AdSense for Games
October 8th, 2008 by Philip Gamble
| Categories: Distribution
Google have launched a beta of their in-game advertising solution, dubbed “AdSense for games”.
The program makes it easy to display ads in placements the game creator defines, such as before a game, after a level, or when the game is over. The beta is currently only accepting publishers with high traffic levels.
I am not aware of the requirements needed to use adverts within your games, but the examples so far appear to be flash games.
An example of how the in-game advertising will look can be seen in the video below:
YoYo Games have still not released any further news on the in-game advertising they announced they were considering introducing in February of this year.
Cool. Let’s hope that they consider letting lesser known, non-Flash users use the system. Though I doubt it.
Here’s the current requirements taken from the Google application page:
1. Game plays: Minimum 500,000 per day
2. Game types: Web-based Flash only
3. Integration: Must be technically capable of SDK integration
4. Traffic source: Must be 80% US & UK Traffic
5. Content: Family safe and targeted at users age 13 and up
6. Distribution: Must be able to report embed destination and have control over where games are distributed
Do you need to meet one of these requirements (the one about content) or all of them?