Google tests new scrolling Adsense ads
Just saw the following in my Adsense ad units a few minutes ago: the Google Adsense ad scroller!
The scroller is nothing more than tiny “Up”, “Down”, “Left” and “Right” arrows at the bottom of the ad units. Basically, the arrows let you “scroll” the ad unit to show new advertisements. There are several variations of the arrows, both for horizontal and vertical ad units. Cool, huh?
Here are screenshots of three Adsense scrolling ad units I’ve seen. YouTube video of the Ad Scroller at work after the jump.
The question now: when visitors scroll the ad units, is that considered a page impression? And if they are, do publishers earn from those page impressions as well?
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April 4th, 2008 at 1:05 am
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January 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Yeah I seen these arrows on my adsense ads as well. Adsense is definitely testing things. I know people said they hope this will increase their earnings through Adsense but I really don’t think it will make a difference really. In my opinion I don’t even think it will happen that they decide to leave it with scrollable arrows. I don’t think people will even click on the arrows to see more ads, I may be wrong but just my opinion. I’m sure we’ll see sooner or later. It would be nice to see an increase in Adsense earning from this but we’ll have to wait and see.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:17 am
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December 16th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
[...] I had not bee able to spot either since so I can’t present you with screen caps. However, James from PinoyMoneyTalk has been able to take screen shots as well as a video demonstration of the arrow scrollers. Seems [...]
December 14th, 2007 at 12:10 am
Maybe, but as long as publishers get to earn more because of this new feature, I doubt there’d be some complaining.
I hope this new feature CAN really increase the Adsense income of publishers…
December 14th, 2007 at 12:04 am
When I first saw it, my initial reaction was to take its screenshot because I figured it was just a temporary experiment that Adsense was doing. Good thing I was able to capture it before it disappeared ^^
Nope, the arrows/scrollbars cannot be resized or moved. But they did have at least three variations of the arrows and, depending on the type of ad unit, clicking the arrows can slide the ads from left to right (and vice-versa) or top to bottom (and vice-versa).
December 13th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
i’ve never seen this, yet!
its Google Adsense lousy move to gainback its publishers that has switch to paid to blog programs
December 13th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Nice find! ^_^ It’s a good thing you managed to capture a snapshot of the scroll arrows.
This new feature would prove very useful. BTW, is there an option that lets you change the size and position of the scroll bars?
Thanks, happy blogging!
December 12th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
It looks like Google was testing this feature earlier. I don’t see it now on my ads too. Glad I took screenshots and a video! :)
December 12th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I do hope too that the additional ads translate to additional income for us publishers.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
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December 12th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
James, this is so weird. Kanina lang nagulat din ako, may scroller yung mga ads ko. Tapos ngayon pagtingin ko, kasi ipri-print screen ko sya, nawala!
December 12th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
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December 12th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
It would be great if the scrolling led to another full set of ads as well. Just another chance to make a few cents.