Ads Coming to iPhone, Android Apps
June 25th, 2009 MobileFreak
Well, that was quick. Yesterday, Google announced it’s beta program for the Google Adsense for Mobile Applications.
Developers can apply for the beta program here. Before you rush over to apply, you should know that developers must agree to the following:
- Participate for at least 3 months
- At least 100k pageviews per day
- Apps must be free
- iPhone or Android apps only
- Must be ready to implement now, and be live within 4 weeks
For marketers looking to get their ads on these mobile apps, it looks like they are already placing Adsense ads that are targeted to high-end mobile devices. According to Google, they will also open this specific program up to marketers as well.
Find out more in this testimonial video from Urbanspoon:
So what do you think of ads on these free apps? As a developer, are you excited about a new revenue opportunity? Or are you disappointed that your favorite free mobile apps will now have banner ads taking up precious real estate on your phone?
Entry Filed under: News, android, iPhone
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If their is traffic people always seem to find a way to advertise. Google ads are everywhere these days!
Oh great, now there is an “APP FOR THAT”!
It’s just a matter of time until we start seeing MFA sites on the android. Fun times :)
Apps for everything it seems. IT was only a matter of time before the big G found a way in.
I’m a big proponent of having ad-supported applications… Developers have to eat sometime! But on the other hand, the Adsense implementation seems like a fail. I can’t imagine the conversion rates being good for mobile devices… I’d think that when people purchase product through an Adsense ad, they’d do it on a computer, not on their iPhone.