So this morning I was doing a few searches and I noticed a very weird looking ad, had to double take for a second …

Am I seeing that correctly … Google has a Advertiser that is paying for a PPC ad, and directly has the option for the Searcher to GIVE UP their Email Address and Zip Code !

Looks like a new Ad Type in the Testing Phase if you ask me … hummm … wonder how FreeFly’s was lucky enough to get this very attractive ad !

Well would be interested in seeing what comes out of this, and how google is compensated for getting them a email address and zip code !

Have you seen similar ads or even a different type of ad unit floating around google search ?

*** UPDATE ***

So this is very interesting, after doing some more searching and browsing the web and logging into my google account now this is what I see

Since i’m logged into my google account now they are forcing my email into the submission box and making it super easy for me to Subscribe to Coupons.Com Newsletter !!!

So my next question is … What about the Privacy of the Users Data ?

When you click on the little Privacy Link you see the message above, however is this really the case, or is google also keeping a nice little record of all those email addresses for their own “Future Potential” use, and a way to gauge how many people are actually putting in their information using this format ?

This is email address submission at it’s finest!  Wonder what other search terms will show me similar results ???

Arron Wall wrote back in September about 2 other new types of ad units, you can read about those on SEOBook.Com

Leave your comment below!

Darin Carter

Incoming search terms:

• google e-mail
• google lead generation
• email collection adwords
• Google ad unit
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• google lead generation codes
• how to email collection
• search google lead

This raises a GREAT question, is Google being fair with their own internal sites?

HubPages has seen a negative impact from this change, but
so far YouTube has not (Search Metrics Winners). One presumes Google
isn’t treating its own affiliated sites differently than any other site,
but YouTube’s open publishing environment makes low-quality content as
prevalent as on any other moderated open publishing platform. Google
shows over 13 million indexed videos on YouTube for lose weight (known
spammy area) and over 10 million for forex (another spammy area). Apparently, Google’s Panda update has been punitive only to platforms other than Google’s

Currently Google Owns 65% Share of Searches online

Before I go further on this subject … I would like to see what my readers think?

Is Google playing Fair ???

Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!

Darin Carter