Ads by Goooooooooooogle

Yes, that is what appeared alongside my ads

[GrantNZ]

Ads by Goooooooooooogle

Anyone spotted the above with their ads? Kinda strange I think.

[oaktown]

G is now a "public" company, ie one whose stock may be owned by outsiders. How quickly and how well the company responds to business issues will be a factor in how large investors view the value of the stock, IMHO.

If the experiment has met with an overwhelmingly negative response...end it.

If the gooooooooooooogle with 13 "o"s leads to porn, pull them all, before spammers find a way to "monetize" the stupidity.

If best practices in branding dictate that you not alter or vary your logo without extensive consideration, don't do it.

I wish G nothing but the best. I am not the only one here whose fortunes are tied to Google's. What's good for them is usually good for me. Assuming that G watches this board (and I'm confident that they do) I humbly suggest that they go back to square one, back to just two "o"s and do it sooner, rather than later. I really do think there have been enough negative elements identified here on WW to warrent pulling the plug. Best of luck to ya, G.

[dolfantimmy]

Yah, I thought I got hacked at first, then saw it everywhere. It already clearly said "Ads by Google" before. So, if it draws more attention to the ads, fine, goooooooooooogle away!

[NeedScripts]

I do not think google really cares about publishers, afterall they know that they do not have any real competition in market and so why not suck more blood/money :( (cuz goooooooooooogle gets more atten to their name and clicks on gooooooooooogle does not count towards $$$ for publishers)

I would love to see google stop this stupid joke.

[morpheus83]

Yes. Gooooogle really is bad and looks very unprofessional.

[JuniorOptimizer]

Anyone have any speculation on why they did this?

[rj87uk]

Just trying new things I guess?

Im sure they done testing before went large? Maybe they saw higher click rate and decided to go large...

[chikung]

When we search something at google the result page has the similar design (goooooooooole) at the bottom. They may want to associate the site search environment or something like that.

[spekiehl]

It may be a little unprofessional for some, but for others, I think it work great. I run a humor site, and my revenue is up significantly since the extra 10 o's where added. I think seeing 'goooooooooooogle' makes my visitors more amused and likely to click the ads. I can see how this creates a less professional look for others though. Maybe if G made a setting for how many o's are displayed, people could experiment to see if it improves their revenue.

[Visit Thailand]

I can see how it works for a humour site, as viewers may think you are taking the mickey.

[woop01]

I wonder if they would approve an Adwords listing titled "MYYYYYYSITE.COM"?