Google Opens Its Content Network to Third Parties
	All web masters know that the best way of making a website return initial investments is through online advertising. This actually translates into webmasters letting their website feature advertisements for various products. One of the highest used advertising services is Google's AdWords, which uses a site's content to advertise products through content relevant web links. The service, which has been introduced by G ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 10:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense Account Shut Down
	The Enturbulation website is known for its continuous criticism against the Church of Scientology and Scientology believers. The website receives its earnings from user donations and advertisements placed on their site. Until recently, this Scientology-criticizing website has been a user of Google AdSense but, according to a letter from Google to Enturbulation, which has been cited by Chanologynews, the Enturbulation AdSense acco ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2008, 04:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Sends Private Emails to Wrong Recipients
	The Mountain View-based company has once again sent private emails to the wrong people, all of them registered users of AdSense, Google's advertising platform. According to a thread on the WebmasterWorld forum, a few AdSense users have received an email message titled "Important Account Information ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 09:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google to Run Illustrated Advertisements on Image Search
	Most web surfers are familiar with Google's way of advertising on various web pages. The Google AdWords is a way in which both Google and the sites that subscribe to this service can make money. The AdWords service, which is part of Google's advertisement program, makes use of the content found on a specific webpage to render content related text advertisements, on that same page. The links can provide webmasters with c ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 05:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google AdSense for Search Now Features Custom Search
	One of Google's products, Custom Search Engine (or short CSE), has recently received an important upgrade. According to a Tuesday post on Google's Custom Search Blog, web developers can create CSEs using their own AdSense accounts. The new upgrade comes to increase the quality of Google services, as more users are continuously using Google's CSE. The CSE is one of Google's products, that has been released b ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 08:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sticky AdSense
	After Yahoo! turned to radio ads, it’s Google’s turn to step down from the clouds and have a hands-on approach to advertising. And a real sticky one, at that. The Mountain View-based company has decided to morph the traditional ‘sticky’ internet concept, the quality that entices web users to stick around a particular site, into a more down-to-earth approach involving glue and paper. Or something like paper, the images aren’t quit ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense Terms and Conditions Updated
	AdSense users are up for some "I Agree" clicking in the near future, if they want to continue using Google’s service, as one of the general changes in the terms and conditions is looming around the corner. The development of the Internet, Web 2.0 alongside it, is constantly demanding new technologies and services to be pushed up front by every company in order to keep up with the times and trends. The upcoming changes are Goog ... [read more >>]
	27 February 2008, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Presents Crackers to Its AdSense Results
	Searching for anything related to the Chinese new year on the U.S. or China Google homepages will present you with a surprisingly lively display of colors in the traditional and boringly dull white background and blue links display that we’ve grown accustomed to. There’s a new color, red, and some new shapes! Oh, how I longed for some shapes other than rectangles and thumbnails for videos. All jokes aside, Google has decided t ... [read more >>]
