Google Certified Ad Networks Summary


	Not A Google.com Web Page Google Certified Ad Networks Summary Summary of Third Party Networks (CANS) Updated May 17, 2011
	I'M DONE! TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF THIS STUFF IS TOO FRUSTRATING TO ENDURE ANY LONGER. There are now TWO Harrens, TWO Media Innovation groups, and TWO Redux Medias. Clickstream seems to have morphed into Choicestream. Why should I try to keep track of something so esoteric that few even care? In addition, these entities serve image ads, which I don't even use. It is endless work, and profits me nothing. There will be no further updates to this page. Good luck. This "time sink-hole" is now all yours. YOU figure it out. Ahh, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. ("Good Lord, he's gone nuts!") Here is a quick summary of the 279 Google AdSense Certified Ad Networks. Use it to help yourself select the best advertisers for your web site. When the count hit 166, I stopped providing information on subsequent additions. It is too much work, and few care. I am sorry if you are one of those who do. Table 1 - CAN Table - Location and Advertisers 2010 - Certified AD Network Change Summary 2011 - Certified AD Network Change Summary Graphic - AdSense Ad Options Diagram - Targeting and Blocking		*Vaughn's Summaries* *SEO Optimization* *Google Summaries* AdSense Targeting Diagram AdWords-AdSense Diagram Google AdSense Penalties Google AdSense Stop Words Google AdSense Targeting Google AdSense Tips Google Certified Ad Networks Google Heat Map 2 Google Ranking Factors - SEO Google Top-Paying AdWords Google Webmaster Forums
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top of page Google AdSense Certified Ad Networks (CANs) Information (A-B)
#	1. Certified Ad Network Company Name	2. Location West . . . . . . . East	3. Advertisers	4. Tagline / Date Added
#	1
1	3wregie	France	No English, just French	NEW - Oct. 28
A	41 (43)
2	Accordant Media, LLC	-	-	NEW - 2010
3	AccountNow, Inc.	San Ramon, CA	Pre-paid credit cards	NEW - Jan. 12
4	Acxiom (removed)(returned)	Little Rock, AR	Not listed	Marketing services 12-19-09
gone	Ad Marketplace (removed)	New York City, NY	???	performance PPC
5 6	Ad Pepper Adpepper Germany	Nuremberg, Germany	OBNOXIOUS SCREEN MOVEMENT! Air France, Barclaycard, British Airways, Cadbury, Isle of Wight, L'Oreal, Nissan, Nivea, Nokia, Powerplay Direct, Quelle, Sainsbury's, Sony Ericsson, Tesco, Viking Direct	the powerful network NEW - 12-15-09 NEW - 12-15-09
7	Ad Perium NL	Netherlands	-	NEW - Aug. 18, 2010
new	Ad Summos, Inc.	-	-
8	Adchemy	Redwood City, CA	Hotels.com, Nationwide Insurance, Protection One, TransUnion Interactive and University of Phoenix.	audience
9	Adconion Media Group (Turn DOWN your sound, or be blasted into oblivion!)	Santa Monica, CA (actually, Germany)	American Express, Bank of America, Capital One, Digitas, FritoLay, Kraft, Lowe's, Mecinteraction, Mindshare, Novartis, Starwood	audience targeting
10	Adconion S.A.	Madrid, Spain	No site, no info	NEW - Apr. 22, 2010
11	AdConion UK	London, UK	American Express, CapitalOne, Bank of America, Digitas, FritoLay, Kraft, Lowe's, mec-interaction, Mindshare, Novartis, Starcom, Starwood	NEW - Apr. 3, 2010
12	AdJug UK	UK	-	NEW - May 7, 1010
13	AdKnife	They refuse to say	They are in "stealth mode".	NEW - May 22, 1010
14	Adku (Novastark)	San Francisco, CA	Start up company	NEW - Oct. 15, 2010
15	Adlantic	Netherlands	-	NEW - Aug. 18, 2010
16	Adlantic - US	-	-	NEW - 1-13-2011
gone	AdMedian (removed) redirects to 90degreemedia.com	(they won't say)	???	"We say Bull"
17	Adnetik ES EUR	Madrid, Spain	No URL	NEW - Nov. 22, 2010
18	Adnetik ~~Spain~~ ES EUR	Boston, MA	-	NEW - Jul. 22, 2010 CHANGE - Nov. 22, 2010
