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Microsoft has released a beta version of their new contextual advertising product, to compete directly against Google AdSense and Yahoo’s Publisher Network. AdSense is the clear market leader for one clear reason – Google pays the highest fees to publishers.
The actual details are light on as the product is still in private beta. However it appears the main feature…
Google AdSense have just launched “next” and “previous” buttons next to their AdSense display ads. The buttons give users a choice of which ads they see by presenting an entirely new set of ads each time the next button is clicked.
After first bring picked up by some users in December last year, the Inside AdSense…
A recent post on the Google AdSense blog indicates a Google crackdown on AdSense publishers who ‘blend’ the Google Ads into their own content. This has been regarded as one of the most effective ways for publishers to increase their click through rate, but has been placed on the naughty list by Google.
In extreme cases, some…
Late last week, reports emerged that Google was sending out ‘account closure’ emails to AdSense advertisers who were arbitraging the system with “made for AdSense” websites. These accounts will reportedly be disabled on June 1st, with all outstanding payouts to be made on this date.
Firstly, let’s take a look at what exactly defines AdSense Arbitrage.…
With their latest earnings report, Google have announced they paid over $1 billion to AdSense publishers in the first quarter of 2007. This figure was up from the $976 million they paid at the end of last year, and was the first time the figure has reached the $1b mark.
The earnings report also shows Google are…