From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/4baf4c38bfc93030?hl=en
2007 is drawing to a close, but before you get out the party hats and
start practicing the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne, we'd like to take a
moment to recap some of the biggest developments in AdSense this
year.New feature launches were abundant in 2007, and many were based on
your direct feedback and requests. To help improve the performance of
your ads, we revamped the look of our ad formats and introduced ad
placements to let you promote your site to potential advertisers. The
new Manage Ads feature gave you the ability to make changes to your ad
units directly in your account and quickly experiment with
optimizations. In addition, we launched such features as video units,
AdSense for mobile content, and referrals 2.0 to bring in new revenue
streams for your site. Still others like the Allowed Sites list and the
recently announced Ad Review Center were inspired by your requests for
more control over your ads and your account.With our growing community
of publishers around the world, we also continued our international
expansion of products and online resources. AdSense for content was
launched in languages such as Hebrew, Greek, and Bulgarian, while
AdSense for search became available in a number of Southeast Asian
languages. We added payment options such as Western Union Quick Cash in
a few countries and EFT in Mexico. To help publishers connect with one
another around the world, we introduced AdSense Help Forums in 9 new
languages, including Polish, Arabic, and Russian.And of course, we
can't forget to mention the exciting things that happened right here on
our blog. We welcomed 6 new languages into the Inside AdSense family
(Italian, Korean, Japanese, French, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese),
bringing the total number of AdSense blogs to 11. All 11 blogs combined
received 2.6 million pageviews from 1.7 million visits, and global
Groups subscriptions to all blogs crossed the 43,000 mark.Finally, we'd
like to close with our second annual Reader's Choice Award, which goes
to the post you visited most this year: 'Introducing video units'.
Accepting the award on behalf of the post is author Ryan Hayward, who
had this to say: "In a world where Hollywood writers are striking and
my favorite show, 'The Office,' is off-air, I hope that announcing
video units helped to fill the creative void and made each of our lives
just a little more entertaining. Cue the orchestra."Here's to a very
happy and prosperous 2008. Cheers!Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense
Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 12/31/2007 07:07:00
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