19	Adnetik UK GBP	London, UK	No URL	NEW - Nov. 2, 2010
20	Adnetik US (was Havas)	Boston, MA	-	NEW - Sept. 28, 2010
new	adnologies GmbH	-	-	NEW - 5-02-2011
21	AdReady	Seattle, WA	???	NEW - Feb. 16, 2010
new	AdSOVO (removed)(returned)	-	-	NEW - 5-02-2011 GONE - 5-05-2011 BACK - 5-13-2011
22	Adtegrity.com	Grand Rapids, MI	???	different kind of network
new	Adtelligence	-	-	NEW - 5-02-2011
23	Advantage Media	-	-	NEW - 2010
24	Advertise.com	Sherman Oaks, CA	???	NEW - Dec. 22, 2009
new	Advertising.com UK (AOL)	-	-	NEW - 4-26-2011
new	Adyard	-	-	NEW - 5-02-2011
25	Adzcentral	-	-	NEW - 2-07-2011
gone	Aggregate Knowledge (removed)	1510 Fashion Island Blvd., San Mateo, CA	Adify, Bazaarvoice, BusinessWeek, CableVision, denuo, Experian, O'Reilly, philly.com, powerReviews, Responsys, Simon & Schuster, The Washington Post, WebTrends	find audience
26	AJ Advisers	-	-	NEW - 3-19-2011
27	Akamai Technologies	-	-	NEW - 1-27-2011
28	Alcance Media Group	San Francisco, CA	Spanish market	NEW - Jul. 8, 2010
29	Announce Media	St. Louis, MO	???	monetizing social media
30	Anonymous Media, LLC	-	-	NEW - 4-05-2011
31	AOL Advertising	New York, NY	A new level in obnoxious Flash Screen never stops moving	NEW - Oct. 9, 2010
32	AOL: Advertising.com Japan KK	?????, Japan	-	NEW - Nov. 30, 2010
33	AOL, Inc.	??? - They don't say	This is NOT an ad network.	NEW - Jan. 13, 2010
34	AppNexus (removed) (returned) (removed) (returned)	New York, NY	???	cloud hosting GONE - Dec. 1, 2010 BACK - 4-05-2011 GONE - 4-05-2011 BACK - 4-19-2011
35	ARAnet	-	-	NEW - 3-14-2011
36	Atrinsic	New York, NY	???	media for what's next
36	AudienceScience, Inc. (was RevenueScience)	New York, NY	Too numerous to list Mostly media - newspapers and magazines	audience targeting
37	Avazu Inc.	Brunei	Far east countries, Shanghai, Hong Kong	NEW - Oct. 27, 2010
B	14
39	Babylon Limited	-	-	NEW - 2-16-2011
40	Batanga	??? - They don't say	-	NEW - Dec. 9, 2010
41	Bell Canada	Somewhere, Canada	Screen won't stop wiggling - I hate it	NEW - Nov. 18, 2010
42	Bid Alpha	Blaine, WA White Rock, BC, Canada	Although Google calls them "Bid Alpha", everywhere else they are "alpha-bid", an eBay Powerseller.	NEW - May 22, 1010
43	Bizo (removed)(returned)	~~San Francisco, CA~~	~~Discover, lenovo, LiveCareer, plaxo, QuinStreet, salary.com, ups, zoominfo~~	~~B2B~~
44	BlueKai Inc.	Bellevue, WA	-	NEW - Oct. 19, 2010
45	Booking.com	-	-	NEW - 2-07-2011
46	Brand.net	1400 Fashion Island Blvd. San Mateo, CA	Arm & Hammer, Cadbury, Clorox, Coca-Cola, Colgate, Comcast, Dannon, Diageo, Estee Lauder, Fox, General Mills, Hasbro, intel, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorganChase, Kraft, L'Oreal, macy's, Mars, Nestle, OfficeMax, P&G, Puma, Purina, Samsung, Schering-Plough, Sprint, Target, Unilever, Walmart, Whirlpool, Virgin Atlantic	quality
47	BrandScreen	New York, NY	-	NEW - Sept. 28, 2010
48	Brideclick	New York, NY	-	NEW - Dec. 7, 2010
49	BrightRoll	San Francisco, CA	ABC, BlackBerry, CBS, charlesSchwab, HP, Jaguar, Liberty Mutual, MicroSoft, Paramount, Shell, Sony, SuperCuts, THC, Toyota, TransUnion, Visa, Walmart, WindStream	video, largest
50	BTTB, Inc.	Marina del Rey, CA	-	NEW - Dec. 9, 2010
51	Burst Media	Burlington, MA	-	NEW - Apr. 30, 1010
52	Buzzlogic	San Francisco, CA	-	NEW - Dec. 10, 2010
C	17 (16)
53	Camelot Marketing and Media	-	-	NEW - 2-02-2011
54	Catcha Digital Asia Pte Ltd	-	-	NEW - 1-24-2011
55	Chango	-	-	NEW - 3-14-2011
56	Chitika	Marlborough, MA	???	search targeted
57	ClickDistrict NL	Amsterdam, NL	Achmea, AirFrance, Dell, Deutsche Bank, FBTO, essent, FedEx, Fortis Bank, Heineken, htc, Ikea, ING, kpn, L'Oreal, Martinair, Nokia, ns, Postbank, Rabobank, Randstad, Renault, T-Mobile, Tele-2, transavia.com, Unilever, vodafone	make your brand perform NEW - 12-16-09
