Link renting PageRank from Google?

Recently a couple savy webmasters have noticed link renting from sites Google linked into. While I am sure this will stop parsing PageRank soon, this single outbound link from the Google site does a good job to show what Google is up against in the link renting community.

The link in question is the "press Shift-Cmd-G" link at the bottom of this page.

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Google is soon to offer a desktop text and file searching software solution.

Will Google create an operating system before Longhorn comes out?

Google is providing the JumpStart program essentially free of charge. They will only be able to afford to spend so much on the employees they pay to set up the campaigns. When your campaign is set up it will not be by Sergy Brin or Larry Page. An hourly waged employee will set up the campaign.

Even if the employees that set up the accounts were pretty good at what they did they will probably be extremely limited in the time they have available to set up each account.

For bad PPC SEO's they will now be shut down by absolutely free competition. Google lowering entry cost and setting up additional accounts will mean there are more accounts on the market, and more competition. Both of these factors will mean good SEO's will end up taking over many of the accounts that Google sets up and bring home even more bacon.

Google launches keyword based contextual based banner advertising.

Effect on Other Companies:

• If Google can get many of their AdSense publishers to sign up for this then they will have access to one of the largest, most targeted contextual based banner programs on the web.

• Interactive media agencies and webmasters may be able to do nearly all of their advertising at Google. Exceptions:
  • Overture still will be used by many due to it's large distribution network.

  • Link buyers will obviously not be able to buy links through Google...
• Google can no longer in any way shape or form claim to be "just a technology company." This move cements their position as a large media company.
• DoubleClick's stock is down 1% on the day (last I checked...this move by Google has to make their CEO cringe!).

Google AdWords Images:
Google Images AdWords FAQ's Here.
Google AdSense: What's New

Google AdWords Sizes: You may choose from four standard ad sizes: Banner (468 x 60), Leaderboard (728 x 90), Inline Rectangle (300 x 250), and Skyscraper (120 x 600). Sizes may be adjusted slightly to display the "Ads by Google" tagline.

Example Google Ads

Placing Image Ads on Google:
"At this time, we won't show image ads on Google. The initial launch of image ads is focused on sites already showing graphical ads. Because Google image ads are targeted specifically to a page's content, advertisers showing ads on these sites would realize the greatest benefit. (Please note that a content site publisher must opt in to the image ads program before your image ads may appear on his or her site.)"

How Does Google Know When to Display Image Ads?
If your image ad is more relevant, it will appear. If not, your text ad may appear in its place. This targeting model ensures you're reaching your prospects with the most effective ads.

Will Google Put Image Ads on My Site?
Google AdSense publishers can chose to opt in to graphic ads. Graphic ads will not automatically appear on AdSense publishers websites. You can choose to run image ads by simply selecting the image ads checkbox from the Ad Preference page of your AdSense account. Or, set your preference at a page level by selecting the type of ads you'd like to show when generating your ad code.

It's official.

They put up the Google Blog.

Whatever will they do with Page & Brin's old blog?

I wonder they are not running AdSense. Blogs are supposed to have AdSense.