Comments on: AdSense ‘Custom Placement Packs’ Program

By: Francesco

Francesco — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:35:18 +0000

My idea is that “Custom Placement Packs’” is related to:
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https://www.google.com/adsense/success

Probably I am wrong.

By: gaman

gaman — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:46:35 +0000

I got the email about two weeks ago.

I think it might has to do with Google video ads.

http://www.sabahan.com/2007/01/30/the-reason-for-the-adsense-placement-packs-emails/

By: Hacks, Information, and More » Bloggers keep day jobs

Hacks, Information, and More » Bloggers keep day jobs — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:16:14 +0000

[...] Bloggers keep day jobs: A penny for your thoughts? Kevin Vahey has done a good deal better, turning a personal gripe into $1,000 a year of supplemental income. An interesting article in the Monitor about bloggers, contextual advertising and revenues from blogs. Darren is references heavily and there is some discussion of the breakdown of Google’s revenue from AdSense and the distribution of the money thereof. Inrelated news, have you heard of the AdSense ‘Custom Placement Packs’ Program? From all the buzz in the advertising sphere, the 125×125 blog ad segment is about to heat up tremendously. This competition among advertisers and advertising service providers is going to be very good for bloggers. [...]

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Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » Bloggers keep day jobs — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:50:27 +0000

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:17:54 +0000

I got the email a week ago or so, made a change on my main site to accomodate their request, and am waiting to see if there is any long term shift.

I did get a reply confirming the changes I’d made, and suggesting a sepcific label to put on the ad placement to ensure advertisors can spot the specific ad target.

Not seen any huge shift in earnings, although no drop either.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:14:09 +0000

I changed my adblocks to 350s. CTR has halved. I’ve just changed the adblocks back to the old format – and CTR has gone back to it’s normal rate.

By: Allen.H

Allen.H — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:04:14 +0000

Since I don’t use any of the specified ad formats, I don’t think it’s worth my readers’ trust and the navigation experience.

Allen.H

By: Beta Alfa » Vi är webben 2.0

Beta Alfa » Vi är webben 2.0 — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:57:12 +0000

[...] Darren Rowse berättar om ett mejl som går ut till bloggare från AdSense. De undrar om bloggare vill vara med i ett “custom placement pack”. En av bloggarna har dock fått detta erjudande gällande en sajt med ett foto på familjen, inte uppdaterat på sju år. Nåväl. Det tycks handla om att gruppera flera bloggar i ett annonspaket. [...]

By: Enrique

Enrique — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:26:08 +0000

I got the email almost 2 weeks ago. At first I was excited but then I saw dozens of others getting the same email and I thought it was either a scam or just some mass-mailing from Google. I sent a reply email about it but didn’t get a reply from Google for like a week. They basically summarized what was in the original email.

So I too did as the email said and am giving it a go. Still haven’t seen much of a difference, although the last two days the eCPM has been gently creeping up (not enough to make a difference yet, though).

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:22:52 +0000

I got the email and made the switch to accommodate. It wasn’t a big deal, since I already had the wide rectangle in the spot that would be best for the 300×250 they wanted. I just switched out that one spot and was done with it.

I wrote back that I made the change, and I did get a real, from-a-person reply within a few hours so it wasn’t entirely automated as some at Webmasterworld suggest.

Since then I’ve been watching my CTR and eCPM carefully, and it hasn’t changed enough to cause worry that I made the wrong decision (would have yanked the new format if it went down) so I’ll give it some time to see if it translates to more $$.

By: jhay

jhay — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:41:47 +0000

I believe this is the first time something like this has been done by an Ad program. Usually it’s been every site for himself or herself, trying their best to get noticed in the ad market.

Another hat-off-to-Google-moment here I suppose. Now I wonder if my site would be included in one of those packs? That would be awesome!