Comments on: Adsense Testing Ad Units Mixing Images With Text

By: Erkan Orhun

Erkan Orhun — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:57:49 +0000

I also think the image is connected to the ads. He looks like a consultant. But perhaps it is not to clear, I admit.

By: How to design your adsense ads. « Roz Web

How to design your adsense ads. « Roz Web — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:09:15 +0000

[...] Pictures Near Ads – This integration started with people experimenting with putting pictures above/below/next to ads (Google themselves even tested it). This technique has caused some confusion and debate within the AdSense community with different publishers being told different things about whether the practice was acceptable or not. The advice I’ve received from AdSense is that you may use images close to ads as long as there is some visual element separating them (a border around the ads or around the image). Having said this I see a lot of ads without such borders that seem to be allowed to remain. [...]

By: Fahd

Fahd — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:29:36 +0000

Just saw these on a leaderboard ad unit running on my forum. Here is a screenshot http://www.fadinsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4&d=1151668293

By: Aaron Cook

Aaron Cook — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:05:33 +0000

David’s correct. According to Google, the same rule applies with these ads as with others.

Select “Text ads only” in your AdSense Setup and you won’t get the images.

By: James

James — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:46:21 +0000

I hope this is true as I can say without a doubt that clicks improve drastically with this combination. But…hopefully like Riks says about they will let us decide whether or not we can use them. I think the smart way to go is use relevant images with the ads… they are very effective.

By: David Bain

David Bain — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:42:35 +0000

I assume you’ll only get the ‘image’ if you haven’t requested to have text ads only?

By: Riks

Riks — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:26:08 +0000

I hope Google let us decide if we want the image or not.

By: blogalore

blogalore — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:18:18 +0000

I’m not sure if this is a good thing. Placing images near ad blocks has been a adsense trick,
not know to everyone. I fear that this will get more and more inefficent as visitors get used to it….

By: Google Adsense Vertical Images let’s loose - get’em to click

Google Adsense Vertical Images let’s loose - get’em to click — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:08:45 +0000

[...] There have been various sightings of the new ads around the internet. The intrepid Jen at Jensense explains more about the ads. They’re just like Link Units. The user clicks on the image, they’re given a menu of ads to choose from. You get paid when the ad is clicked. These new units are called Vertical Images and are available in certain ad units. [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:42:59 +0000

I saw one on my site too yesterday. It’s an interesting experiment by Google, especially with the Adsense gurus suggesting to put ads next to pictures to increase click through.

By: jhay

jhay — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:54:21 +0000

Why are they doing this I wonder…from competition? Or users online has mastered the ability to tell an ad apart from the real content no matter how ell it was blended in and knows not to click or to stay away from it.

By: Darren McLaughlin

Darren McLaughlin — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:46:22 +0000

Yes, I saw it today. It freaked me out. It’s definitely an attention grabber. Google is now using every available means to get people to click.

By: semo

semo — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:44:09 +0000

I’ve seen one of this new ads on my blog. The image shows part of a laptop, the text ads are about motherboards, cpu and such stuff. Therefore, in my opinion there’s quite a relation between the ads and the image.

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Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:24:28 +0000

[...] Darren at ProBlogger.net adds that some of the images are pointing to Google ‘Link Unit’ type content: “…the images link to a separate page with a list of AdSense keywords on it. I’m not sure what this means exactly but am interested to see these ads in action.” [...]

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:22:52 +0000

It’d make a lot more sense to let advertisers specify an image and to give the highest paying advertiser the image slot and the first text ad (a bit like an image version of the colored horizontal ads on search results).

By: pcunix

pcunix — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:05:50 +0000

Publishers needn’t hesitate to click on Google ads: right click on the ad and copy the link to a text editor – you’ll usually see the “real” link buried in the Google stuff. Just go directly to that – you aren’t using Adsense, aren’t getting credit for the click, so nothing to worry about.

By: Com

Com — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:28:57 +0000

I’ve posted another image of and adsense text ads with an Image too.

By: MTO

MTO — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:16:46 +0000

I’ve spotted twice another new ad at one of my sites.
It’s what would seem to be a normal ad banner 728×90 with adlinks included in it on the right side. I have a screencapture if you’d want to take a look.

By: markku

markku — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:22:29 +0000

I think the example ad you posted has an image somehow related to the ads below. It looks like a photo that says “I want you,” which can be connected to the HR practice. But I admit the relation isn’t easily inferred, especially for ordinary web surfers.

By: Webmaster Blog

Webmaster Blog — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:00:19 +0000

Adsense Anzeigen mit integrierten Bildern…

Wie der ProBlogger berichtet, sind kürzlich auf verschiedenen Websites Adsense Anzeigen gesichtet worden, die neben den bekannten Textlinks auch Bilder enthalten. Es handelt sich hier nicht um die……