Google AdSense launched today

New content targed ad program for content providers

[eaden]

It's way cool :)

[google.com...]

Not sure if this should be in Google News or adwords. I guess this forum should really be the one for AdSense questions as it's about advertising.

Also, it seems that the site hangs in IE. Mozilla ( as usual ) works perfectly so use that.

Unlike the exising content targed ads you do not need 20 million visitors to put these ads on your site.

[swizz]

I can't access the adsense site... is there a problem with report.css? I'm using Windows XP IE 6.

BTW: Google has been fast this time registering adsense TLDs :) adsense.ch already registered...

/SwiZZ

[bluelook]

Zeus, you can filter your competition to be out of your site.

"you can create and manage a filter list. Ads for the websites that you add to your filter list will not run on your site"

Read Google AdSense Faq

Regards,

Nuno

[bluelook]

Will there be a referral program for this AdSense?

Google doesn´t use this kind of promotion, but I guess this is different. AdSense works like an ad agency for the publishers/advertisers, and most ad agencies offer referral commissions...

[zeus]

Thanks Nuno, any one khow how the scripts look like is plain html/java/javascript and what about privacy policy?

zeus

[bluelook]

You are welcome, Zeus. It seems that there is a WebmasterWorld member running this program. Can anyone send me the url of his site? I´m very curious to see this (layout, how it works relating to the context, ...)

[gopi]

Bluelook , These are the sites using adsense now . ( i took it from google's adsense case-study page)

www.infoplease.com
www.bbwexchange.com
www.wifizonenews.com
www.80211-news.com

I am sure this is great oppurtunity for site operators . But not sure about the advertisers . ROI from a search click where a user is asking to sell is far greater that of a click from a casual surfer from a webpage however targeted it is!

[edited by: gopi at 1:59 pm (utc) on June 18, 2003]

[bnc929]

I'm a little disheartened to see the limitations imposed on this program.

For instance, due to the modular nature of the advertisements, they could easily support 160x600 skyscrapers and 728x90 banners but do not.

TribalFusion serves Google Ads through these adsizes already. What can adsense not?

[Slade]

Does anyone know what qualifies as a "personal page"?

Are they referring to the whole site, or the page you're displaying the link on?

[bluelook]

Thanks Gopi!
Curious, all of them use the skyscraper method. Will there be any way of changing that grey background to another color :)?

[Edwin]

Any chance of clarifying this?

"5. Can I sign-up if I am already a part of an ad network?
Yes. However, you cannot run other text-based ads on the same pages as the Google AdWords ads. If you already you already display Google AdWords ads on your pages via an ad network, you can still join AdSense and run ads on your site through our program. However, you cannot display more than one set of AdWords ads on the same web page. This constitutes double-serving, which Google does not support. It's your responsibility to work out any contractual issues that may arise with your ad network as a result of serving AdWords ads directly."

Does that mean that I can't run ANY kind of text ad, even one I put together in-house for an advertiser, or is it only prohibiting me to run text ads served by other networks competing with Google? Not clear IMO...