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What would you do if you were targeting UK traffic and a US resident came along? You might, like a WebmasterWorld member, run into a pickle. The user targets UK traffic with AdWords but is also opted into a program that detects where traffic comes from; if the traffic is from outside the UK, the content that is supposed to be seen is essentially “cloaked.” Of course, this raises concern …Targeting UK Subscribers, Reviewed by a US AdSense Rep: Dangerous? (Search Engine Roundtable)

There’s an interesting type of Google ad placement on Pac-txt.com (a game of Pac-Man recreated as interactive fiction): a cartoon monster on a black background is connected to a speech bubble which seamlessly wraps a AdSense text ad.AdSense Ad In Speech Bubble (Addict 3D)

BuzzLogic started out offering analytics to identify the blogs that were having the greatest influence on particular topics or “conversations” online. Now the company is moving into the online advertising space. In a new product extension, BuzzLogic is enabling advertisers to target text or display ads on any blog within the Google AdSense network. Click to continue reading… …BuzzLogic Introduces “Conversational Ad Targeting” On Blogs (Search Engine Land)

MySpace has announced a new targeted ad platform on the social network, which looks like a version of Google AdSense for display ads. The new system, SelfServe, is aimed at small businesses, politicians etc, and will allow??advertisers ??to create and target display ads, as well as providing analytics tools to track their effectiveness.??MySpace launches new targeted ad platform (e-Consultancy)

On Friday we reported that Google is expanding Western Union payments to AdSense publishers based in Egypt and Morocco. But since then, there has been confirmed reports that the feature simply does not work for those countries. In fact, just recently, there has been reports that the option has been completely removed from a Moroccan publisher. Here is a screen capture of a publisher …Is Google Expanding Western Union Payments to Egypt and Morocco or Not? (Search Engine Roundtable)

It appears that what was once an advertising deal between AOL and Quigo is now turning into a $300 investment, as Brett Tabke shares a report about this acquisition. The purchase is designed to help the Time Warner unit better compete against the stepped up online ad initiatives from Google and Yahoo. Quigo’s two main ad serving products include AdSonar, which is similar to AdSense in terms …AOL to Acquire Quigo for $300 Million (Search Engine Roundtable)

This morning, Google has seemed to just add a new tab to the Google AdSense console named resources . Within that tab are the following resources by category: The community category has the Inside AdSense Blog, AdSense Help Forum, Webinars and the AdSense Calendar. The find help category has the Help Center, a Demos & Guides and the Troubleshooting Wizards. The optimization category has …Google AdSense Adds Resources Tab (Search Engine Roundtable)

About two weeks ago we reported about AdSense reporting not matching up. Then a few days later we reported that the reports were fixed . Well, not really. The Inside AdSense Blog updated us saying that the reports are now fixed, again. We’d like to provide you with an update on the recent channels issue — our engineers have been working to provide publishers with their missing data, …Seriously, Google Fixes AdSense Channel Reporting Issue Again (Search Engine Roundtable)

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