Written on May 24th, 2005 at 07:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Adsense Ads with Icons Appearing
There are reports in the past 24 hours that icons are beginning to appear in Adsense ads. The Hybrid Car Forums are one example as can be seen from the following screen capture of their ads.
It looks like this might be a new feature they are testing. I suspect that the theory is that icons will draw readers eyes to the ad and bring higher CTR.
Update: Jensense notes that the icons are the advertisers favicons and points to this discussion over at webmaster world.
10 Responses to “Adsense Ads with Icons Appearing” - Add Yours
MEX Blog » AdSense mit Icons als Eyecatcher
May 24th, 2005 10:23 pm
[...] t Icon: Beispiel auf dem – übrigens recht hübsch gemachten – Hybrid Fahrzeugforum via ProBlogger
Stichwortablage unter: Internet, Marketing PR
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SmartMoney
May 25th, 2005 12:32 am
You’ve got icons on the ads below the story. A miniature eBay and a little red Honda Hybrid. They definitely increase the eye-drawing-power of the ad.
It’s ad-crack.
poolieBlog
May 25th, 2005 12:39 am
AdSense mit Icons
Bei manchen AdSense Anzeigen werden jetzt kleine Icons (favicons) eingebunden, als Beispiel das Hybrid Car Forum. [via
PC
May 25th, 2005 12:44 am
I just reported seeing Google Adsense Ad Links & Text Ad Units Combined. Google is really testing out its service.
Affiliate World » AdSense feat. Icons | Affiliate Marketing, Website Vermarktung & SEO
May 25th, 2005 1:11 am
[...] hr (Druckversion)
Und wieder eine eine neue Betaphase bei Adsense… Wie auf problogger berichtet, tauchen nun auch AdSense An [...]
Danger Stevens
May 25th, 2005 4:34 am
This is great news for publishers and advertisers alike. Heck, even customers benefit from this. What a good move to make ads more aesthetic, more eye-catching, and combine a relevant picture to the ad.
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May 25th, 2005 9:09 am
[...] team at Adsense have been busy (as one can tell by my last few posts) – in addition to the icon and combination ads Blog Herald has notice a newly designed [...]
colbert
May 25th, 2005 9:45 am
i have this on my website too…
Darren Rowse
May 25th, 2005 10:15 am
thats a screen capture smart money :-)
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July 25th, 2005 1:34 pm
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