To learn more, and to find out whether your site meets the terms of use, visit the Maps API FAQ.
Friday, 28 April 2006
Love Google Maps?
Show your visitors where you stand with the Google Maps API. The Maps API allows you to embed geographical information into your site using JavaScript. You can add overlays to your map including markers, polylines, and shadowed information windows. It's a great way to enhance your current site content, and best of all, using the Google Maps API is free.
To learn more, and to find out whether your site meets the terms of use, visit the Maps API FAQ.
To learn more, and to find out whether your site meets the terms of use, visit the Maps API FAQ.
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Referrals are a wiz with new wizard
Since we received positive feedback about the new AdSense for content and AdSense for search code generation wizards, we've created a referrals code wizard to help guide you through the process of implementing referral buttons on your site. Simply choose Referrals from the AdSense Setup page of your account and select the product of your choice.
And don't forget, now you can display referral buttons in a text link format as well.
And don't forget, now you can display referral buttons in a text link format as well.
Monday, 24 April 2006
See the bigger picture
There's good news for those of you who are partial to Square (250 x 250) and Large Rectangle (336 x 280) ad formats: Now they support image ads! This means that if you've opted to display image ads, the pool of ads competing to show on your site is about to expand -- and with more ads available, your revenue potential will also grow. Check today to make sure you're opted into image ads.
Friday, 21 April 2006
Maintenance Saturday April 22nd at 10 a.m. PST
We'll be performing routine AdSense maintenance on Saturday, April 22nd at 10:00 a.m. PST. During this time, you may not have access to your account. However, please be assured that your Google ads will continue to display and stats and earnings will be recorded as usual.
Thanks for your patience!
Thanks for your patience!
Search results with the flavor of your site
You can already customize the style of your AdSense for search results. Now, you can customize the substance of them, using the new site-flavored search option available in your AdSense account. The learning technology used in site-flavored search offers a subtle flavoring of your results to match the themes and topics of your site. For example, if you've got a site about music, over time our search results might learn that when your users search for [bass], they mean the instrument - not the fish.
Interested in getting site-flavored search for your search results? Just visit the AdSense Setup tab, choose AdSense for search as the product, and generate your search code as normal, making sure to select the Flavor search results to my site checkbox in the process.
Since site-flavored search technology takes time to learn your site, you likely won't notice any changes right away -- but over time, you should see gradual improvements.
Interested in getting site-flavored search for your search results? Just visit the AdSense Setup tab, choose AdSense for search as the product, and generate your search code as normal, making sure to select the Flavor search results to my site checkbox in the process.
Since site-flavored search technology takes time to learn your site, you likely won't notice any changes right away -- but over time, you should see gradual improvements.
Thursday, 20 April 2006
Announcing text links for referrals
In reading the feedback from publishers on the forums and in our support queues, the number one product request was the ability to use referrals in formats other than the current buttons. In particular, publishers asked us for the ability to refer via text links. So I'm pleased to announce that we now offer text links as a format option for AdWords, AdSense and Firefox referrals. You'll notice the new text link formats show up for US English; we'll be adding other languages shortly.
Please keep the suggestions coming.
Thursday, 13 April 2006
Earnings: Your questions answered
Is there is a minimum number of impressions or clicks I need to get before I can start earning through AdSense?
No, there's no minimum number of impressions or clicks for generating earnings. You can start earning the very first time a user clicks on a cost-per-click (CPC) ad or views a cost-per-thousand-impressions (CPM) ad. Keep in mind, however, that you'll need to earn $100 before your earnings will be paid out to you.
If a CPM ad appears on my site, do I need to receive 1,000 impressions before I am paid?
No, with CPM ads you're paid for each impression, so if you receive 1 ad impression, you'll receive 1/1,000 of the CPM bid for that ad unit.
I received 57 page impressions. Why don't I have any earnings?
It sounds like the ads currently appearing on your site are probably CPC ads, so you'll be paid for clicks, rather than impressions. Our system will automatically display whichever ad or ads representing the highest revenue potential for you, whether they're CPC or CPM ads.
How much do you pay per click or impression?
We don't pay a fixed price for each click or impression - we pay you a portion of the amount paid by the AdWords advertiser. This amount varies based on the actual CPC or CPM paid by the advertiser. Each ad that appears on your site will most likely generate a different CPC or CPM.
Do I get paid when visitors use my search box?
With AdSense for search, you'll be paid when users click on the ads that appear on their search results pages, not from the search queries themselves. You won't be paid if a visitor uses your search box, but chooses not to click on the ads on the search results pages.
Do I get paid when visitors click on my link unit topics?
When a user clicks on a link unit topic, you'll be paid for clicks on the CPC ads that appear on the resulting page of highly targeted ads. However, you won't be paid for clicks on the initial topics themselves. Link units can siginficantly boost your overall AdSense revenue by providing even more relevant and monetized content to your users.
No, there's no minimum number of impressions or clicks for generating earnings. You can start earning the very first time a user clicks on a cost-per-click (CPC) ad or views a cost-per-thousand-impressions (CPM) ad. Keep in mind, however, that you'll need to earn $100 before your earnings will be paid out to you.
If a CPM ad appears on my site, do I need to receive 1,000 impressions before I am paid?
No, with CPM ads you're paid for each impression, so if you receive 1 ad impression, you'll receive 1/1,000 of the CPM bid for that ad unit.
I received 57 page impressions. Why don't I have any earnings?
It sounds like the ads currently appearing on your site are probably CPC ads, so you'll be paid for clicks, rather than impressions. Our system will automatically display whichever ad or ads representing the highest revenue potential for you, whether they're CPC or CPM ads.
How much do you pay per click or impression?
We don't pay a fixed price for each click or impression - we pay you a portion of the amount paid by the AdWords advertiser. This amount varies based on the actual CPC or CPM paid by the advertiser. Each ad that appears on your site will most likely generate a different CPC or CPM.
Do I get paid when visitors use my search box?
With AdSense for search, you'll be paid when users click on the ads that appear on their search results pages, not from the search queries themselves. You won't be paid if a visitor uses your search box, but chooses not to click on the ads on the search results pages.
Do I get paid when visitors click on my link unit topics?
When a user clicks on a link unit topic, you'll be paid for clicks on the CPC ads that appear on the resulting page of highly targeted ads. However, you won't be paid for clicks on the initial topics themselves. Link units can siginficantly boost your overall AdSense revenue by providing even more relevant and monetized content to your users.
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