Ever since Google came up with the master idea that is AdSense, the web
has transformed in a variety of ways no one would have ever suspected.
Some of these are good changes others aren’t.
This is a small exploration of how a brilliant marketing scheme has
taken the web by storm. It deals with the changes advertisers and
publishers and even website visitors have undergone ever since AdSense
has become a daily part of our on-line lives.
Even before AdSense came out a lot of people were advertising through
AdWords. It ensured a lot of publicity through getting your site listed
at the top in Google search queries. It took away a lot of the pain and
price of SEO and the large amount of time you had to wait until you were
finally on top. It made launching a website, a realistic way to instant
profitability instead of a long term strategy with no immediate
returns.
Through the use of AdSense, the possibility appeared of having your ads
appear on just about any site on the Internet that has anything that
even resembles your company is all about. And so it’s for that reason
that AdSense has brought a new sense of advertising to the Internet.
Before PPC poorly ranked web pages had to advertise offline to get any
real initial exposure.
Companies no longer have to hire expensive professionals to create
extremely elaborate advertising campaigns. There are no high costs of
running your ads on websites which you have to personally look for.
All you do is come up with a couple of meaningful words for your
business, sign up with Google AdWords and let Google take care of the
rest of the equation. Although it requires day to day management
automation saves significant time for advertisers.
Of course, probably the largest change in the way the Internet works due
to AdSense comes from the publishers’ point of view. Whereas one would
previously have to jump through many hoops to get a website to even
support itself now people are making fortunes off their sites. This
leads to motivation for content, and resources for web surfers.
That generally means site publishers have to worry more about what
content lies on their site, and the overall way their pages look rather
then be concerned with the economic specifics of maintaining a site’s
profitability. Although time is invested in adsense, a large capital
investment is not.
It’s no surprise that the blogging phenomenon exploded when AdSense came
out a few years ago. Anyone could just write a page about a subject he
was passionate about and making a living out of it through AdSense.
And thirdly, one can’t ignore the impact AdSense has had over the casual
everyday web surfer. Whereas people used to not even notice banners
altogether (which psychologically is a very interesting thing to
observe) the situation is completely different for text ads.
People nowadays will take a long look at a sponsored ad. Why? Well
because the whole setup brings forth a feeling of confidence about the
advertiser. People don’t ignore a text ad as easily as they do a
graphical banner.
Another thing to note is that graphical banners have become even less
profitable nowadays. It is because of this that many people are walking
away from affiliate type networks to AdSense.
Of course, there are bad effects as well, with people making websites
solely for the purpose of running AdSense on them and just as well, with
a large phenomenon of ‘click fraud’, people creating artificial clicks
for various reasons.
But Google does try to control such behavior, and really isn’t to be
blamed for such individuals’ actions. All in all Google AdSense is
transforming the way the Internet works and it’s doing so mostly in a
good way.
Now those with ideas can write them down, and make money from them.
Those looking for content can find it easier, and those looking to
attract a customer base can do so in a targeted way. Adsense has changed
the internet through supporting the economic interests of businesses,
and the utility of consumers.