miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Reports have been flooding in from everywhere regarding Google's experimentation with the new "Ads by Google" logo and mostly they consist of grumbles about how it's going to (or already have) reduce the CTR (Click-Through-Rate) drastically. However as far as I've noticed, Google seems to understand this factor and been trying to make the logo as unobtrusive as possible, by blending it to suit the colour palette of your ads. The logo's that have appeared on my site so far look like... and Read further on this at my blog... Google experimenting with the âAds by Googleâ link in AdSense Further musings on Googleâs experimentation with the AdSense logoMy CTR so far seems unaffected. Anybody else experienced negatives/positives owing to this logo?? Feedbacks & comments on this will be great !!! Regards, m^e Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainRon 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Hey m^e,had been recently reading the book, The Google Story, and was amazed by a survey that the book mentioned. It said that 60% of the users didn't know that they were <- snipped -> when they clicked Google ads. It seems logical to make its logo prominent to may be avoid a lawsuit or something. But however, this step will no doubt reduce the CTR as people avoid <- snipped -> The moment a general user sees that the link is a google ad, they might deviate.}} Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
