AdSense is moving to a new medium: mobile phones. It seems that the beta version of AdSense for Mobile is in a very limited mode of testing – only one person has come forward (so far) to say he’s been invited – and yet this is, by all appearances, the real deal.
AdSense Corners The Ad Format
Members of Google’s AdSense network now have options to go “edgy or bubbly” with their ad units, assuming they display corners at all.
Google AdSense May Get “Allowed Sites” Option
Taken together, “Google” and “China” occasionally relate to censorship. If Baidu enters the conversation, “losing” might also come up. But in this case, it appears that a positive development occurred: Google China has introduced an “allow certain sites” feature for AdSense.
Changes Afoot With AdSense Policies
People returning to their feedreaders after the SMX conference and elsewhere found new AdSense policy changes awaiting them.
Google Maps To Add AdSense
Let’s see . . . Google Maps tells me to take a left, and then hang a right at an ad reading, “Click Here Now to Save $$$.” Wait, that can’t be right . . . And it won’t be, but Google has revealed that it will incorporate AdSense into its mapping services.
Sponsorships Work Better Than AdSense
One blogger found that a trio of potential revenue streams simply did not work for him; he did credit paid sponsor ads for their help.
Google Pilots AdSense To Video
A closed pilot program for video ads on AdSense will launch this week; it’s a limited test that give online video publishers control of the ad displays.
AdSense Debuts Video Pilot
Publishers will soon be able to define at what point in online videos their streaming AdSense ads will appear. Most will have to wait a little longer, however, as Google is testing the program in a closed pilot.
Migrate Your AdSense Account…
So, two weeks ago I talked about how Google is starting the process of migrating every AdSense account to a Google Account, something that anyone with an AdWords account is going to find problematic. See, you can’t have an AdWords account and an AdSense account on the same Google account, due to technical restrictions. Luckily, if you don’t use AdWords much, and even if you do, there’s a good solution.
Final Words on BlogKits & Adsense
Back in January, I wrote a piece on whether the newly-popular Blogkits blog ad network lived up to their claims of outearning Adsense on blogs. My feeling at the time was that they did not even come close, but I was willing to give them more time to prove themselves.