Google unveils AdWords service for mobile advertising

Posted Sep 6th 2006 12:12PM by Brian White
Filed under: Cellular, Software, Specifications

I've been waiting for Google to get into the mobile advertising space, and it looks like the search leader has done just that. Google has announced that it now has the Google "AdWords" program available for mobile devices (cellphones, smartphones, etc.) that use a mobile web browser.

So, if you're searching using www.google.com on your wireless handset, you may see text ads next to your search results soon, if not now. The good news is that these ads will be like Google's normal text ads -- very unobtrusive and relevant to the search you're performing.

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1. Good news!

Posted at 1:07PM on Sep 6th 2006 by Guram

2. This is definitely a major move for Google. I just don't know if consumers would appreciate it though. I don't.

Posted at 9:11PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Debbie

3. I wonder if Google will launch an Adsense program that will work for .mobi.

Posted at 4:00AM on Sep 14th 2006 by SLR

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