58	Clickstream	-	-	NEW - 2-28-2011
59	Collective Media	New York City, NY	???	?
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top of page Google AdSense Certified Ad Networks (CANs) Information (C-K)
#	1. Certified Ad Network Company Name	2. Location West . . . . . . . East	3. Advertisers	4. Tagline / Date Added
C	17 (16)
60	CONTEXTin	-	-	NEW - 2-23-2011
gone	Cossette Commun. (removed)	Quebec City, Canada	Barclays, Bell Canada, BMO Financial Group, Cadbury, Canada Post, Coca-Cola Limited, Central Office of Information (COI), General Mills Canada, General Motors of Canada, Home Depot, McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, McNeil Nutritionals, Metro, Mitchells & Butlers, Nike, P&O Cruises, Perfetti Van Melle, Procter & Gamble, Rio Tinto Alcan, Schering-Plough, Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix, Sony Ericsson, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Transat A.T. Inc., US Coast Guard, Yellow Pages Group, Vodafone, Waitrose	11 disciplines NEW - 12-18-09 Gone - 12-02-10
61	CPM Advisors, Inc.	San Francisco, CA	AdMeld, AlmondNet, AOL, AdNexus, bluekai, doubleclick, exelate, facebook, Fox, OpenX, rightmedia, rubicon, Yahoo	CPM
62	Crimson Tangerine	London, UK	-	NEW - Oct. 7, 2010
63 64 65 66	Criteo Europe Criteo SE (Nov. 11, 2010) Criteo UK Criteo US	Palo Alto, CA	???	personalized retargeting
67	Crowdgather	Woodland Hills, CA	Website down - nobody home.	NEW - Nov. 8, 2010
68	Cyberplex, Inc	Toronto, Ont	OBNOXIOUS SCREEN MOVEMENT! Allstate, BMO, Canada something, Charles Schwab, Ford, Hamilton Health Sciences, Osler, Starbucks, Thomson,	helping companies capitalize NEW - 12-11-09
D	17
69	DataXu (returned)	Boston, MA	???	real-time web
gone	Datran Media (removed)	New York City, NY	babytobee, eDiets.com, eHarmony, Nascar, only natural pet store, taxbrain	leading DMT company NEW - 12-11-09 Gone - Sept. 28, 2010
70	Dedicated Media	Los Angeles, CA	Dedicated Networks, CPA DNA, Prospect Digital	media leader
71	Demand Media	-	-	NEW - 2-22-2011
72	Didit	Rockville Center, NY	???	Empowering Opportunity NEW - Apr. 3, 2010
73	Digitize New Media	-	-	NEW - 1-12-2011
74	Digitize/ Medialink - US Account	-	-	NEW - 2-18-2011
75	DKK Agency	Montreal, Quebec	Thin web site	NEW - Jul. 19, 2010
76	Domdex, Inc.	-	-	NEW - 2010
77	Dotomi	Chicago, IL	Apparel, Career & Finance, Electronics, Entertainment & Leisure, Flowers, Gifts & Food, Home, Mass Merchandise, Travel	NEW - 2-04-10
78	Double Positive	-	-	NEW - 2010
79	Downstream Marketing Commun. Co. Pty. Ltd.	-	-	NEW - 4-17-2011
70	DQ&A	The Netherlands	AOL Germany, FD/BNR, IDG, Ilse Media, MSN, PCM Media and Quote Media, Radio Digitaal, SBS Broadcasting, STER, VNU Media	Any ad any time NEW - 1-25-10
81	DQ&A - US	-	-	NEW - 1-06-2011
82	DSNR	New York City, NY	Telecom spammers	Don't invent. Market. NEW - 12-17-09
83	DSNR - US	-	-	NEW - 2010
84	Dynamic Video	New York City, NY Tel Aviv	-	NEW - Oct. 27, 2010
E	13
85	eBay	San Jose, CA	-	NEW - Dec. 2, 2010
86	Echosearch	They won't say No information whatsoever	This is NOT an ad network. Echosearch is a search engine, that provides the exact same results as Google. This is really bizarre. Why would Google allow this? This is obviously NOT a CAN.	NEW - 2-11-10
87	Efficient Frontier	London, UK	Ask, Bankrate, babycenter, Britannia Hotels, Capital One, Carphone Warehouse, csn stores, Discover, EnGrande.com, Expedia.co.jp, holiday-rentals.co.uk, LateRooms.com, match.com, mercado libre, moneysupermarket.com, Motley Fool, RPA, salesforce.com, tiscali, Travelodge, Your M& S	leader in SEM
88	EJAM	-	-	NEW - 2-15-2011
89	EMITCH LIMITED	-	-	NEW - 4-06-2011
90	engage:BDR	West Hollywood, CA	-	NEW - Nov. 9, 2010
