Changes to Google Search – Sponsored Ads in Search Box

Previously Google used to provide an option  to see the number of results available for a specific search term. As the user typed the search words in Google, a drop down would tell you how many results are already available for similar words or phrases.

In a recent change Google has introduced Ads or Sponsored links within the search suggestion box, while getting rid of the drop down that showed how many results are available.

This change does not have much benefit to the publishers yet. Google has not mentioned whether similar ads would also appear in Custom Google Searches that many publishers use.

However, it will be a benefit to advertisers – they would show up in the search box, while the user is typing their search query. The picture shows how Pontiac ad could show up while the user is typing in GT8.

This is one of the 4 changes that Google is rolling out on Google Suggest. Just when we thought that there may not be any further options to make money from the Search page, Google found a way to introduce paid ads in search boxes as well.

Meanwhile, Google advertising revenues hav not gone up since my earlier reports. The alternative ads that are doing extremely well are:

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• Chitika Premium Ads – this continues to give me very high returns. The products advertised are top of the line popular products & the earning per click is also very high, sometimes over a dollar for a click. This is much higher than any of Google’s ad earnings by any means. Moreover, they have also refined their search boxes making it easier to make money from them. Click Here to Join Chitika Premium Network for Bloggers & Online Publishers & Make Money from Blog Ads.