Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'ads'

Does Yahoo Offer Do It Yourself Ads?

A forum member pointed us to a Yahoo ad Library which entitles you to an on-demand banner advertising solution. You can choose ad templates and customize them for your company and service and then choose a publisher you want to...

ISP to Spy on User Activity to Deliver Targeted Ads

United States ISP Charter Communications announced that it will start looking at your surfing behavior to find you relevant ads. While continuing to deliver the same fast and reliable Internet service you’ve always received, innovative new technology in the field...

Google Introduces Image Advertisements on Cellular Phones

Earlier this week, Reuters said that Google has announced technology to provide brand images on cell phones. In other words, based on a user's query, they'll be provided with some sort of image advertisement that has been scaled to fit...

Google Pushes AdSense for Video

Earlier, we announced that Google has begun testing video ads in the search results. It seems that Google's interest in video is far from over. Google is now pushing AdSense for video. This video explains: Reuters explains that Google has...

Microsoft Launches Smart Web Ads

Yesterday, Microsoft showed off new forms of advertising, including demographic targeting and ads in video clips, according to Forbes. Some of the proposed ad changes include targeting advertisements around key ideas rather than hundreds or thousands of keywords. The ads...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Proposes "Mobile Revolution"

Mobile web advertising is the next big thing, according to a Reuters report on a speech by Eric Schmidt. Forrester suggests that mobile advertising will only be less than $1 billion by 2012. But Schmidt disagrees, citing that the mobile...

Companies Spending Too Much on Vanity Search Ads?

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread is discussing if some companies are taking vanity search ads too far. Typically, the vanity search ads companies should own are for their own name and domain name. But some are going further. Some...

Microsoft and Facebook Partner for Ads

Microsoft and Facebook are new best friends. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Microsoft has invested a considerable sum of money -- nearly $250 million -- to provide advertising on the coveted social platform. Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest...

Digital Point Coop Advertisers Advertising on Google?

A DigitalPoint Forums thread shows an ad for Digital Point Coop Network. The network is now a controversial ad network, because it can be used to try to influence the search results. In any event, a DigitalPoint Forums thread has...

Google Gadgets Ads Beta: Preview Honda Civic's Google Gadget Ad

Andy Beal did an incredible writeup on Google's newest ad venture, gadget ads. As Andy has written, these are interactive ads that can be built in numerous ways and support CPC and CPM pricing. Google Gadget Ads are designed to...

Google Relaunches Mobile Ads

WebmasterWorld moderator pageoneresults reports that Google AdWords now has a mobile ads help page. In the first question, information relating to the program is shared: Why are my text ads running on mobile phones? If your text ads are eligible...

Should You Mention Product Cost in Your PPC Ads?

NewKidOnTheBlock, is asking some excellent questions at Search Engine Watch Forums. His newest question is that he's wondering if it's worth targeting your PPC ads by specifying a minimum cost of a product within the ad copy so that you...

Can You See Google Geotargeted Ads from Another Location?

Let's say you're managing a pay per click campaign for an American client and you live in Canada. You need to get a good idea of the American competition on Google. One problem: you're only seeing ads targeted to your...

Giant Focus Group

Moderator: Jeffrey K. Rohrs, VP Agency & Search Marketing, ExactTarget Panelists: John C. Kim, Senior Director, Advertiser Product Marketing, Yahoo! Search Marketing James Colburn, Product Manager, Search Strategy & adCenter Go To Market, Microsoft Tom Leung, Product Manager, Google, Inc....

SEOs Critique Ask.com's New "Algorithm Ads"

I have been reporting about the Ask.com Algorithm campaign at Search Engine Land for a couple months now. You can read some of my coverage at Now Starring: The Algorithm - Ask.com To Focus On Ranking System In New TV...

Google Enters TV Market with TV Commercial Trial

According to a WebmasterWorld Forums discussion, Google will be trialing out television advertisements in a move intended to "improve user experience and bring value to advertisers." At Google, we are constantly looking for ways to improve user experience and bring...

Search Engines Can Choose Not To Run Your Ads

Yesterday at Search Engine Land I reported Search Engines Do Not Have To Display All Ads Says Court based on Eric Goldman's post named Search Engines Defeat "Must-Carry" Lawsuit--Langdon v. Google. In short, a court ruled that Google and other...

Google Testing Special Video AdSense Units?

Via a DigitalPoint Forums thread a user points to his blog post that says he spotted an ad on this page for Gmail that is in the form of a video ad. As you can see from the screen capture,...

Google Adsense Team Sends Invitations To Webmasters To Help Optimize Ads

In a generous move by Google, the Adsense team has offered to help optimize Adsense ads for some webmaster sites. The Adsense team has sent out some invitations this past week to some people for improving their ads performance. The...

Google Show Cases AdSense Publisher Using Images Near Ads

Ever since Yahoo! took a stance against images near their contextual ads, it has appeared Google has done the same. Many threads discussed that Google no longer felt it was acceptable to put images near the ads, because they unfairly...

WebmasterWorld Tests Banner Ads on Forums?

I just visited WebmasterWorld and I see for the first time ever, a banner ad, animated nonetheless, at the top of the page. The banner is promoting their PubCon in Vegas, and rotates images of sponsor logos. At this point...

Responses to Ads on Web Search vs. Maps, NOODP Hurting Rankings & Indented Google Results

Yesterday was a pretty good day, of the three Google questions we posted, three were answered. (1) We asked why do some ads match between web search and map results and some don't. AdWordsRep responds: Google Maps is part of...


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