International could be (I am "international" webmaster)... but on invintation-only? ...my account is over 2 yrs old Here is the screenshot of what I got: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=101033#8
Actually "FTA" is a type of satellite transmission so the targeting is excellent... finally, they seem to have found a way to monetize their image search algorithm I am a US publisher and i was not asked whether i wanted to have these ads appear, they just started to appear occassionally.
What if you already had images beside ads? There could be images beside your images? Wouldn't that look a little strange?
Maybe it's the way Google wants to stop the webmasters doin' it. You can never be 100% sure WHY Google did anything
That's true it's still in experiment. Now I am thinking...would it be more helpful to adsense advertiser to have images in addition to the text ads (more clicks and more money) ?