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Perhaps thats the idea. Lots of us try to make the ads "blend in" perhaps google have realised that if the add contrasts with the site, the CTR is higher?
Mack.
Maybe it will become a copyrighted ad format!
No, not really, I'm making this stuff up...
BTW, bateman_ap> Are you seriously saying you think it's acceptable to get readers to click on adverts by disguising the fact that they are adverts? Is this acceptable in your view? Where would be if search engines weren't under pressure to label sponsored listings as such?
They are in business as everyone else. What would you do when you have a chance to brand in million of webpages. Obviously I would.
Don't forget/neglect the people on your way up, as you might meet them on your way down.
You look for your own interests
Will I quit? Probably not. Will I quit if they do push this idea further and impose spinning Google logos in the ads (I appreciate that that suggestion was originally only in jest)? Yes, maybe I will. No amount of money will compensate for a business partner treating my opinion like it doesn't exist and taking more off off me without my express consent. That's the thin end of the wedge and may suggest that there are no limits to what they will do to benefit themselves at my expense.
A nice opportunity to increasing their brand awareness, but lets face it, the whole thing is a little evil. {not a lot, just a little}.
Hmmm maybe "Evil"is too strong how do you guys feel about:
naughty?
impish?
mischievous?
I think that if they had started like this from the beginning, nobody would have minded that much, but now the look has already been set.
I think that if they had started like this from the beginning, nobody would have minded that much
I'm inclined to agree with you there.
JAG
Not likely.
jd
If you are running a full page ad in the Times, you still run under the scrutiny and banner of the Times.
Because Google has one of the world's best brands, I would even suggest that they are taking a risk by affiliating with smaller sites and unknown content.
Keeping us informed of stats problems....
Setting up direct payment.....
Improving the jurasic stats....
Maybe they could put a pretty graphic on our really really late checks instead of keeping us up to date....
The fact that they've got a near monopoly with advertisers and Adsense publishers at the moment shouldn't push them into decisions that should require a lot of research. If the CTR moves the wrong way, there will be a lot of unhappy people around.
So how could they already have tested or researched the effect on CTR without anyone here or any advertiser's knowing. Seems risky to me. As the saying goes, if its not broke........
If you have made any color modifcations to the border, background, text, links, you will not see the background graphic test on your own ads.
I think that it is pretty easy to say that a lot of people joined adsense because they are text based ads and we didn't want to litter our sites with other crap. I guess our only option is to leave Google but, unfortunately there really isn't anything as good as this right now. Maybe if some real competition happened they would think twice before making such a drastic change that would upset their partners and focus more time on adding REAL valuable features to their program (maybe some stats?).
Nick
And, for your trouble you'll see your net income drop like a rock with a tailwind.
If you have made any color modifcations to the border, background, text, links, you will not see the background graphic test on your own ads
That is good news. Now to go and make some colour changes to the ads on those sites where I am running Adsense with the default colours. (Till of course Google decide that everybody's gotta see their logo in the ads - modified colours or not! After this, I lack confidence that they won't just extend it to all colours at their sole discretion.)
loanuniverse, wonderbread suggests "unethical". I'll add "sneaky". You collecting your adjectives? ;-)
