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pamela (Google Employee)

More options Jul 28 2007, 11:19 am

From: "pamela (Google Employee)" <api.pamela...@google.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:19:03 -0700

Local: Sat, Jul 28 2007 11:19 am

Subject: Re: The new Maps API ads layer: Released and ready for you to try

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Hi all-
Thanks for the input, please keep it coming. Let me clarify that I
haven't actually tried removing the extra hotels paragraph on my page
to see if I'll get the same ads. Another demo without the paragraph is
here: http://imagine-it.org/google/gmaps-samples/adslayer/adslayer_lesstext...
So far, I'm seeing the same ads. But I agree with you that there
should be a way to keep sites web2.0 and still informative to the
Googlebot. I'll try to get an answer for you on that issue.

If anyone tries this out and puts together a demo page (hopefully for
something other than hotels), please post a link so we can check out
what ads you're getting.

Thanks! - pamela

On Jul 28, 3:43 am, the1geek <the1g...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I like your idea McTone!

> ~newton

> On Jul 28, 3:27 am, "mcto...@googlemail.com" <mcto...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:

> > Picking up on singularity's point, imho it would be good to dispense
> > with the googlebot altogether and implement a keyword parameter into
> > GAdsManager to decide which ads are displayed.

> > var adsManagerOptions = {
> > maxAdsOnMap: 10,
> > keywords: "hotels,restaurants,bars"

> > };

> > GAdsManager(map, publisherId, adsManagerOptions)

> > That way developers can have greater control over the ads, depending
> > on what the user is doing on their site. More targeted ads can only be
> > better for both parties as relevant links get clicked!

> > my $0.02, tones- Hide quoted text -

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