Google Upgrades AdSense

An anonymous reader writes "According to a story in the New York Times, Google will now "give advertisers more control over where their ads are shown, how they pay for them and what they look like." Author John Battelle claims "The core philosophy of Google's advertising business is that these ads are actually valuable and useful to users: look for Chevy trucks and get Chevy truck ads. Now we are in another place. It's more about branding and more about advertising other things than what you are looking for, and, cynically, it may be about being a public company that needs revenue growth."" The other thing that other submitters noted was that AdSense would also be accepting graphical advertising as well; but for display on partner sites.

Comments

Re:Google... I'm serious

[Anonymous Coward]

You make a good point. Google's worst transgressions are systematically whitewashed by the press. To counteract that whitewash, I will use the remainder of my space here to expose Google for what it really is. One of my objectives is to improve the lot of humankind. (The merits of Google's obiter dicta won't be discussed here, because they lack merit.) When you get right down to it, one can predict on empirical grounds that one of these days Google will replace our timeless traditions with its footling ones. So what's the connection between that and its wheelings and dealings? The connection is that Google's doctrines may have been conceived in idealism, but they quickly degenerated into uncompromising pauperism. Some day, I want to stop this insanity. But you don't have to wait for that. What you can do now is talk to everyone you know about the things I've told you in this letter. Use every medium available to you. Use the Internet. Use your telephone. Use radio and newspapers. And whatever you do, never be afraid to speak out against the evil that is Google.

Re:Cynically?

[maxpublic]

You need an example of the lemming-like behavior of geeks, just take a look at the unthinking devotion when it comes to Gmail. Little gits practically worship the service despite the fact that it's more intrusive than any other webmail offering out there - all because it comes from Google.

They're no different than the drones that worship Billy G. and Microsoft, or Macs, or Linux, or (insert tech church here).

Max