WordPress takes on Google’s AdSense with new WordAds service (update)

November 29, 2011 11:13 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Popular content management system (CMS) company WordPress is launching a new word-based advertising service that will compete directly with Google’s AdSense, the company announced today.

WordPress, which is owned by Automattic, powers over 24 million blogs and runs on 15 …

Using AdSense to cash in on the iPhone

August 19, 2009 7:44 AM Adam Toren

It was only a matter of time, I suppose. Google, to no one’s real surprise, has tied its AdSense cash machine to the mobile applications market.

As downloadable applications proliferate for Apple’s iPhone and the Android platform, the web-behemoth is …

Google's sneak attack? Adsense for Facebook

October 15, 2007 12:21 PM Eric Eldon

Is Google-the-Goliath sneaking into the Facebook building — via the basement?

Google is actively recruiting third-party developers with applications on Facebook to run Adsense ads within applications pages, VentureBeat has learned.

These aren’t just any old Adsense ads, according to …