さて、米国出張中につき、少し不定期更新になってしまってます。申し訳ありません。
AD:TECHというカンファレンスに来てるんですが、Adinnovator の織田さんも、いらっしゃってます（織田さんによるリポートはこちら）。
さて、こちらにいる間に、米国ネット業界老舗かつ大手のDoubleClick買収（＝創業者からの売却）の話がニュースになっていたり、とネット広告業界で動きが活発化してますが、今回ネタにしたいのはGoogleの動き、です。
AdAgeに掲載されていた記事で、詳細は引用しておくのでそちらをお読みいただければと思いますが、要約すると、
・以前から言われていたGoogleのContext Matching機能の Google外サイトでの利用。しかもビジュアルタイプの広告も提供可。
・AdSence（↓の記事中にはAdWordsとありますが、AdSence）の Context Matching について、現在広告主は露出するサイトを選べないが、これからは出したいサイトを選ぶ機能もつく。
inventoryを増やすってこととクライアントサービスの拡充ってことですが、特に後者！のようなモデルが出てくると、広告主が自由に選べるので、広告会社不在（でも可能な）モデルが確立されてしまいます。。。
ちなみに、AD:TECHの展示会ブースでは、AR|search (Avenue A/RazorfishのSEM専門会社）などなどの、検索エンジンマーケティング会社が元気．．．なところを見ると、「仲介業としての広告業」よりも、「コンサルタントとしての広告業」がミソですね。
この点、こちら（米国）では、コミッション（手数料）ではなくてフィービジネスなので、総じてマスよりも金額が小さいネット業界でもやってける、というわけで、日本ではなかなか難しいのですが。
from AdAgeGOOGLE ROLLS OUT AD-SERVING SYSTEM FOR IMAGES
Function Targets Ads to Web Pages Outside of GoogleApril 25, 2005/QwikFIND ID: AAQ51C/By Kris Oser
SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) -- Search engine giant Google is rolling out a new contextual advertising service that gives marketers the ability to serve images and animated ads to Web pages outside of Google, the company announced today at the Ad:Tech Conference at the San Francisco Marriott.
Google, which posted first-quarter 2005 revenue of $1.3 billion, up 93% year over year, is still under pressure as a public company to diversify its offerings. Rivals such as Yahoo and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN not only offer search, but also present a variety of other Advertising options,such as online branding ads.
Google's new service is seen as a step in that direction.
'One revenue stream'
"Google is a very smart company, but no business is smart when it depends on one revenue stream," said David Hallerman, senior analyst at online market research firm eMarketer.
The new service is for advertisers who use the Adwords for Content offering. That service allows a marketer's text-based ads, in the form of sponsored links, to appear on Web sites that are contextually relevant to the ads. For example, an ad for tuxedo rentals might appear on an online magazine article about June weddings. Until now, Google chose which sites the links would appear on. With the new offering, Site Targeting, advertisers can bid to be placed on specific sites of their choosing. They can pick one individual site or a number of sites related to their ad on which to appear.
Google will still make the final decision as to whether the ad will
appear on a site. "This is not a reservation system," said Tim Armstrong,vice president of advertising sales and operations. "Google is still choosing based on relevancy and value. But the advertiser has the ability to target ads."Broader consumer reach
Site Targeting lets advertisers reach out to searchers before they
reach the consideration part of the buying cycle, Mr. Armstrong said."It's getting to the awareness part of the buying cycle."And while Google continues to present the pay-per-click payment model for all its other services, Site Targeting is a cost-per-thousand-viewers payment model. "This allows advertisers to move into an impression-based realm," Mr. Armstrong said.
Ads in the Site Targeting program can be image-based or nimated ads as well as sponsored links.
A beta version of the new system will become available to advertisers this week. The service will roll out fully by summer.
