Google Adds Advertisements to Picasa

The monetization revolution continues over at Google.

Google has now started to display text ads above the search results in Picasa Web Albums.

Over the past several months, Google slowly been incorporating advertising into services that weren't yet monetized to increase its revenues as the economic downturn continues.

Recently, they've added advertising to services like Google Image Search, Google News, and Google Finance.

"We've been testing different advertising formats for years (some have been more successful than others), and over the next few months, you'll see us continuing to experiment with new ads in new places. .. Whenever we make changes like these, we carefully evaluate users' reactions to ensure we're holding true to our basic principles: that ads by Google should always be relevant and useful. Of course, these experiments benefit Google because they generate revenue from new sources — but by ensuring that we show the right ads at the right time to the right people, we'll add value for users too," Google stated back in November.

So keep looking for advertisements to pop up in new places on Google services - if there are any left.

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