I can't remember the last time I saw a Google banner ad online (ever?). While checking out Lifehacker, I noticed a banner for Google Checkout. Is this new?

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I dont think thats a banner ad. Thats the Banner for a Google Checkout partner.. I have seen it on other sites..

Thats what I thought at first. The entire ad only mentions Google Checkout though. Check out the full gif:

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the original poster is correct.

google has been advertising on sites including lifehacker and techcrunch for a while now. i have seen ads for employment and checkout. they all tend to be simplistic

google is a nice search engine, but now in china baidu is preferable, anyway, big ups to all google agents in china, how can i be part of google

Here's another one...

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