Google Goes After Affiliate Middle Section

Google continues to up the ante in the publisher/advertiser relationship, and their newest project is yet another flanking move aimed at tightening the grip on the otherwise unruly online advertising market. This transcends CPC and heads straight into the backend of the CPA crowd. The only question is, will Google continue to innovate/renovate in this space or will they buy a network? Thanks to Jeff Molander for the find…

Called the Google Website Optimizer, the new hosted service is designed to let Web site operators do A/B and multivariate testing on the pages that their sponsored listings drive traffic, to see how various headlines, ad copy, product descriptions and images lead customers to convert. Google is partnering with Web analytics consultants EpikOne and Optimost for the service, which went into a public (but invitation-only) beta test on October 18.

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