	06 February 2008, 12:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Gmail and AdSense Login Error!
	Google reported that the problem which some of the AdSense users had been encountering, that of not being able to login to their accounts, was found a reason and a workaround until further action is to be taken, but more about this a bit further down the page. The error, "Welcome! You're signed in to Google Accounts under the email [your email address] and your Google Account password, but this is not a valid AdSense ... [read more >>]
	01 February 2008, 06:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

“Get Money” from AdSense Minimum Limit Lowered
	Google decided a few days ago to start paying its AdSense publishers, even if they’re not all that productive. That’s to say it is currently trying to attract some more people to join the program, that they were uncertain before if they were to make the minimum limit they needed to. The 50 dollar mark is obsolete as of yesterday, when the Mountain View-based company ruled for a 10 dollar limit. It’s not much, but the way I see ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 06:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense Giant Flees to Tumri
	Gokul Rajaram, one of the most important people involved with AdSense and several other successful Google products, has quit his job with the Mountain View-based company in November 2007 and is now up and at'em, ready for a new challenge. To be honest, not really a challenge, he’s not switching activity domains, he’s not joining the PD. The company he’ll be taking up a board position in, Tumri, is a display advertising s ... [read more >>]
	29 January 2008, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Big NO to Floating AdSense Ads
	The rumor that "floated" around a while ago about the possibility that Google might introduce floating ads has seen its end today, as an official Google AdSense representative said that it would never happen. The discussion was interesting to follow, the two parts arguing whether the money-making scheme would prevail in Google’s future orientation or "this type of ads being against the Mountain View based company’s policy&qu ... [read more >>]
	24 January 2008, 07:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Taxes from AdSense
	There’s no limit to what people would do in order to avoid paying taxes, from running away to a fiscal paradise like Panama (or at least according to Prison Break it is…) and down to claiming to be handicapped or anything of the sorts. But really, who can blame them? Is it the happiest day of your life when you have to go and submit the form and get ready to have money taken away from you and after that to see that whatever it is that they ... [read more >>]
	15 January 2008, 03:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Kill Your Stock, Courtesy of Google
	Google can be your friend, or the reason of your downfall, if you rely only on the advertising from the Mountain View based company for your revenue stream. And this is not a warning against it, but, as Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.com said, a reason to keep them happy unless you might end up on the receiving end of a surprise like the one mentioned below. The AdSense revenue is crucial to many of the new startups and the l ... [read more >>]
	14 January 2008, 11:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Changes AdSense Referral Units
	The last week of January will bring some changes in the referral program going on, so you’d better take notes. It won’t do you any good, though, as it has an awfully weird structure and, eh, I think I’ll just let you read and perhaps you’ll be able to understand it. If you do, please tell me what you make of it. "If you're in North America, Latin America, or Japan, the pricing structure for AdSense referrals is chang ... [read more >>]
	09 January 2008, 10:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OneBox Results Move to AdWords Section
	First came love… then came marriage, then came Google with a baby carriage. Oh, sorry, that wasn’t the rhyme I was looking for, but it somehow suits the purpose as well. What I was going after was more in the lines of: first came Google and the idea of adding scroll function for its ads, then it came with the idea to open the ads in different windows (just in China, unfortunately) and the story now goes on with moving the OneBox ... [read more >>]
	27 December 2007, 10:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No Time for Reports? Google Saves Them for Later
	It’s everybody’s dream to enjoy some peaceful and quiet time with their family for the Holidays and not have to deal with the stress of waiting for somebody else or facing deadlines. It’s more of an urban myth, really, that of relaxing during this period, nobody ever gets to do it unless they have other people who would sacrifice their peace and quiet for it. That’s called having employees or hiring somebody else to do all the s ... [read more >>]
	19 December 2007, 10:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Warning! Google AdSense Adverts Infected with Trojan Horse!
	Security company BitDefender has found what seems to be the most dangerous attack these days: a Trojan horse which attempts to replace the adverts displayed by Google’s AdSense with the commercials provided by another company. The Trojan, identified by BitDefender as Trojan.Qhost.WU, attempts to modify the Windows HOSTS file, in order to show ads from another server. The entire redirect process is done pretty simple: the infectio ... [read more >>]
	19 December 2007, 07:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No More Ads Opened in the Same Window from AdSense
	Google China announced today that they might be toying with the idea of opening the AdSense clicked links in a new browser window or tab, the translation wasn’t all that clear. Do not mistake this for pop-up windows, they are truly autonomous, these tabs will only open in the eventuality that you have clicked one ad and that’s where you will be redirected to it. It’s a step forward, if you ask me, not many people being fond o ... [read more >>]