91	Epic Advertising	New York City, NY	Too numerous to mention	how web is won
92	eType	New York City, NY	-	-
93	eViral	Guatemala	Spanish site - TURN DOWN your sound!	NEW - Sept. 18, 2010
94	Exact Drive, Inc.	-	-	NEW - 2-15-2011
95	Exponential	Emeryville, CA	Fulltango, echotopic, fireflyvideo, Leadgenuity, TechBargains, Tribal Fusion	NEW - Jul. 22, 2010
96	eyeReturn	-	-	NEW - 1-26-2011
97	EZTarget Media	-	-	NEW - 2-18-2011
F	4
98	FetchBack	Tempe, AZ (no contact page)	24Hour Fitness, AT&T, CSK Auto, evite.com, Fujitsu, Sprint, TrueReligion	retargeting
99	Forbes.com	New York City, NY	This is NOT an ad network. It is a magazine.	Business news NEW - Mar. 18, 2010
100	Freedom	-	-	NEW - 1-05-2011
101	FunBox	-	-	NEW - 1-24-2011
G	8
102	Goodway Group	President - Pennsylvania Sales VP - California COO - Texas	automotive, restaurant, cable and retail	retail
103	Google Bid Manager	-	-	NEW - 1-28-2011
gone	Google Bidder Testing (removed)	Mountain View, CA	Quien sabe? Muy misterioso.	NEW - Jun. 28, 2010 GONE - Nov. 12, 2010
104	Google Display Net: ~~Premium~~ Reserve	Mountain View, CA	Quien sabe? Muy misterioso.	NEW - Jun. 15, 2010 GONE - Nov. 12 Back - Nov. 30
105	Google: Invite Media (returned)	Philadelphia, PA	???	next generation
106	Google: Teracent Corp	Mountain View, CA	Yahoo!	beyond smart
gone	Google Testing Network (removed)	Mountain View, CA	secret	visit Google
107	Google Vendor Certification Network (no URL)	-	-	NEW - 4-14-2011
new	Google: Watch This Space	-	-
108	GroupM Competence Center GmbH	-	-	NEW - 2-07-2011
H	9
109	Halogen Media Network	-	-	NEW - 3-20-2011
110 new	Harren Media Harren Media	-	What is going on here? Is Google losing track? Is this an unintended duplicate?	NEW - 4-06-2011
gone	Havas (removed)	Suresnas (Paris), France	-	NEW - Jul. 27, 2010 Gone - Sept. 28, 2010
111	Healthlines	-	-	NEW - 2-14-2011
new	Here Media	-	-
112	HTTPool	London, UK	36 big name advertisers	Full service online NEW - 1-25-10
113	HTTPool AN US	-	-	NEW - 3-31-2011
114	Hurra Germany	London, UK - Stuttgart, Ger.	Avis, baby-walz, BANK, Boerse Stuttgart, bon prix, Conrad, Cortal Consors, Deutsche Bank, germanwings, HRS Hotel Reservation Service, JD, MotelOne, mydays, Office Depot, Puma, Schwab, Scotts, Size?, Steigenberger, Vertbaudet	NEW - 12-18-09
115	Hyde Park Interactive	-	-	NEW - 3-01-2011
I	17
116	I-Behavior	-	-	NEW - 1-21-2011
117	IAC Holdings	-	-	NEW - 1-31-2011
118	ID Media	New York, NY	-	NEW - May 20, 2010
119	IDG Tech	New York, NY	-	NEW - May 21, 2010
120	Imagini Europe Ltd.	-	You tell me - Google can't find it	NEW - Aug. 9, 2010
121	Imagini - US (no website)	-	-	NEW - 3-22-2011
122	IMT	-	-	NEW - 1-06-2011
123	Infectious Media	London, UK	???	none
124	Infectious Media - US	-	-	NEW - 2010
125	InflectionPointMedia.com, LLC	-	-	NEW - 2010
126	Innovation Interactive	New York City, NY	Avis, Digitas, E-Trade, H&R Block, HGTV, JCPenny, Marvel, MTV, NBC Universal, Office Depot, Paramount, Red Roof Inn	Performance-based NEW - Dec. 29
127	Interactive Media Sales	Plymouth, UK	Rank #8 for their own name!	NEW - Mar. 18, 2010
128	InterCLICK	New York City, NY	???	behavioral targeting
gone	Intergi (removed)	-	-	NEW - Aug. 6, 2010 Gone - Sept. 28, 2010
129	Internet Brands	El Segundo, CA	-	NEW - Jul. 22, 2010
130	Invite Media - Self Managed	-	-	NEW - 2010
131	iPonWeb	Kenilworth, UK	This is NOT an ad network.	Software development NEW - Mar. 26, 2010
132	iProspect	-	-	NEW - 4-06-2011
J	2
133	Jivox.com	San Mateo, CA	Indian company, India video ads	NEW - Oct. 22, 2010
134	Jumpstart Digital Marketing	San Francisco, CA	Automotive	NEW - Sept. 1, 2010
K	4
new	Keyade	-	-
gone	Kindsight - (removed)	Sunnyvale, CA	McAfee, radialpoint	identity theft - ???
