Archive for the ‘Context Sensitive Advertising’ Category

Experience With Google Referrals 2.0

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

So far I am not rich from running Google Referrals 2.0. Of course I didn't devote any top grade real estate to the program, so I can't complain too much. I did finally get one conversion after running the ads for about a week, but it wasn't a ...

Google Expands Advertising Offerings Relentlessly

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

You can accuse Google of a lot of things, but "slacking" isn't one of them. Their Adsense program has expanded rapidly in the last six months, and it's even grown leaps and bounds in the last few weeks. We're talking more offerings than any of us can even ...

Google Gadget Ads Coming Soon

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Google is experimenting with even more ad types. The newest announcement involves a whole new type of interactive ads called Google Gadget Ads. Google has already been testing the ads, and the company and observers are quite impressed with the technical capacity of the ads, even going so ...

Google Referrals 2.0

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Google has expanded their Referrals program to offer many different products and services. The program is a Cost Per Action setup with some extremely high payouts. The big difference between Referrals and regular Google Adsense ads is that you don't just get paid for clicks. Instead, ...

Google Adsense - There’s No Harm In Tweaking

Monday, September 10th, 2007

One of the big advantages of the Google Adsense is the nearly live time traffic stats that you get. Because of the almost instantaneous nature of the stats, and the presence of tracking channels, you can "play" with your Adsense implementation until you get something nearing perfection. This ...

Google Adsense - More Traffic Doesn’t Always Mean More Money

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Google Adsense can be annoying if you're a publisher at times. One of the most consistently frustrating things is when you do your job and "get more traffic", but the new traffic is monetized at a lower rate than you expected. In essence, you get paid less for ...

Google To Run Ads On YouTube Videos

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Well, it was just a matter of time. Someone has to pay for all that bandwidth that is consumed daily as millions of people watch YouTube videos. Well, now Google claims they have a new video format that will help monetize YouTube and that advertisers and users will ...

Google Performance Placement Reports And Search Query Reports

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Google is always adding new features to its' ubiquitous advertising program. You get the idea: the more reports and controls you have, the more successful your campaign should be. Well, two such tools have been added recently..

The State Of Google Adsense

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I haven't posted too much about Adsense lately, because I've been more or less trying to wean myself from a daily stats-checking addiction. When I did log in recently, I must say that the trends I saw were decent. For a long while, it appeared that the only ...

Ebay Pulls All US Ads From Google Adwords

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

More changes for Google Adwords. The famous "Looking for "deadly illnesses?" Find the "deadly illnesses at Ebay" ads are coming to an end. Ebay is mad at Google and isn't going to pay for any more Adwords. It will be interesting to see how this move affects ...