CategoryAdsense

Hot news emerging out of the AdWords blog today that they are releasing ‘click to play video ads‘. Here’s an example of what they will look like. The ads will begin to appear this week. They will not be shown on Google’s own pages but rather on their publisher network ...more

I’ve just started seeing the following ads on ProBlogger.net today in my AdSense ads. They look pretty normal except for the last line or two ‘Change to ads about:’ with alternate ad categories under them. When you click one of the links under that it reloads the page and you ...more

Earlier in the week I was visiting a discussion forum (I don’t remember which one) and came across a product that I wish I’d stumbled across in my first months of blogging (and not now 3 years later). It’s called AdSense Videos (aff) and it’s produced and presented by a ...more

The YPN blog has posted a few ad placement tips based upon eye tracking studies that find that website users view pages in the following pattern: They recommend a leaderboard ad above the fold between content and the top navigation bar. Secondly they suggest using vertical skyscrapers to the right ...more

Inside AdSense have just announced new designs for their referral buttons. There are now heaps of options for publishers to choose from in three of their referral programs (the AdSense, Firefox and AdWords ones). Most (if not all) of the new buttons are like the ones I’ve included in the ...more

AdSense have continued to release new items on their ‘referral’s program today with two new things for their publishers to earn commissions on. You can now refer to: Google Pack – when users install it from your referral you get $2 Picasa – when users download it from your referral ...more

I just had an email from AdSense telling me that they’ve just enabled EFT direct deposit payments to ALL Australian AdSense publishers. They had previously made this available to some publishers but I’m assured it’s now an open thing. The set up process takes a few steps but once it’s ...more

I just saw my first animated AdSense ad on one of my blogs. I can’t get the ad to show again to show you screen caps but it was a rectangle sized ad that was a series of three images that rotated for the first 20 or so seconds that ...more

There’s an interesting thread over at Webmaster World on whether the exchange rate that AdSense is using to convert income for it’s publishers is accurate or not when it comes to the Canadian dollar. I’m yet to really look into it as it applies to the Australian dollar but the ...more