:43am by Barry Schwartz
Google AdSense Launches Newbie Central
Google AdSense has announced the launch of Newbie Central, a location for new publishers to go and get started with AdSense. The glorified help page gives instructions on how to sign up with AdSense, when to expect payment, information on ad implementation techniques, reporting tips, other AdSense products, and much...
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Dec. 26, 2007 at 3:04pm by Barry Schwartz
US Appeals Court Give Google AdSense Patent Victory But Autolink Still Under Question
U.S. appeals court hands Google patent case setback from Reuters reports a US appeals court has partially overturned the initial ruling in Google favor in a patent infringement case filed by Hyperphrase Technologies, LLC. The court supported the initial ruling that AdSense did not infringe on Hyperphrase patents, but it...
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Dec. 19, 2007 at 9:13pm by Vanessa Fox
Microsoft Live Search Fixes Issue With Listing Google AdWords Ads
Earlier today, we reported that over 4 million Google AdSense ads were being indexed by Microsoft Live Search. Tonight, the Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center blog has posted that they've identified and fixed the issue and that search results should return to normal within the next few days....
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Dec. 14, 2007 at 9:21am by Barry Schwartz
Google AdSense To Give Publishers Access To Review Placement Targeted Ads Prior To Ad Placement
The Google AdSense blog announced they will be rolling out the "Ad Review Center" to publishers over the course of the next few months. The Ad Review Center will give publishers the ability to review placement targeted ads before they are displayed on publisher sites. Plus, it will give publishers...
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Dec. 12, 2007 at 8:59am by Barry Schwartz
Google AdSense Gains Scroll Arrows, Lets You Slide New Ads Up
There are dozens of reports across the web that Google is testing a new AdSense ad format that lets you scroll through ads by clicking on arrow buttons....
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Dec. 11, 2007 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
Google AdSense Makes A Few Small Improvements
The Google AdSense Blog announced several improvements to the AdSense console. The improvements include: Channel IDs are now visible within the channels section of the console Last ad modification dates are now shown in your manage ads screen Manage ads feature is coming to your referral units And some status...
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Dec. 4, 2007 at 3:36pm by Barry Schwartz
Google AdSense To Drop "Advertise On This Site" Feature
Google just sent me an email that they are "retiring" the "Onsite Advertiser Sign-up" AdSense feature. This feature, which is commonly referred to as the AdSense advertise on this site" feature, allows AdWords advertisers to click on a link from an AdSense ad and specify they want their ads to...
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Nov. 23, 2007 at 8:41am by Barry Schwartz
Google Webmaster Help & AdSense Help Support Staff
The Google Webmaster Central Blog has provided us with a listing of all those Googlers who help answer questions in the Google Webmaster Central Group. They are proud to announce they can support people in 12 different languages. Here is the rundown....