	13 December 2007, 10:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense to be Equipped with Scrolling Function?
	Papa Google, in its unlimited wisdom, thought that it might push more ads in the same window and if it can’t reduce the font with which they are written, it could add a scrolling function to the whole deal and that would mean a "problem solved" stamp on it. To be honest, I’m not big on clicking the ads, perhaps some manage to draw your attention and you make the extra gesture, but I sincerely doubt that there are pe ... [read more >>]
	12 December 2007, 08:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google: “Ho-Ho-Ho, I Come Bearing Gifts”
	AdSense and AdWords users beware, do not trust in Google even when it brings you gifts! Or was it the saying "Do not trust the Greek"? Anyway, as a means to atone for yesterday’s taking away of the option to choose exactly where you’d like to advertise your product, today Google has started sending the Holidays gifts that it sends every year. Oh, don’t get your hopes high, it’s just for the AdSense and AdWords users tha ... [read more >>]
	06 December 2007, 05:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google :”Your Choice? Nah, I Know Better What Is Best for You, So Shut Up and Sit in Your Corner”
	Hey there, papa Google! What do you have for us today, what else is there that you know so damn well everything about and we are so insignificant and little that we need tutoring? Oh, you want to take away free choice from us? Ok, that’s cool, we must obey, because you must probably know everything and, most importantly, we can’t do anything about it anyway. And then I hung up. Or, I wish I could have. Unfortunately, it wasn’t ... [read more >>]
	05 December 2007, 05:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Making Another Move for Fairness
	Almost a decade ago, when baby Google was born, it wasn’t the company of dreams it is today. It had a reduced number of employees, the pay was far from impressing and the headquarters… well… let’s just say they were galaxies away from today but, by popular choice and a very good ad-distribution platform, they managed to become the leading company on the Internet. Doesn’t that sound like every Hollywood gangster movie that you’ve ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 13:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Is Google Not Attractive Anymore?
	(Imagine the Godfather theme song playing or if you have it at hand, actually play it) Luca Brasi: 'I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter's wedding...on the day of your daughter's wedding. And may their first child be a masculine child'. It’s a line from the original 1972 Godfather movie starring Marlon Brando. The actor delivering the line was actually a real life mobster. ... [read more >>]
	19 November 2007, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google with a Little Work Ethics
	The latest fashion for Google now is to try and appear a little more professional in the "not greedy for clicks on ads" meaning of the word. It is the right way to go and it is a surprising move for a company that generates an astounding amount of its revenue from the clicks they draw from those interested. What they did was to reduce greatly the area in which a click on an ad will direct you to the respective site, ... [read more >>]
	14 November 2007, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

$132,994.97 with Google's AdSense
	I heard a lot of amazing AdSense stories until now, but this one is really stunning. ShoeMoney.com's owner posted a picture on the web showing a Google AdSense check bringing no less than $132,994.97 to the webmaster. As you can see in the adjacent photo, the check was released in September 2005 but it's still impressive how much money you can receive using a simple web technology. According to a message posted by the w ... [read more >>]
	06 November 2007, 05:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense Gets Help Tab
	Since AdSense is one of the top technologies coming from Googleplex, it is very important to keep its customers up-to-date with the latest information and updates concerning the product. That's why AdSense provides detailed help manuals and optimization tips which are supposed to help the registered members improve their campaigns and earn more money. But because they were offered on multiple pages such as Help Center or blo ... [read more >>]
	05 November 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Parodying Google's Logo Equals Banned In AdSense
	Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped got his Chinese side of the website banned in AdSense and will stop showing adverts to the visitors due to an unclear reason. As Philipp notes, all he did and which might infringe AdSense's guidelines was to publish some photos inside Google Hamburg but the Mountain View company didn't say a thing about this pictures. "They pointed to a specific sample page in their notice wh ... [read more >>]
	26 October 2007, 05:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google's Money Reaching New Regions of the World
	Because AdSense is a Google technology which works with money and is currently used by millions of consumers, it's very important for both clients and company to provide support for most topics of the service. Since AdSense is available in every corner of the world, some of consumers who are not speaking English find it pretty difficult to receive support for their advertising account. That's why Google struggles to re ... [read more >>]
	23 October 2007, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Video Units – The Way You Should Make Money With a YouTube Clip
	A few days ago, Google officially rolled out AdSense video units, a new feature of the advertising platform which is supposed to integrate YouTube videos straight into the adverts distributed on thousands of websites. This is a pretty nice idea because more visitors might be attracted by these adverts so the AdSense registered publishers could record larger amounts of money. According to the YouTube team, the adverts distributed ... [read more >>]
