http://audioads.google.com/robots.txt
# go away User-agent: * Disallow: /
Heh. |
Related SearchEngineWatch Blog entry is here: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061128-231358 |
Following the links on that one, ZDNet seems to have a couple of images from a slide:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/index.php?p=706
<<Step 1) Station inventory management system and studio log.
Step 2) Google links electronically with [radio] stations to search for inventory that fits advertiser criteria.
Step 3) Inventory is paired with advertiser requests.
Step 4) Google delivers automated order to radio station and reserves inventory.>> |
"the service is getting ready for lunch" (; sure looks hungry to me |
finally I got my site up and running again. Check out Commission file number: 000-50726
page 65 AudioAds product page 82 (e) “AudioAds Product” shall mean the products and services to be provided by Parent to (i) acquire and manage ii) sell such advertising inventory to its network of advertisers; (iii) dynamically insert audio advertisements into such advertising inventory; and (iv) manage the ad creation, ad campaign management, reporting, billing and payments related thereto.
(f) “AudioAds Operating Group” shall mean the operating group (including development, sales, support, administrative and other personnel) within Parent that has principal responsibility for (i) developing, launching and maintaining the AudioAds Product, the Company System and the Broadcast Automation Product, (ii) the sales and marketing of the use of the AudioAds Product, Company System and the Broadcast Automation Product and (iii) managing and developing relationships with advertisers, advertising agencies, content producers and syndicators, broadcasters and other parties with whom Parent interacts in connection with the AudioAds Product, the Company System and the Broadcast Automation Product.
page 96 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to Parent’s operating policies, processes and procedures, including: (i) All expenditures by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to Parent’s spending authority policy. (ii) All contracts entered into by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to Parent’s deal review and contracts approval policies, processes an procedures (including Parent’s signature authority policy). (iii) All product and feature launches by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to Parent’s product and feature launch policies, processes and procedures. (iv) All hiring and terminations by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to Parent’s hiring and human resources policies, processes and procedures. (c) Upon Closing, Chad Steelberg will be the General Manager of the AudioAds Operating Group, reporting to [***]. |
Maybe they're launching today... AdWords appears to be down at the moment. It's redirecting to this page when you try and sign in:
http://www.google.com/errors/awfe/system_down.html |
AdSense is down too:
http://www.google.com/errors/asfe/system_down.html
No warnings regarding scheduled maintenance on the Inside AdWords or Inside AdSense blogs either...
[Edit – AdSense *was* down – it's back now though.] |
Google AdWords Editorial Guidelines for Audio Ads:
Ad Length and Time Use
* Ad length cannot exceed 30 seconds. * Ad cannot contain lengths of silence. The ad content must take up the full length of the ad. * One company may promote multiple products during an ad spot, but multiple businesses can not advertise within the same ad spot (i.e. no time segmentation).
Sound Volume and Quality
* Audio must be encoded at volume less than or equal to +4 dB. * Your sound quality must be clear and words must be understandable
https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=48581
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After login into audio ads I got the default construction page. I went back and checked my Google account page I now have the link for Audio Ads added |
<<No Non-Commercial Ads
* Ads must advertise a product or service. We do not allow ads that are not commercial in nature.>>
Is that more restrictive than Google AdSense? |
"Stay tuned, we'll be right back!"is the last Adword post for service interruption. I think the use of "tuned" is intentionnal here... |
xsoft2006, and your source is... |
And today (2nd Dec.) http://audioads.google.com/ is "Under Construction" again. |