135	Kitara Media, LLC	-	-	NEW - 3-08-2011
136	Komli Media Inc.	-	-	NEW - 3-22-2011
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top of page Google AdSense Certified Ad Networks (CANs) Information (L-R)
#	1. Certified Ad Network Company Name	2. Location West . . . . . . . East	3. Advertisers	4. Tagline / Date Added
L	6
137	LeadClick	-	-	NEW - Aug. 20, 2010
138	Legolas Media Inc.	New York, NY Ramat Gan, Israel	-	NEW - Oct. 19, 2010
139	Linkedin	Mountain View, CA	Social networking - employment	NEW - Jul. 22, 2010
140	Longtail Commun. Co. Pty. Ltd.	-	-	NEW - 4-17-2011
141	Lotame Solutions	Elkridge, MD	???	Beyond targeting NEW - Apr. 3, 2010
142	LucidMedia (removed) (returned)	Reston, VA	???	ClickSense
M	19
143	Matiro - US	-	-	NEW - 2011
144	MaxPoint Interactive	Cary, NC	???	pinpoint targeting NEW - 12-15-09
145	Media Connection Corporation	-	-	NEW - 3-08-2011
146	Media Force LTD	-	-	NEW - 2-05-2011
147	Media Innovation Group	They won't say Extremely weak web site	What is going on here? Is Google losing track? Is this an unintended duplicate?	NEW - Jan. 15, 2010
148	Media Innovation Group (MiG)	They won't say Extremely weak web site		NEW - Dec. 23, 2010
149	Media iQ Digital	-	-	NEW - 2010
150	Media iQ Digital - US	-	-	NEW - 2010
151	Media6Degrees (removed)(returned)	New York, NY	???	social media
152	MediaMath	New York, NY	secret	trading experts
new	MediaNews Group Inc	-	-	NEW - 4-27-2011
new	Merkle	-	-
153	Meta Network	-	-	NEW - 2-07-2011
154	Mexad	Germany	??? - German language only	mediaoptimierer NEW - 12-16-09
155	Mexad - US	-	-	NEW - 2010
156	Mixpo	Seattle, WA	Obnoxious Sound! Hit your mute button. Automotive, Financial services, Franchisees, Insurance, Restaurants, Travel	Online video ads NEW - 1-28-10
157	Mpire	Seattle, WA	???	NEW - Jan. 15, 2010
158	My Media Buyer	-	-	NEW - Aug. 4, 2010
159	MyThingsMedia UK	London, UK	Ceaseless motion flash	NEW - Jun. 29, 2010
N	7
160	Net Edge	-	-	NEW - 1-06-2011
161	NetSeer, Inc. (removed)(returned)	Santa Clara, CA	???	a new vision BACK - 4-05-2011
162	netSociety	-	-	NEW - 3-01-2011
163	Next Performance	France	-	NEW - Apr. 15, 2010
164	Next Premium	Budapest, Hungary	Facials and makeup - BIZARRE!	NEW - Mar. 18, 2010
165	Next Step Media Online	-	-	NEW - Aug. 23, 2010
166	NextAction	Westminster, CO	Too numerous to list	acquire and retain NEW - 12-15-09
O	11
167	Oanda Corporation	-	-	NEW - 2-09-2011
168	Ocean Park Interactive	-	-	NEW - 2-25-2011
169	Olive Media	-	-	NEW - 3-09-2011
170	Omnicom Media Group NL	Netherlands	-	NEW - May 4, 2010
171	Omnicom Trading Desk	???	???	NEW - Apr. 3, 2010
172	Online Media Solutions	-	-	NEW - 1-06-2011
173	Online Media Solutions - US	-	-	NEW - 1-06-2011
174	OpenX Technologies	Pasadena, CA	???	We mean business NEW - 1-15-10
175	OpinMind	Sunnyvale, CA	???	audience targeting
176	Orbitz Worldwide	-	-	NEW - 1-21-2011
177	OwnerIQ, Inc.	Boston, MA (no contact page)	???	ownership targeting
P	10
178	~~Pennyweb, Inc.~~ (Ybrant) redirects to AdDynamix	Los Angeles, CA	AAA, All State, Ameritrade, Ask Jeeves, AT&T, Autolite, Avenue A, Better Homes & Gardens, Disney, Ford, Ford of Southern California, Fox Television, Jeep, Gateway, Grammy.com, HSBC, ING, K&N Air Filters, Lincoln/Mercury, Macy's, Max Online, New Line Cinema, Office Max, Orbitz, Omaha Steaks, Prestone, SBC, Sony Motion Pictures, Staples, Toyota, United Online, Verizon, WebMD, Yellow Pages	No tag line NEW - Jan. 6, 2010
179	People Media, Inc.	Chandler, AZ	Affiliates	Passion for discovery NEW - 2-01-10
180	Performance Advertising	-	-	NEW - Aug. 18, 2010
181	Permuto, Inc.	Palo Alto, CA	Gigantic-mouthed women	NEW - Jul. 12, 2010
new	Philly.com	-	-
182	PickMeUp - US Dollar	-	-	NEW - 4-01-2011
183	Pinnacle Dream Media	San Diego, CA	???	No tag line NEW - 1-22-10
184	PriceGrabber	Who knows? - no contact page	Web site down - Pricegrabber? Really? Another shopping site	NEW - Oct. 7, 2010
185	Pulpo Media	Berkeley, CA	Hispanic advertising	NEW - Oct. 9, 2010
186	Pulse 360	New York, NY	???	contact targeted NEW - 12-19-09
Q	2
187	Quantcast Corporation (removed)(returned)	San Francisco, CA	This is NOT an ad network.	audience analysis
188	QuinStreet. Inc.	Foster City, CA (San Mateo)	???	vertical media
R	15
new	Radium One	-	-
189	Radius Marketing	San Francisco, CA	Email spammers "We offer best-in-class email and list management solutions to help you reach customers . ."	Science of acquisition NEW - 2-08-10
190	Razavi Global Media	-	-	NEW - 3-23-2011
191	Red Aril, Inc.	San Mateo, CA	???	Dynamic solutions NEW - 2-11-10
192	Red McCombs Media	Austin, TX	"RMM Online Advertising"	NEW - Sept. 28, 2010
193	Redux Media~~, Inc.~~ (renamed) (LISTED TWICE)	Toronto, ON	What is going on here? Is Google losing track? Is this an unintended duplicate?	We connect . . NEW - 2-04-10
194	Register.it Spa	-	-	NEW - 2010
195	Reply! Inc.	San Ramon, CA	???	clicks and leads
196	ReTargeter	San Francisco, CA	???	retargeting
197	Return Media BV	???	???	NEW - May 11, 1010
198	RichRelevance, Inc.	San Francisco, CA	Acacia, Bestbuyeyeglasses.com, Burton Snowboards, Craftsman, Direct2Drive, Kmart, Originalgood, Patagonia, Sears, Shoplet.com, Spring Hill, tobi, Vitamin Shoppe, Westlaw, wine.com	Personalize, recommend NEW - 1-21-10
199	Rocket Fuel, Inc.	Redwood City, CA	ABC, Adobe, American Express, Cisco, Dell, Domino's Pizza, Estee Lauder, Franklin Templeton, Infiniti, ING, Kohl's, Microsoft Windows, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nike, Nintendo, overstock.com, Panasonic, PG&E, Nintendo, Skype, The Venetian Palazzo, University of Phoenix, Virgin mobile, Zune	campaigns run better
200	Rubedo	-	-	NEW - 2010
201	Rydium Canada Inc. (dba Suite 66)	-	-	NEW - 4-22-2011
-	1 - Company Name	2 - Location	3 - Customers, Clients, Advertisers	4 - Tag Line
Notes:		1. Under "Company Name", the company names are shown.