	11 October 2007, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Search AdSense Adverts?
	Although I'm not sure this is a new feature of AdSense, please let me know if you have ever seen it before because this looks like a new present from our friends at Google. While I was reading an article on Softpedia, I noticed that instead of displaying the usual advert which is inserted in our news, the super giant shows only a tiny message encouraging users to "View ads about something" where something can be re ... [read more >>]
	06 October 2007, 13:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

YouTube Video Units or How to Earn Money With Your YouTube Clip
	We all know AdSense is one of the most important technologies for the webmasters from all around the world because it can provide valuable funds to support your website. But how can you attract visitors to click on your adverts? There was not much to do in order to make them click on the adverts because the AdSense policies are very exigent when it comes to visitors' clicks. But now, the things are a little bit changed becau ... [read more >>]
	01 October 2007, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense Adopts Western Union to Send Payments to Users
	A new option appeared in some of the AdSense accounts, allowing the registered members who got it to receive their payments through the Western Union QuickCash service. At this time, the service is available only in a limited number of countries including China, Romania, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Philippines. In case you don't understand how important this function is, let me explain it to you. Usually, AdSense pa ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 09:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Targets the Second Largest Exporter of Coffee
	The super giant Google is continuously working on AdSense, the advertising platform which is able to bring considerable amounts of money for the registered users. Google already expanded it into numerous countries but the evolution continues and is now reaching new limits. The Mountain View company proudly announced the availability of AdSense Vietnamese, a new flavor of the advertising product which was recently released in Indo ... [read more >>]
	25 September 2007, 03:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Adsense and Wordpress
	Implementing Google Adsense in your blog can get you extra money. Google AdSense matches ads to your site's content and you earn money whenever your visitors click on them. Adsense lets you customize the ads template to match with your blog template. If you want to really make money from your blog, you must know how to place the ads. One solution for that is to use Adsense ready templates. There are templates with distinct a ... [read more >>]
	22 September 2007, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google and Its Mobile Solution Conquer Europe
	The Mountain View company Google finally released AdSense for Mobile, its latest attempt to conquer the mobile industry. As we expected, AdSense for Mobile will display Google ads on the handheld devices connected to the Internet while the owners are browsing the web. This is quite a very useful solution for the companies which aim to get their advertising efforts to another level. The new version of the advertising platform allo ... [read more >>]
	18 September 2007, 06:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Steals CNN, Yahoo Is Envious
	Google is now the exclusive provider of adverts on CNN.com, the famous website owned by CNN that will receive targeting advertising from the search giant's AdSense. What's most interesting is that Google replaced its well known rival Yahoo which was the only provider of adverts and search engine for CNN.com. Google's AdSense is probably the best source of money for numerous websites because every time a visitor ... [read more >>]
	30 August 2007, 09:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Makes New Friends in Australia
	The Mountain View company signed new deals with several Australian companies that will use the search giant's products through their websites. Julian Persaud, Head of Business Development, said that all the new partners who joined the Google alliance will implement the best search technology on the web on their websites as well as the most popular advertising solution, AdSense. As you probably know, AdSense is an advertising ... [read more >>]
	27 August 2007, 02:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Now You Can Make Money with Your Blog. For Real!
	The folks working at Blogger finally implemented a long awaited feature that brings inline advertisements placed between the blog posts. Until now, the Blogger technology allowed the blog owners to place ads only on the main page without offering the possibility to insert adverts between the posts. The new option works just like the old AdSense configuration screen, enabling you to choose the format of the ad, the color and the d ... [read more >>]
	22 August 2007, 04:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Basic Rules of Search Engine Optimization
	Search engine optimization is a process that generates traffic for your website. The SEO (Search Engine Optimization) includes principles and algorithms, mainly related to the website design, capable of generating actions to improve the search engine ranking for your webpages. Increasing the value of your page’s rank, the quality and quantity of visitors will be increased too. For example, the main search engines, Google and Yahoo will ind ... [read more >>]
	16 August 2007, 12:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

FeedBurner: Thank You My Lord, Google!
