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Who Clicks on Feed Ads? I Do.

Started by matt_winn · 8 months ago

After seeing Paul Kedrosky’s readership survey, I’ve been expecting some high-end advertising on his site and in his feed (like the Maserati ads that show up in the PAW).  After all, 29% of Paul’s readership ear ... Continue reading »

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  • Hey Matt, that's a FeedBurner brokered ad. Agree completely about uber-niche media consumption....it's definitely upon us.
  • Source code says ads are served by Google AdSense if I'm reading that correctly... Feedburner used to have an option for adding AdSense to your feeds, but I think AdSense no longer has the option for new signups for their in-feed program so Feedburner removed the option. Convenient for them considering the launch of their own ad network.
  • Dick:

    Thanks for stopping by. I laughed out loud when I caught Fred's, Brad's, and Matt's posts re your Halloween Day board of directors meeting - you must have an amazing "presence" about you. Hope we'll meet sometime at a Chicago-based tech event.

    Chris:

    Feedburner's lead man says Feedburner, so I'm guessing it's Feedburner. That's interesting, though, that the source code would include AdSense...hmmm. I tried to replicate but couldn't get ads to reappear (they seem not to show when a feed result isn't new/unread).

    Best,
    Matt
  • Here's the code:


    <map name="google_ad_map_KpKLWhOys1ulSuBg7ltzwBwIc-E_"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/KpKLWhOys1ulSuBg7ltzwBwIc-E_?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_KpKLWhOys1ulSuBg7ltzwBwIc-E_" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-ca-pub-4855495728103246&channel=paul.kedrosky.com/index.rdf&output=png&cuid=KpKLWhOys1ulSuBg7ltzwBwIc-E_&url=http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/11/04/hedge_funds_for.html"/>



    <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/InfectiousGreed?i=5CvJE2" border="0"></img>




    I don't know what to make of it.
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  • Thanks, Ben. Shameless, but useful nonetheless!

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