		2. Location - Western US locations aligned left, Eastern US locations aligned right --- Out of US = Yellow Box
		3. There are far too many ??? It would be extremely useful if each company would follow in the footsteps of brand.net and brightroll, and provide an online LIST of THEIR ADVERTISERS, so that a publisher might have some clue what type of ads that they might be getting. Otherwise, it is pretty much "a pig in a poke sack." And perhaps asking for a bit too much trust from the publisher.
		4. A guess - from prominent tag lines found on the site
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top of page Google AdSense Certified Ad Networks (CANs) Information (S-Z)
#	1. Certified Ad Network Company Name	2. Location West . . . . . . . East	3. Advertisers	4. Tagline / Date Added
S	23
202	Sales Spider	Ontario, CA area code	Another shopping site	NEW - Oct. 7, 2010
203	Schnaeppchemjagd GmbH	Germany	-	NEW - Apr. 13, 2010
204	Scripps	-	-	NEW - 3-23-2011
205	Semantic Sugar, Inc.	San Francisco, CA	website meltdown	bad site
206	ShareThis, Inc.	Mountain View, CA	This is NOT an ad network. This is a social bookmarking site.	Sharing made simple NEW - 1-26-10
207	Simplifi Holdings Inc.	Fort Worth, TX	No website content yet	NEW - Jul. 30, 2010
208	SinnerSchrader Gmbh	Germany	This webpage will make you go blind!	NEW - May 10, 1010
209	Skoft TechnologiesPrivate Ltd	-	-	NEW - 1-24-2011
210	Sociomantic	-	-	NEW - 3-08-2011
211	Sojem	-	-	NEW - 1-10-2011
212	SoMR Networks	Mountain View, CA	Ceaseless screen motion - I hate it Can't read - incessant distraction	NEW - Jun. 29, 2010
213	~~Sooth Software~~ (AdBuyer.com)	"Sooth Software" has NO website. AdBuyer gives NO location.	???	NEW - Jan. 13, 2010
214 215 216 217 218	SpecificMedia (returned) Specific Media SAS Specific Media GmbH Specific Media Sweden Specific Media UK Limited	Irvine, CA	Bausch & Lomb, Dish Network, Xerox	specific audiences
219	Spongecell	New York City, NY	Bloomingdale's, Channel 4, Fuse TV, Long John Silver's, Microsoft, Montana Lottery, Sunkist, Tribeca Film, VH1	NEW - Jan. 9, 2010
220	Sponsored Ads, Inc.	-	-	NEW - 2-14-2011
221	Steel House Media	-	-	NEW - 2-07-2011
222	Steel House Media (2nd account)	-	-	NEW - 2-07-2011
223	Struq Limited	London, UK	???	NEW - Mar. 17, 2010
224	Struq Limited - USD	-	-	NEW - 2010
T	14
225	Techconnect B.V.	-	-	NEW - Aug. 9, 2010
226	TechConnect - US	-	-	NEW - 1-13-2011
227	Technorati	-	-	NEW - 3-30-2011
228	TellApart (removed)(returned)	San Mateo, CA	Website is WEAK	predictive analytics
229	The Exchange Lab	London, UK	???	cross-platform trading NEW - 12-15-09
230	The Trade Desk	-	-	NEW - 2010
231	The Travel Desk, Inc.	Santa Rosa, CA	Travel offers	NEW - Oct. 15, 2010
232	Traffic Marketplace	Los Angeles, CA	???	audience profiles
233	Traffiq, Inc.	-	-	NEW - 3-17-2011
234	TravelClick	Schaumburg, IL	Travel	NEW - Sept. 1, 2010
235	Tribal Fusion UK	Emeryville, CA	???	NEW - Jul. 22, 2010
236	Triggit	San Francisco, CA	???	real time
237	TubeMogul	Emeryville, CA	Many top companies	Video stats NEW - Mar. 18, 2010
238	Turn	Redwood City, CA (no contact page)	???	smart platform
U	4
239	Underdog Media	Santa Barbara, CA	-	NEW - Jun. 15, 2010
240	Undertone	New York City, NY	-	NEW - Nov. 19, 2010
241	UpValue GmbH	Schwetzingen, Germany	-	NEW - Jun. 18, 2010
new	UpValue - secondseat
V	10
242	ValueClick Germany	-	-	NEW - 2-01-2011
243	ValueClick, Inc.	Westlake Village, CA	???	scalable solutions
244	ValueClick International	Westlake Village, CA	???	NEW - Mar. 8, 2010
245	ValueClick - France	-	-	NEW - 3-28-2011
246	ValueClick - Spain	-	-	NEW - 3-28-2011
247	ValueClick: Mediaplex	San Francisco, CA	???	Intelligent Technology NEW - 2-04-10
248	VCCP Digital Ltd	London, UK	Ceaseless screen motion - I hate it Can't read - incessant distraction	NEW - Jul. 22, 2010
249	Veremedia	New York City, NY	Christian ads	NEW - Feb. 25, 1010
