Google launches AdSense for Feeds
After several years in beta test, Google has just launched the much anticipated ‘AdSense for Feeds’. When you next visit the Setup tab in your AdSense account, you’ll notice a new ‘AdSense for Feeds’ option. Features Optimized CPC and CPM ads Ads specifically design for RSS feeds Wide range of customization options Detailed stats on [...]
Google Testing Hybrid AdSense Text and Link Ads
Google [[GOOG]] never stops innovating their AdSense product line. So far this year, we have seen first the testing then roll out of Google logos and Google Checkout icons in AdSense text ads. The incorporation of links in AdSense text ads was first spotted more than a year ago. Lately, the ads have been seen [...]
Google Universal Search is Good News for Bloggers
Google’s announcement yesterday is the thunderclap that bloggers have been anticipating. Gone are the search ‘silos’ — websites, images, news, blogs, etc. Now a single query will return all relevant results. Marissa Mayer, Google VP for Search Products stated, “with universal search, we’re attempting to break down the walls that traditionally separated our various search [...]
WordPress Sitemap Auto-discovery via Robot.txt File
Last November, I wrote that the Google Sitemap Protocol (open-source protocol based on XML) had become the de facto Standard in the search engine industry. Webmasters no longer had to submit sitemaps in different formats to different search engines. However, only Google and Yahoo! had sitemap submission sites. In a recent post on Official Google [...]
Add Bling to your AdSense Ads with Backgrounds from adClustr.com
Using Google AdSense on your blog? Probably! AdSense seems to be everywhere these days. Everyone is blending their text ads using the same color palette producing similar and sometimes exactly the same ads resulting in a new form of ad blindness. A new site (established Dec. 2006) called adClustr is offering free innovative ad embellishments. [...]
Google AdSense Combo Text/Image Ad
I saw this AdSense ad on my sidebar earlier today. It appeared in my prime 200x200px ad spot. The add code for that spot allows either image or text ads. To my surprise, Google served up what appears to be combination text/image ad. The image is reduced in size leaving room at the top for [...]
Creating an Alternate Ad for Google AdSense
Google AdSense ads are a great source of income for many web site publishers. Google delivers the ads live relevant to the content of the web page. The ads are delivered from the inventory of ads they have available. What happens when no ads are available at the time? AdSense delivers non-profit (non-paying) ads. Or, [...]
