Archive for April, 2009
FDA Issues Warning Over Sponsored Search
Posted by Frank Mash in News on April 6th, 2009
FDA has issued warning to 14 pharmaceutical companies over their sponsored search advertising (aka pay-per-click advertising) practices. These sponsored search results appear on search engines such as Google when users search for a search term. In one of the warning letters to Biogen Idec for advertising it’s drug, TYSABRI, FDA said:
The sponsored links are [...]
Virtual Goods and Advertising Generate $74 Million for Habbo in Revenues
Posted by Frank Mash in News on April 2nd, 2009
It seems Habbo’s virtual economy isn’t under recession. Instead, the virtual goods business seems to be booming for Habbo.
While most other social networks are trying to get into virtual goods and finding ways to monetize international audience, Habbo is enjoying being the leader in the space. In 2008, Habbo generated $74 million in revenues from [...]
AdSense sunsets Video Ad Units
Posted by Frank Mash in News on April 1st, 2009
Google AdSense is saying buh bye to video ad units.
In a posting on AdSense blog regarding termination of video ad units, Google announced:
Starting today, the option to sign up for video units is no longer available to new publishers. If you’re currently displaying video units, we recommend that you start removing the video unit [...]