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.

[Pedent]

This is horrible. It looks like an error. I just hope it disappears fast. *off to send some feedback*

[viggen]

I thought i am having an agreement with Google and who or what is Goooooogle anyway...

I also send them my feedback, it does not look professional at all. The least they can do is that i have the option to switch them off.

cheers
viggen

[NeedScripts]

it's new and will make people look at the ads.
Higher CTR = MORE DOLLARS OR EVERYBODY

Not really, it makes more people look at "Ads by Goooooooooooogle" and click on it.. So in other words you are actually sending more free traffic to your website, cuz remember, you don't get paid when people click on "Ads by Goooooooooooogle"

If google actually knows that publishers are their valuable assets then I am sure that they will take off this "Ads by Goooooooooooogle"

[Galtego]

Maybe because they didn't secure the trademark Google at the beginning, they are contemplating a name change to Goooooooooooogle (or some shorter series of stretched O's) to avoid confusion with the established Googler.

[King of Bling]

Not a fan. Looks like a typo (and out of place on my business sites).

KOB

[NeedScripts]

It would also be very interesting to see earning drops. Cuz it has been there on our site for only 1 day now and earning for yesterday has cut by little less than half. :(

bad google bad..

[tantalus]

I know this is a bit early but my CTR has gone up by a third since yesterday and earnings are in line with the increased CTR.

[keeper]

Since the motive has not been outlined, it kinda comes off as cheap branding stunt.

Sorry - but unless I understand the reason, I give it a double thumbs down as it makes my site look unprofessional.

[surfer67]

I wish they would consider getting rid of it all together the way it is for premium publishers. It makes it more difficult to integrated the ads with your content. When visitors spot it, they know instantly that these are google ads.

[rubenski]

I posted this before, but no one replied. What do you think of this 'theory'?

Because of the new name accompanying the ads, Adsense ads are more easily identified as being ads by visitors. Because of this, only visitors that are looking to buy something will click them. Well, not only, but the balance between 'junk clicks' and clicks from people that will actually buy something from the advertiser will shift towards the 'buying visitor'.

This would mean a better ROI for advertisers because they are rid of a lot of clicks from non-buyers.