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Google AdSense
Overview Questions
Name of Search Engine Google AdSense
Contact Address 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy. Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone Number N/A
Contact Email adsense-support@google.com
Year Founded 1998
Company Website www.google.com
Subsidiary Search Sites Main Content Partners: About.com, NYTimes, Lycos - For more: https://adwords.google.com /support/bin/answer.py?answer=6119&hl=en
Financial Status
Public or Private? Public
Primary Investors?
Traffic Questions
Source(s) of advertiser traffic
For the sources listed above, what are the respective program names?
Can you choose your source of traffic (i.e. content, popups, search box)? Yes
Can you buy single distributions (i.e. only content from certain sites)? Yes
Is the content on the results page(s) backfilled by another search engine(s)? No
If so who?
Where do you geographically focus?
Key brands/Primary Traffic Partners
How many "searches" / month? Not Available.
How many clicks to advertisers per month? Not Available.
Any Industry specialization?
Validation of Clicks
Do you protect against invalid clicks? Yes
How do you determine if a click is invalid? Detection and filtering techniques, advanced monitoring techniques, and the Google team
What is your refund policy if clicks are determined to be invalid? Credit any invalid clicks
Is this an automatic process, or is it client initiated? Both, Automatic and Client
Advertiser Economics
How does the Advertiser pay?
How is pricing determined?
Contractual Obligations
Is there a minimum monthly spend? No
If so, what is the minimum spend?
Is there a Setup Fee? Yes
If so, what is the fee? 5
What Payment Methods are accepted?
If you accept credit card as payment, is Automatic Billing Required? No
Is there a minimum time commitment? No
If so, what is it?
When can the service be terminated? Immediately
How is the service terminated?
Ease of Use
Do you have a web-based interface? Yes
If so, what can I do with it?
Do you provide tracking? Yes
If so, what kind?
If you provide tracking, how many unique conversions can you track?
If you provide tracking, can you track CPA or ROAS? If so which one? CPA
Do you have an API feed? Yes.
If so, what are the requirements to get the API?
Is there a cost for the API?
Budget Management
If you provide budget management, can you track spend on a daily basis? Yes
If so, can you set daily budget caps? Yes
If so, are these daily caps hard caps or soft limits? Soft limits
Can you spread your daily budget over 24 hours, or does the system pause the account once the daily budget is hit? 24 hours
How can advertisers pause their campaign? Immediately
Editorial Guidelines
What are your editorial (words used) guidelines for headlines? 25
What are your editorial (words used) guidelines for descriptions? 70
What are your editorial (words used) guidelines for display URL's? 35
What are your editorial (words used) guidelines for destination URL's? 1024
Customer Service and Account Management
Do you provide Customer Service? Yes
Do you provide Account Mangement? Yes
If so, are there different levels of service? Yes - Basic and Premium Service Levels
If you provide Account Management is it pooled or dedicated? Both
What kind of service does your Account Management team provide?
When is Account Management available?
When is Customer Service available?
How can customer service be reached? adsense-support@google.com
Do you have standard presentations available for distribution to potential advertisers? Yes
If so, how can one obtain a presentation? Website
Affiliate Programs
Do you offer an affiliate program? No
If so, is your affiliate program for traffic or new advertisers?
For traffic, do you pay a percentage of revenue, a one time fee, or a flat fee?
If so, what is the amount?
For new advertisers, do you pay a percentage of revenue, a one time fee, or a flat fee?
If so, what is the amount?
Do you have an affiliate link?
General Description
In under 75 words, please provide a brief description of your search engine: Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. It's widely recognized as the world's largest search engine, and its utility and ease of use have made it one of the world's best known brands almost en