Hi guys and gals,

I was speaking to Google the other day and they told me along with affiliate search ads, they are also going to be offering their advertisers to serve a banner throught the Google search box.

This type of banner can be a gif, video, flash or expanding banners.

However, i am not entirely sure they have the ability to target their 3rd party affiliates properly for these types of ads. Text ads are relatively easy to track, display and report, but banners is a whole different banana entirely. You have to be sure where on the page the search box it, conflicting banners, covered content, and of course targeting. Do you think they will be the next doubleclick?

What do yall think?

Red