'Net Features : microsoft pubcenterhttp://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/microsoft+pubcenter/default.aspxTags: microsoft pubcenterenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)Death to AdSense; Microsoft Releases PubCenterhttp://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/04/24/death-to-adsense-microsoft-releases-pubcenter.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2009 15:49:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:8169Pete Prestipino5http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8169http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/04/24/death-to-adsense-microsoft-releases-pubcenter.aspx#comments<p>Microsoft announced the beta release of <a href="https://beta.pubcenter.microsoft.com/"><b>PubCenter</b></a> at the AdSpace Conference this week. PubCenter is a solution designed to directly compete with contextual (i.e. matching the content of the page) affiliate/publisher programs like Google AdSense and the Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN).<br /><br />As with all other contextual programs, webmasters display advertising coming from an advertising network - in this case the Microsoft ad network. Those displaying PubCenter ads receive compensation when ads are clicked or for the number of gross impressions the ads generate on the publisher&#39;s site. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/mspubcenter.gif" style="float:left;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;" width="184" height="251" alt="" />Affiliates can <a href="http://advertising.microsoft.com/publisher">sign up for the beta service</a> now, but it&#39;s only available to publishers in the U.S. currently. Not that I have anything against Adsense, but as an affiliate you have an obligation to pursue the highest payouts and the best experience for users. As such, it is important for publishers to test multiple content advertising solutions and of course varying configurations of those solutions in order to get the maximum returns. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8169" width="1" height="1">adsensemicrosoftpubcentermicrosoft pubcenter