	A few weeks ago, Google proudly announced that it managed to acquire FeedBurner, a company that can help the Mountain View giant reach many of its goals. For example, the two partners are now working on the AdSense advertising platform in order to integrate FeedBurner into its offering and target a different category of users. As I said just after the acquisition was confirmed, Google wants to expand AdSense's market range i ... [read more >>]
	24 July 2007, 04:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google – Firefox Compatibility Glitches
	Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 was released a few days ago and it already causes problems for some of the Google users. According to the reports, Google's advertising platform AdSense is not working properly in the latest version of Mozilla's browser, the users encountering problems when trying to login into their accounts. Rajiv Sud, AdSense Publisher Support, said today that many of the Firefox 2.0.0.5 consumers are seeing o ... [read more >>]
	24 July 2007, 03:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Goes Bankrupt
	Google's advertising platform AdSense is surely the most popular solution in its category because it brings free money to numerous registered members. If you didn't know, the Mountain View company automatically sends checks to advertisers once the amount of money from your account reaches a certain limit. Because the checks are sent from Mountain View, California, USA, some users might encounter several difficulties when trying t ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2007, 02:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AdSense for Mobiles – Money for Your Cell Phones
	No official announcement but we're getting closer to a new flavor of the famous Google advertising platform, AdSense. The Mountain View company debuted a private beta test of AdSense, the advertising platform that might migrate to the mobile devices very soon. According to Self Made Minds, the folks from the Googleplex sent several emails to the selected advertisers in order to informthem about the availability of the mobile ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2007, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Search Engine That Brings You Money
	AdSense for Search is a special flavor of the advertising platform owned by Google that allows you to implement a search engine on your website and every time a user searches with it, a certain amount of money is automatically transferred into your account. Many registered clients asked Google for the possibility of making the SiteSearch function of AdSense the default search technology for their websites. In a blog post publishe ... [read more >>]
	13 July 2007, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Ad: You Stupid!
	Google's advertising platform AdSense is one of the most attractive solutions on the market because it brings money to webmasters after they publish the ads on their pages. Because of this, numerous consumers are displaying the adverts on a considerable number of websites. The interesting fact is that Google's adverts are displayed depending on the content of a certain page and especially to some keywords. This way, you ... [read more >>]
	12 July 2007, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google – Your Comrade! Receive Money for Fighting Against Google's Enemies!
	Some time ago, the Mountain View company started the fight against the enemies of the environment and rolled out some interesting campaigns to promote its ideas. It's obvious that the search giant is not able to reach its goal without the help of the users, so Google had to turn its eyes to the consumers. Today, the big G invites you to join the battle by using a new feature of AdSense that eliminates the need of paper. Basi ... [read more >>]
	04 July 2007, 03:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google's Parked Domains Illegal?
	Vulcan Golf, a provider of golf equipment, filed a complaint against several companies including Google for placing adverts on multiple parked domains. As you might know, the search giant offers AdSense for Domain, a special flavor of its advertising solution that allows parked domain owners to earn money by placing adverts on their "websites". Among other companies that were accused of illegal practice, Google is criti ... [read more >>]
	02 July 2007, 06:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fresh New AdSense Goodies for Users That Are Hungry for Money
	The popular AdSense advertising platform received a new important update that helps the advertisers configure the appearance of the ads delivered to their update. Some time ago, the parent company Google released new formats for the adverts, but today's update brings even more configuration options for the advertisers. You're now able to customize the appearance of the ads by modifying the shape to square, slightly rounded and ve ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 13:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google: Bonjour, Mes Amis!
	Google's advertising platform evolves and is now reaching a new level as the parent company released Inside AdSense, the AdSense blog, for the French users. Basically, the new page provides valuable information about the advertising platform in French, helping the advertisers improve their AdSense results. Until now, there are numerous versions of the AdSense blogs because the Mountain View company wants to improve it period ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2007, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia