Written on February 20th, 2009 at 11:02 am by Darren Rowse
AdSense Lets You Change Your Font in Ad Units
AdSense have just announced a new feature that many of us have been asking for for a while – the ability to change fonts in ad units.
While there’s not an extensive choice of fonts (they allow Arial, Times, and Verdana font faces) it is better than nothing and allows publishers to tweak the way their ads look to fit with the design of their sites.
Find out how to access the new fonts via the official AdSense Blog.
29 Responses to “AdSense Lets You Change Your Font in Ad Units” - Add Yours
Roosevelt Purification
February 20th, 2009 11:39 am
Yay! I have been waiting for this feature for a while now.
It will really blend the ad with my website now.
Thanks for the information.
Louis Liem
February 20th, 2009 11:44 am
Better than never…
John Easton
February 20th, 2009 11:46 am
Darren,
Thanks for giving us the scoop. I appreciate you keeping your “eyes” out.
John
Guffin Mopes
February 20th, 2009 11:50 am
That’s actually great news. Even with only three to choose from, they’re by far the most popular three fonts.
Not that I’m going to bother modifying mine, though.
Are Morch
February 20th, 2009 11:54 am
Working on many of your Adsense tips. Trying this new feature from Adsense is something I am looking forward to.
Keep up with teaching us how to use Adsense more effective on our blogs.
Cheers..
TYCP Entertainment Magazine
February 20th, 2009 12:09 pm
Technically, this was always available, but only for the premium publishers, right? I’m glad that this is finally available to everyone. Two of the fonts they have will be perfect for my sites.
AJ Wilson
February 20th, 2009 12:56 pm
I just noticed at the same time as you, have already started to use it!
Fantastic change on AdSense end!
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Robin
February 20th, 2009 1:48 pm
This is a change in the right direction.
ZK@Internet Marketing Blog
February 20th, 2009 2:52 pm
So now I will have to change the font of my all website according to that. Personally I feel that verdana looks better in the given choice and I am going to use that one.
Its really a great news.
redwall_hp
February 20th, 2009 2:58 pm
What? No Helvetica?
Gary
February 20th, 2009 4:20 pm
@TYCP Entertainment Magazine: Yup, this was available for the premium publishers for a very long time!
It’s kinda odd that now that we have this feature, almost all the comments on the official AdSense blog is about that people needs a new font, of course without a thanks for the feature. Wait, this is not an odd thing! That’s how humans are :)
Anyways, seemingly this feature was requested by the Webmasterworld users. An AdSense insider (AdSenseAdvisor) asked them to create a list with the top 5 features they’d like to see in AdSense and this was one of the non-official and probably the only well-thought feature request. Here’s the thread if anybody is interested: http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3790002.htm
Stuart Conover
February 20th, 2009 4:39 pm
*looks at the calendar* 2009. It’s almost been 6 years since it was launched and this is just now becoming a feature?
I mean don’t get me wrong I love Google as much as the next person but doesn’t that strike anyone else as off? ;)
Agent 001
February 20th, 2009 5:05 pm
It would be very nice to change fonts of adsense ads. Lets see how can I utilize it for my blog.
@Gray thanks for your info and the forum thread. It was informative.
Dot Com Dud
February 20th, 2009 5:09 pm
Well it’s good news and should help with ad blending but I’d really like to see some more significant updates from AdSense.
TechMata
February 20th, 2009 6:00 pm
I have just received an email from Google Adsense regarding this feature. Great news for me. At least I could tweak the ads a bit. =)
Yanik's Photo School
February 20th, 2009 9:07 pm
You’re always on top of it Darren! Great job! :)
Dreamer
February 20th, 2009 9:12 pm
wow. After the long wait. Finally, they realized that it is badly needed. Thanks for the buzz.
Alex
February 20th, 2009 11:56 pm
That’s definitely a good news for us. Thank you for sharing.
Debt-free College
February 21st, 2009 12:38 am
That is great! It never looks good when a site has its advertisements in a totally different font type than the main text.
Nate
http://debtfreecollege.blogspot.com/
Rich
February 21st, 2009 1:56 am
Yes, this new technique of Google Adsense has been the talk-of-the-town today. But I am not really amazed although it may help a bit.
I think they can do better next time around.
Thanks for sharing though.
SEO Tips
February 21st, 2009 2:38 am
Great idea and hopefully it will increase conversions :)
ZK@Internet Marketing Blog
February 21st, 2009 2:52 am
Seems to me that Google guys will bring a lot changes in coming days. They are also feeling the heat of less earning.
Lets hope … we will be able to earn more like earlier.
blogsarticle
February 21st, 2009 10:58 am
Working on many of your Adsense tips. Trying this new feature from Adsense is something I am looking forward to.
Keep up with teaching us how to use Adsense more effective on our blogs.
Cheers..
mike
February 21st, 2009 11:38 am
Great idea. The more options the better. I wonder which works best.
ITrush
February 22nd, 2009 12:43 am
Been waiting for this for quiet some time now and looks like I have a lot of things to do this weekend.
Make Money Online Tips
February 23rd, 2009 3:14 am
Thanks for the heads up Darren. Google should have done this long time back but then better late then never.
Rick Second Chance Letter
February 26th, 2009 2:45 pm
It is kinda funny how Google can spend so much money on development but can be so slow to implement what someone outside the company thinks would be good.
Rick
TYCP Entertainment Magazine
February 26th, 2009 7:24 pm
Gary, thanks for that thread. It’s interesting!
Lee Ka Hoong
March 27th, 2009 5:07 pm
I’ve changed the font for some of my Adsense unit, but yet to see the increasing of clicks, still maintain the same. But I don’t care about these, as long as there is no decreasing on the number of clicks haha!
Regards,
Lee
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