Ads By [G] - not Google

Hey guys,
Yesterday I saw some Myspace Resources site that displayed AdSense ads. Normally you would see an Ads by Google link on the bottom of the banner, but this time 'Google' was replaced by the Google favicon (). I thought the webmaster had hacked the script, until I saw this on two other sites.
It's not everywhere, so I think they are still testing it. Are there other people who have spotted this?

 

I havent seen that one yet.. but one of my 250 x 250 square ads had a google logo (as a graphic) instead of the text! I checked back the next day and it was gone...

 

They're possibly a premium publisher, maybe they've changed it themselves

 

no I get this kind of ads now too sometimes ... no premier publisher hehe

I like it with 200x200 unit ... It looks very good

 

Yes, I got it as well and I am not premium publisher

 

Same here i see this on my site these days.

 

I got it before and currently I am not a premium publisher. I think it is still part of the test being conducted by Google wherein they are changing the "Ads by Google" appearances

 

I hope they change it ..... it looks better

 

Its all a part of this http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=194224

 

we should focus on link building and optimizing placements, not wasting time talking about a "g"

 

I don't care where you're wasting your time on but I personally find this an interesting development, for which I'd like to know the reason.

 

I have been seeing this on my websites also. It's been showing up on and off. Nothing really special about it.

 

That's normal now. Often I could find this on my site. I even saw a Flash ads on my site.

 

I saw them saying they are making experiments and those new styles won't be seen all the time

 

they are probably testing out new versions of the ad unit look.

 

These just pop up now and again and serve their purpose through making us talk about them...we're catching the virus of their viral advertising...

In the right context the little graphics can look good.

 

i think google has doing somethink which is experimental

 

I think they're just testing it out. I'm not so sure I would like to see more of it - the Google corporate colours rarely go well with the custom colour schemes I use. But the bottom line is, does it make any difference to revenue?

 

i'm pretty sure it's just a test...but i'll keep an eye on it to see if there's any cash in it!

kumiko
xo

 

I got the same couple times but then it went back to normal.