scammbuster.blogspot.com is also busy with an issue with google. it seems google is been having more than one problem lately. It seems more advertising is shown on splogs than on regular sites. i'm not surprised that policies are changing. i wish they would block people urging others to spam the web with Adsense splogs and pages.
It's not true that adsense can be shown on the same page as YPN - as Jensense explains, this makes it 'illegal' to show adsense-look alike ads on the same WEBSITE (instead of page, as previously) as adsense ads. Google is really taking steps to consolidate their monopoly.
This is really really interesting.I used to work for Microsoft back in the throws of the anti-trust days (IE into the OS, etc, etc) and the similarities are striking to me.With this move, Google is moving into a clear anti-trust issue between tieing their search engine with ad results. This is similar to MS' strategy to integrate functionality like IE and WMP into Windows. Google is slowing going down the path of killing all the vertical players in the same way Microsoft went after the ISVs of that era. Microsoft had to go after Intuit, had to go after CRM, etc., because Microsoft needed the revenue to feed wall street and meet expectations in order to keep the stock price healthy.Google is doing the same thing with their own verticals, in the web era, they are things like Google Finance, GMail, etc. I've looked carefully at Google's SEC fillings and the reason they will continue to do this is for ther revenue. They make more revenue at a better margin on AdSense ads displayed on their own properties than they do on 3rd party sites. In the end, they need the world using all Google verticals with AdSense on all of them to maximize revenue and feed Wall Street.There is a natural tension, because it was the quality of search results and the fostering of the niche site ecosystem that got them to where they are. I am really surprised there isn't more Anti-trust talk around what Google has been doing lately.
I totally agree with you. I actually mentioned in my post the whole anti-trust angle. Google is or will soon become a monopoly. That, by itself, isn't illegal. However, this new AdSense policy can be viewed as anti-competitive - that is illegal.Google is the new Microsoft. It took them less than half the time to get there. The question is - when do people get concerned enough to stop using AdSense? When do folks make more noise about this. If I had a sight, I'd be very wary of using AdSense - if I become really successful then Google will kill me for the added revenue and margin. The worse part is that they have all this data about what users do and care about on my site via search and AdSense.This is the same reason why some ISVs started moving to open source. Why build on top of Windows and SQL Server. If my enterprise solution becomes popular, Microsoft's own business solutions group will copy it, bundle it with SQL Server and Windows Server, and crush me. Makes no sense to support Microsoft in this scenario.Google is the same thing. Just replace ISVs with web sites and Windows with AdSense.
bitemegatesJan 18, 2007
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dtietze1Jan 18, 2007
No, no. Its getting Coke and getting Pepsi and then pouring each of them into a bottle of my own design and then selling those bottles.
ajeetjesmitJan 18, 2007
scammbuster.blogspot.com is also busy with an issue with google. it seems google is been having more than one problem lately. It seems more advertising is shown on splogs than on regular sites. i'm not surprised that policies are changing. i wish they would block people urging others to spam the web with Adsense splogs and pages.
evroccckJan 18, 2007
Only means something if they are going to enforce the rules<a class="user" href="http://www.marketingshift.com/2007/1/adsense-updates-policies-crouching-tiger.cfm">http://www.marketingshift.com/2007/1/adsense-updates-policies-crouching-tiger.cfm</a>
Closed AccountJan 18, 2007
"Join me Luke and together we shall screw all webmasters, mahahaha!" *pushes "update page rank" button*
kh77Jan 18, 2007
It's not true that adsense can be shown on the same page as YPN - as Jensense explains, this makes it 'illegal' to show adsense-look alike ads on the same WEBSITE (instead of page, as previously) as adsense ads. Google is really taking steps to consolidate their monopoly.
pheonix1974Jan 18, 2007
This is really really interesting.I used to work for Microsoft back in the throws of the anti-trust days (IE into the OS, etc, etc) and the similarities are striking to me.With this move, Google is moving into a clear anti-trust issue between tieing their search engine with ad results. This is similar to MS' strategy to integrate functionality like IE and WMP into Windows. Google is slowing going down the path of killing all the vertical players in the same way Microsoft went after the ISVs of that era. Microsoft had to go after Intuit, had to go after CRM, etc., because Microsoft needed the revenue to feed wall street and meet expectations in order to keep the stock price healthy.Google is doing the same thing with their own verticals, in the web era, they are things like Google Finance, GMail, etc. I've looked carefully at Google's SEC fillings and the reason they will continue to do this is for ther revenue. They make more revenue at a better margin on AdSense ads displayed on their own properties than they do on 3rd party sites. In the end, they need the world using all Google verticals with AdSense on all of them to maximize revenue and feed Wall Street.There is a natural tension, because it was the quality of search results and the fostering of the niche site ecosystem that got them to where they are. I am really surprised there isn't more Anti-trust talk around what Google has been doing lately.
pheonix1974Jan 18, 2007
I totally agree with you. I actually mentioned in my post the whole anti-trust angle. Google is or will soon become a monopoly. That, by itself, isn't illegal. However, this new AdSense policy can be viewed as anti-competitive - that is illegal.Google is the new Microsoft. It took them less than half the time to get there. The question is - when do people get concerned enough to stop using AdSense? When do folks make more noise about this. If I had a sight, I'd be very wary of using AdSense - if I become really successful then Google will kill me for the added revenue and margin. The worse part is that they have all this data about what users do and care about on my site via search and AdSense.This is the same reason why some ISVs started moving to open source. Why build on top of Windows and SQL Server. If my enterprise solution becomes popular, Microsoft's own business solutions group will copy it, bundle it with SQL Server and Windows Server, and crush me. Makes no sense to support Microsoft in this scenario.Google is the same thing. Just replace ISVs with web sites and Windows with AdSense.
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