888 ladies Online Bingo in the Uk is Massive at the moment and the amount of money being pushed into TV and PPC at present is well massive, it’s all about the Customer retention 
but this was a surprise today, I did a search In Google for online bingo and saw these ad’s
wonder if we will start to see them for 888 on online poker
and more :
so what’s the Deal with Mecca Bingo and Crown Bingo, how do they get Icons and why didn’t 888 get theirs !
DaveN
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They have been doing it for a few weeks now: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/16/google-dabbling-in-adwords-favicons
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I’ve seen a few ads showing favicons recently… they’re all hosted here: http://www.gstatic.com/ads/images/favicons/
Not currently showing from where I’m sitting, but obviously something they’re planning on incorporating.
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Okay, so what’s with the G-Checkout button on some ads too:
You’ve opened up a can of worms now Dave
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Jackpot Joy want to look at their ad copy as well – update the date.
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Andy, The google Checkout image appears if you are using Google Checkout on your site. We have done quite a few tests and seen that it some areas, it does not increase click through rate, but does increase conversion rate of the site…nothing conclusive to report though!
Guy
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@Andy Blackburn
Google Checkout buttons have been around for a good year now.
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@Jamie Edwards @Guy
Cheers for the heads up, never, ever noticed them before…
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Nice find Dave, I’ve been unable to replicate this..
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[...] Dave Naylor – Online Bingo ads in Google [...]
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[...] Editor | No Comments submit_url = “http://www.searchenginejournal.com/online-bingo/9596/”; Dave Naylor made a quick post on his blog yesterday showing how Google Adwords UK is serving favicons in some [...]
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[...] Google is testing favicons in AdWords in Germany, Poland, and UK as well, report Dave Naylor. In addition, Blastmodo found them in the US also, reports [...]
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you can check out if a domain or does not get the bonus using the link
http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=crownbingo.com
replace with the appropriate domain at the end
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Very interesting stuff here.
If your site has a favicon how do you insert it into your ad text though? Any suggestions or instructions would greatly be appreciated.
I think testing an ad with a favicon against one that does not would provide some interesting results. Has anyone undertaken this test yet?
Thanks
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[...] is és most úgy tűnik, hogy tovább bővült a tesztelésbe bevont területek, országok köre: megjelentek faviconok angol keresések mellett is és az Egyesült Államok területéről is hasonló [...]
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@GerBot – Not quite. That just shows if your favicon has been cached with Google, as I’ve tested a few sites I know have never participated in AdWords and their icons are there.
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Hey,
I haven’t seen this anywhere? Where are you seeing it?
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Your comment…
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Hi David,
Did you get my message about using your services?
Google are experimenting with pulling the favicon into their ads at the moment. Of course, it only happens with the companies who are paying them fortunes!
Guy