Editing Google AdSense (section)

{{Distinguish|text = [[AdWords]] (now known as [[Google Ads]])}}
{{short description|Advertising program by Google}}
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*https://www.google.com/adsense
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*https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms
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*https://www.google.com/adsense/support/as/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=9724&topic=1391539&ctx=topic
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*https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=25890&topic=11724
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*https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153
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*https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9905
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*https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105957
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{{Infobox software
| name = Google AdSense
| logo = AdSense Logo.svg
| logo_upright = 1.25
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = [[Google]]
| released = {{start date and age|2003|6|18}}<ref>[https://www.google.com/press/pressrel/adsense.html Google Expands Advertising Monetization Program for Websites], June 18, 2004, Press Release, Google</ref>
| genre = [[Online advertising]]
| license = 
| website = {{url|https://adsense.google.com/}}
| latest_release_version = 
| latest_release_date = 
| latest_preview_version = 
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| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]] (web-based application)
}}

'''Google AdSense''' is a program run by [[Google]] through which website publishers in the [[Google Display Network|Google Network of content sites]] serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements that are [[targeted advertising|targeted]] to the site content and audience. These advertisements are administered, sorted, and maintained by Google. They can generate revenue on either a [[pay per click|per-click]] or [[Cost per impression|per-impression]] basis. Google [[Software testing|beta-tested]] a [[Cost Per Action|cost-per-action]] service, but discontinued it in October 2008 in favor of a [[DoubleClick]] offering (also owned by Google).<ref>{{cite web|title=DoubleClick by Google - Better digital advertising|url=https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/enterprise/}}</ref> In Q1 2014, Google earned US$3.4 billion ($13.6 billion annualized), or 22% of total revenue, through Google AdSense. In 2021, more than 38 million websites used AdSense.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Websites using Google AdSense|url=https://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Google-Adsense|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 January 2021|website=}}</ref> It is a participant in the [[AdChoices]] program, so AdSense ads typically include the triangle-shaped [[AdChoices]] icon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchengineland.com/google-revamps-labels-on-ads-to-comply-with-industry-effort-69424|title = Goodbye "Ads By Google" & Hello "AdChoices" As Google's Backs Industry Label Effort|last = Parker|first = Pamela|date = March 22, 2011|access-date = January 20, 2015|publisher = [[Search Engine Land]]}}</ref> This program also operates on [[HTTP cookies]].