Archive for December, 2005

Have you ever wondered what a music video made out of LEGO bricks would look like? Wonder no more.


The White Stripes - "Fell in Love with a Girl"

Punk rock music video BlankTV (Description provided by content owner)

Sympathy for the Record Industry
BlankTV.com
1 min 54 sec

Over the past few months, we've written several posts about site targeting, but given the questions we've received, we thought this might be a good time to review the details of site targeting, what it means for you as an AdSense publisher, and how site-targeted ad campaigns fit into the AdSense model.

First, a bare-bones explanation of the program. Using site targeting, AdWords advertisers can enter their CPM (cost-per-thousand impressions) ad directly into their site's ad auction. That CPM ad will compete against the CPC (cost-per-click) ads in the auction -- and if it wins, it will run in place of the CPC ads that would have otherwise appeared. As an AdSense publisher, you get paid for each impression on that ad, rather than for each click.

So what does this mean? It means AdWords advertisers and AdSense publishers can connect in a way not previously possible. AdSense publishers can now offer advertisers the opportunity to bid directly on their site through Onsite Advertiser Sign-up, and advertisers can pull up a list of sites in the content network, large or small, that falls under any vertical or content theme. Advertisers and publishers of all sizes can find each other in the same virtual forum.

Site targeting also means more money for you. Period. If a site-targeted ad (text or image) appears on your site, it means that that ad is paying you more than any CPC ad that would appear in that ad unit. Many publishers have seen dramatic revenue increases as a result of these site-targeted ads appearing on their pages.

Some of you have asked, "How is an ad for an off-road vehicle targeted to my pages about hiking?" Excellent question! Contextual targeting, or targeting the text on your site (the primary targeting mechanism of AdSense), is only one form of targeting. With the launch of the site targeting program, advertisers can select sites that are relevant to their prospective visitors, thereby targeting an audience, not just content. So although the ad campaign may not be targeted directly to your site's content, it will be relevant to the specific or general interests of your readers. AdSense has always been, and will always remain, a targeted advertising system -- we're just implementing new targeting approaches to help you monetize.

Some advertisers target many AdSense sites to reach a broad set of users and interests. Others use site targeting campaigns to target only a handful of sites and a very specific interest niche. And many fall in between these two. Regardless of the level of reach, site targeting campaigns all work to provide higher network CPMs, effective monetization, and fresh, dynamic content rolling through our system.

Remember, you maintain control over the types of ads that are appearing on your pages. So if you ever see an ad on your site that you'd rather not show, simply add the destination URL of the ad to your competitive filter list, and with a snap of our fingers (well, ok, it might take a little longer than that -- but no more than 5 hours), the ad will stop appearing. Your filter list works for both keyword-targeted and site-targeted ads.

We really appreciate all of your feedback about these campaigns. We say this a lot, but it's true: we take your comments very seriously. Never hesitate to send them to us.

Here's to a safe and happy New Year, from all of us here at AdSense.

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Posted by Mike - AdSense Publisher Support

We apologize for this week’s late delivery of the Gada Update (the Holidays always slow us down). Today, we are announcing support for MediaRSS. From Wikipedia itself: Media RSS (MRSS) is a kind of RSS for referencing multimedia files (audio, video). It was designed by Yahoo!

So - what? Well, this means that as more MediaRSS feeds become available, Gada.be will be ready to add MediaRSS sources to the “master list-o-feeds.”
When Yahoo! designed MediaRSS, I am sure they had a reason, right? Right. We are proud to announce the addition of Yahoo! Images and Yahoo! Video on gada.be. Go ahead, try it!

It's all about his fans...


Jesse McCartney Because You Live Video

Jesse McCartney driving around in car singing. Walking around the city. Signing autographs for fans during tour. Austraila footage. Music video. Because You Live. (Description provided by content owner)


Hollywood Records
jessemccartney.com
3 min 30 sec

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To celebrate the holiday season, we thought we would share with you some of the letters we have received from publishers. Here is one from Germany:

We greatly appreciate your service and feel deeply honoured to be playing amongst Google's Top Leagues now - for us it really is an honour. The whole team here is enthusiastic and motivated to optimise AdSense earnings based on your recommendations as soon as possible. Last year your AdSense program saved us from being taken over by a competitor - we will never forget that. -moonchild media AG (Germany)

We really appreciate hearing from publishers, and of course are very glad when they're happy as this publisher is. But whether your experience is positive or not, we want to hear from you too. Email us here.

Posted by Susan - AdSense Product Marketing