Joining Polaris Ventures Partners
August 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm | Comments

I am excited to announce that, starting Monday, I will be joining Polaris Venture Partners and will work out of the Dog Patch Lab on Pier 38. Over the last few years, I have had …

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New YouTube / Google AdSense Unit?
February 10, 2010 – 4:34 pm | Comments
New YouTube / Google AdSense Unit?

I cannot tell if these are:
- new YouTube ad-units, or
- bizarre / sneaky advertiser units
… but they are appearing more and more across the Google AdSense network. The below screenshots are taken directly from advertisements …

Google AdSense Expandable Ads… No More?
March 4, 2009 – 8:22 pm | Comments
Google AdSense Expandable Ads… No More?

I was very excited to read that Google AdSense was launching Expandable Ads – essentially growing rich media units that are more interactive and likely draw greater CPMs.
I am excited because it is an …

Google AdSense is Good…. And Yes, iStockphoto is Everywhere
January 31, 2009 – 5:55 pm | Comments

Almost as soon as I published my “I guess iStockphoto is Going Mainstream” article, Google AdSense started running iStockphoto ads. Amazing.
It shows just how good Google AdSense is (literally seconds after publishing the article) …

Google’s New AdSense ‘Scroll Through’ Button for Graphics, Rich Media
January 13, 2009 – 8:04 pm | Comments
Google’s New AdSense ‘Scroll Through’ Button for Graphics, Rich Media

This weekend, I spent time experimenting with Pligg and have Rankible.com to show for it… and while it’s not much yet (!), it’s already revealed quite a lot about Google AdSense. Yesterday I wrote about …

Google AdSense Rich Media Inventory Growing?
January 12, 2009 – 6:04 pm | Comments
Google AdSense Rich Media Inventory Growing?

Quietly, it appears that Google AdSense’s rich media inventory is growing nicely… even despite the economic climate which has many online advertisers scaling down.
I don’t have any hard data to prove the point – …

The Election, Poltical Ad Spend & AdSense
November 3, 2008 – 10:58 am | Comments
The Election, Poltical Ad Spend & AdSense

This morning, I was notified by friends and blog readers of political ads running on my site … it’s happened quite frequently over the last few months and I’ve gone to Google to put out …

Is Google Reducing Their AdSense Payouts & Increasing Their Take?
October 18, 2008 – 4:05 pm | Comments
Is Google Reducing Their AdSense Payouts & Increasing Their Take?

Om Malik’s “Why Google’s Partners Should Be Worried” is by far my most interesting read of the last few days specifically because it’s a sentiment that I’ve heard quite a bit of recently… and, if …

I Love Google Chrome, But…
October 3, 2008 – 6:35 am | Comments
I Love Google Chrome, But…

You would think that Chrome wouldn’t return errors on Google properties… right? I get the following error when trying to access my Google AdSense account (which I find laughable):
This is probably not the site you …

A New Wave of Skinned & Tethered Rich Media Ad Units
August 3, 2008 – 12:08 pm | Comments

While at SpaceCamp over the last couple days (in gorgeous Santa Monica), there was a lot of discussion around engaging advertising formats and units. Most of the conversation was around advertising on social media and …

Who is Monetizing the Free iPhone Apps? Google, AdMob, Developers – But Not Apple
July 22, 2008 – 7:23 pm | Comments

I believe that most of the content-based iPhone applications are going to be free over time… and early indications are that this is the case with top free apps include the New York Times, Wordpress, …

Long Tail Analytics with Quantcast, Google Trends & Compete – Who Wins?
June 21, 2008 – 11:28 pm | Comments

Google entered the public web analytics game yesterday by expanding Google Trends beyond search queries and into web traffic. Just a couple years ago, we had two options for web data:
- Comscore provided detailed analytics …

Google AdSense Introduces 3rd Party Ads; Click Through Rates +2x
May 24, 2008 – 1:53 pm | Comments

On Monday May 19th, Google notified AdSense publishers that they are now accepting 3rd party image and rich-media ads… a potentially significant upgrade considering that Google’s image and video inventory is very weak as compared …