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Google Print Ads Flop

Google’s senior vice president for product management, Jonathan Rosenberg, said Google’s venture to auction off print ads in magazines, which launched in February and quickly added magazines, has been one of the biggest disappointments in the last six months, MediaPost reports.


“That probably hasn’t taken off as fast as we would like,” said Rosenberg of the initiative, which involved selling small horizontal, banner-like ad units in 26 magazines, including Ellegirl, Motor Trend, and PC World. Rosenberg said that Google in the future would work on “integrating the ads in the medium better.”

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Forbes Combines Print, Web

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Moms More Stressed, Worried about Kids

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