Google Adsense Released Google Gadget Ads

Google Adsense has built gadget ads to advertise the AdSense program. Gadget ads enable advertisers and agencies to engage audiences on the Internet’s largest ad network with a rich and interactive new ad format.

In this article you will find out everything you need to know about this new Adsense ad format...

What are Google Gadget Ads?

Gadget ads enable advertisers and agencies to engage audiences on the Internet's largest ad network with a rich and interactive new ad format.

• Beyond Rich Media Advertising with "Websites within Websites". Think of gadget ads as mini versions of your website in any AdSense ad size.
• Dynamic and Creative Advertising. Truly useful applications incorporating data feeds, maps, images, audio, video, Flash, HTML or JavaScript in a single creative.
• Largest Global Advertising Network. Reach over 75% of unique Internet users in more than 20 languages and over 100 countries with no serving or hosting costs.
• Community of Engaged Users Around Your Brand. Users can post and share your gadget ads anywhere.
• Full Interaction Reporting. Receive site-by-site interaction reports tracking dozens of actions.
  

The Google gadget ad can be seen on the Adsense blog. You need to enable image ads on your Adsense account and be using the one of the image ad formats to get such a gadget ads to be featured on your site. The most popular sizes for gadget ads are the rectangle, leaderboard, and skyscraper formats.

Gadget ads can be priced on either a cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-thousand impressions basis (CPM). These gadgets are new and as the gadget ad inventory increases, you may see these ads begin to appear more on your site.

Enabling image ads will also allow Flash adsense ads as well as video adsense ads. Adsense says it is a good idea to enable image ads as they compete with text ads for the same ad space and can make you more money.