Google Is Psychic!
Posted 11th March 2009 at 03:45 PM by Chris Monty
Can Google read your mind? Perhaps, if a new advertising system has the desired effect.
This will be good news if you’re a Google advertiser. If you are a consumer, it’s interesting to say the least. If you are a privacy advocate, well, you’re probably about to start complaining.
Today, Google is introducing “interest-based” advertising as a beta test on its partner sites and on YouTube. These ads will associate categories of your main interests, be it golfing, computing, cars, etc., with your web browser based on the types of websites you frequent and the types of pages you view.
Google will then use that data to present you with more relevant advertisements.
Google has also launched a page where you are able to input a list of categories that you find appealing. If you don’t care for the new targeting options, this same page offers 2 ways to opt-out...
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Google Ads Go Psychic
This will be good news if you’re a Google advertiser. If you are a consumer, it’s interesting to say the least. If you are a privacy advocate, well, you’re probably about to start complaining.
Today, Google is introducing “interest-based” advertising as a beta test on its partner sites and on YouTube. These ads will associate categories of your main interests, be it golfing, computing, cars, etc., with your web browser based on the types of websites you frequent and the types of pages you view.
Google will then use that data to present you with more relevant advertisements.
Google has also launched a page where you are able to input a list of categories that you find appealing. If you don’t care for the new targeting options, this same page offers 2 ways to opt-out...
Continue Reading...
Google Ads Go Psychic
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That might be a good idea to get more people to actually read and click through the Google ads. The next step up from relevant ads on a website, I'm thinking.
I think it's a good step.Posted 11th March 2009 at 03:59 PM by Angela V. Edwards
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I would have to agree. Anything that makes your ad more relevant to the viewer is good for advertisers.Posted 11th March 2009 at 10:21 PM by Chris Monty - Hey Angela,
I have just pm you about your offer.....
Think I read the last post, not to put your link on here, why is that?
anyway, just started my first friendship site and wanted to know of other ways I could drive more traffic to it other than the PPC google, which i will keep going.
Also, will google list / rank my site in the left column of the google page?Posted 12th March 2009 at 11:18 AM by highhopes
