Anybody Ever See This Optimization?
Whilst searching through BlogPulse for citations, I came upon this post linking to my own, and discovered a form of AdSense optimization I had never seen before:
Basically, the area on the left side of the ad is a rotating PHP file that displays different little images next to each ad on each page load. The PHP file is here, just hit refresh to see how it changes. The “ads by goooooooogle” text running on the left side even makes it appear official (such a good usage that I almost thought I had stumbled on a new ad type).
One has to wonder if Google’s AdSense Terms of Service allow this. It seems like such a good optimization that, if it is allowed, I would recommend every AdSense publisher at least try it to see if it increases revenues. I’m waiting on Google for the verdict.
Nathan, using images is becoming a common thing. http://www.kbcafe.com/adwords/default.aspx?search=images+ I’m planning to do this myself too, when I finally get to update my site. You should try it. It’s allowed.
This is a very nifty example and I can say, if I add pics, it’ll be like this. Very stylish.
Comment by Coolz0r | August 21, 2005
This has been going around for at least a couple weeks now - people have ben having the best results using relevant images (as opposed to the ones shown above). Lots of information can be found in the original discussion thread, found here:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=17104
Comment by John Resig | August 21, 2005
http://www.jensense.com/archives/2005/08/images_above_ad.html
Comment by Michael | August 21, 2005
Yeah, I’ve seen the above ad images, but these ones next to the ads are so much more seamless. Any other sites report using these?
Comment by Nathan Weinberg | August 21, 2005
Take a look at this post on Google News
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/08/everything-about-google-news.html
You’ll see images next to ads.
Comment by Amit Agarwal | August 21, 2005
Very seamless, Amit. Nice!
Comment by Nathan Weinberg | August 21, 2005
I believe the official Google policy is that if the images look like part of the ad, then that’s no-go. In this case, yes it does.
Secondly, I think Zeldman owns the copyright on those images being used in this example. If he does, he’ll probably have something to say about its usage.
Comment by Tim Yang | August 22, 2005
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Comment by Randy Charles Morin | August 22, 2005
Very creative. That might work very well in a search environment.
Comment by Randy Charles Morin | August 22, 2005
So has Google gotten back to you, whether it’s allowed or not?
Comment by Jeroen | August 24, 2005
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yes its nice ads
www.adsensefacile.free.fr
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