250	Veruta	San Jose, CA	-	NEW - May 24, 1010
251	VivaKi	Paris, France	???	none
W	3
252	web2media	-	-	NEW - 2-09-2011
253	WinBuyer	Tel Aviv, Israel	Another price comparison page	NEW - May 10, 1010
254	WPromote	El Segundo, CA	-	NEW - May 22, 2010
X	3
255	[X+1]	New York City, NY	???	every interaction
256	xBid	-	-	NEW - 3-18-2011
257	Xtend Global Media LTD	Tel Aviv, IS	4XP, 888.com, Bigpoint, Blinko, Celldorado, DominosStars.com, imeem, incredimail, King.com, metacafe, Miniclip, PartyPoker, skill2thrill, sweetim, wixawin, zylom	We understand NEW - 2-04-10
Y	3
258	Yahoo: Dapper, Inc.	New York (won't give address)	???	dynamic ads
259	Yieldivision	Chicago, IL	There is no "Yieldvision" website.	NEW - Nov. 5, 2010
260	Yieldivision - USD	-	-	NEW - 2010
Z	1
261	Zillow	-	-	NEW - May 22, 1010
	1 - Company Name	2 - Location	3 - Customers, Clients, Advertisers	4 - Tag Line
Notes:		1. Under "Company Name", the company names are shown.
		2. Location - Western US locations aligned left, Eastern US locations aligned right --- Out of US = Yellow Box
		3. There are far too many ??? It would be extremely useful if each company would follow in the footsteps of brand.net and brightroll, and provide an online LIST of THEIR ADVERTISERS, so that a publisher might have some clue what type of ads that they might be getting. Otherwise, it is pretty much "a pig in a poke sack." And perhaps asking for a bit too much trust from the publisher.
		4. A guess - from prominent tag lines found on the site
40	220=940	200	320	160

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Notes
TYPE of ADS SERVED
From Google AdSense Advisor - "One quick clarification: this launch only impacts image-ad-enabled ad units. To reap the benefits, you do need to have image ads enabled for your inventory."
In addition, as far as I can determine, these are ALL CPM and CPA ads.

If you hate any screen movement (like I do), it is necessary to block ALL Image Ads, since you cannot specify "Static Image Ads Only". It is either all or nothing. That decides it for me.

WEIRD DATA -
What do you think? Who are these people?
Most of these companies seem like startups, which means they haven't proven themselves yet.
Some of them seem to be filled with marketing hyperbole - lots and lots of marketing words, but little else.

There have been several other "CANs", that have been retired, and then reactivated -
Acxiom (activated, dropped, reactivated)
DataXu (activated, dropped, reactivated)
Invite Media (activated, dropped, reactivated)
Specific Media (activated, dropped, reactivated)
I wonder if they failed the "Conditions" test, or failed to be suitable in some other way.

MY THEORY (not original) -
Since many of the ads served by these 3rd parties, are ads which used to be served directly by AdWords, there is no way the publisher is going to make more money in this new scheme, since the 3rd parties will be taking their cut, and pocketing a sizable chunk of the bid money. If an advertiser is in good standing with AdWords, wouldn't they go directly to AdWords? Adding a middleman would only increase their costs, and reduce their control.

In addition, it has been suggested that advertisers previously rejected by AdWords, can now use the 3rd party ads to "sneak back into the game", perhaps at the publisher's expense. Especially if they were banned for bad landing pages. The greatest fear of publishers, is that the ads served will simply not measure up to the quality of AdWords ads.

CONCLUSION -
EARLY Adapters - Go for it! Give us some feedback.
LATE Adapters - I have blocked them all, until I read some positive reports. Not all launches have succeeded. Once again, the early adapter is a guinea pig. I am reluctant to commit to speculative, possibly costly experiments.

DISCUSSION -
WMW - Google Certified Ad Networks - How Many Are There?
WMW - Blocking Certified Ad Networks to Improve CTR
Google - Supported Third Party Vendors on the Google Content Network - Although this list from Google lists 90 3rd party vendors, only 1 of the "Google Certified Ad Networks" is on this list - Teracent. I don't understand this.
---> Google AdWords offers a list of 90 "Third Party Vendors", but
---> Google AdSense does NOT offer a list of "Certified Ad Networks" (perhaps because it is growing so fast).

Source 1 - http://www.cpmadvisors.com/2009/10/13/cpmatic-now-approved-to-serve-into-google-content-network/

top of page 2010 Chronological Changes to Google Certified Ad Networks
Month	Ad Network Additions		. Ad Network Deletions		CAN Count
Month	Date	Company Added	Date	. Company Deleted	CAN Count
January 2010 (plus 13)	6	PennyWeb, Inc. (Ybrant)			80
	9	Spongecell
	12	AccountNow, Inc.
	13	AOL, Inc. Sooth Software (AdBuyer.com)
	15	Media Innovation Group (double-listed) Mpire OpenX Technologies
	21	RichRelevance, Inc.
	22	Pinnacle Dream Media
	25	DQ&A HTTPool	25	Ad Marketplace (removed)
	26	ShareThis, Inc.	plus 13
	28	Mixpo	plus 13
February 2010 (plus 10)	1	People Media, INC.	plus 10		90
	4	Dotomi Mediaplex ReDux Media, Inc. (double-listed) Xtend Global Media LTD
	8	Radius Marketing
	11	Echosearch Red Aril, Inc.
	16	AdReady
	25	Veremedia
March 2010 (plus 8)	8	ValueClick International LTD	plus 8		98
	10	Bizo
	17	Struq Limited
	18	Forbes.com Interactive Media Sales Next Premium Tube Mogul
	26	iPonWeb
April 2010 (plus 8)	3	AdConion UK Didit Lotame Solutions, Inc. Omnicon Trading Desk	-		104
	13	Schnaeppchemjagd GmbH
	15	Next Performance
	27	AdConion S.L.
	30	Burst Media	30	Aggregate Knowledge (removed) Kindsight (removed)
May 2010 (plus 11)	4	Omnicon Media Grou NL	plus 11		115
	7	AdJug UK
	11	Return Media BV
	10	WinBuyer LTD SinnerSchrader Gmbh
	20	ID Media
	21	IDG Tech
	22	AdKnife Bid Alpha Zillow
	24	Veruta
June 2010 (plus 9)	15	Google Displat Net: Premium Specific Media UK Limited Specific Media France SAS Specific Media Germany GmbH Underdog Media	plus 9		124
	18	UpValue GmbH
	28	Google Bidder testing
	29	MyThingsMedia UK SoMR Networks
July 2010 (plus 10)	2	Adnetik ~~Spain~~ UK EUR	plus 10		134
	8	Alcance Media Group
	12	Permuto, Inc.
	19	DKK Agency
	22	Exponential Internet Brands Linked In Tribal Fusion UK VCCP Digital Ltd
	30	Simplifi Holdings Inc.
August 2010 (plus 8)	4	My Media Buyer	plus 8		142
	9	Imagini Europe Ltd. Techconnect B.V.
	18	Ad Perium NL Adlantic Performance Advertising
	20	Leadclick
	23	Next Step Media Online
September 2010 (plus 4)	1	Jumpstart Digital Marketing TravelClick	-		146
	18	eViral	-
	28	BrandScreen Havas changed to Adnetik US Red McCombs Media	28	Datran Media (removed) Intergi (removed)
October 2010 (plus 13)	7	Crimson Tangerine PriceGrabber Sales Spider	plus 13		159
	9	AOL Advertising Pulpo Media
	15	Adku (Novastark) The Trade Desk, Inc.
	19	Blue Kai Inc. Legolas Media Inc.
	22	Jivox.com
	27	Avazu Inc. Dynamic Video
	28	3wregie
November 2010 (plus 9)	2	Adnetik UK GBP	-		168
	5	Yieldvision
	8	Crowdgather
	9	engage:BDR
	11	Criteo SE
	12	-	12	Google Bidder Testing (removed) Google Display Net: Reserve (removed)
	18	Bell Canada eType	plus 9
	19	Undertone
	22	Adnetik ES EUR
	30	Advertising.com Japan KK Google Display Net: Reserve (returned)
December 2010 (plus 18)	1	-	1	AppNexus (removed)	184
	2	-	2	Cossette Communications (removed)
	7	Brideclick	All URLs are guesses, since they are not stated. Media Innovation Group was already added on Jan. 15, 2010, WITHOUT the "MiG" plus 16
	8	eBay
	9	Batanga BTTB, Inc.
	10	Buzzlogic
	14	Advantage Media Register.it Spa
	15	InflectionPointMedia.com, LLC Invite Media - Self Managed
	22	Infectious Media - US Media iQ Digital Mexad - US Rubedo
	23	DSNR - US Media Innovation Group (MiG) Media iQ Digital - US Struq Limited - USD Yieldivision - USD
	24	-	24	Netseer (removed)	183
	24	-	24	Five former CAN Names have been changed. The New Name consists of the Old Name, plus a new added prefix. New Prefix: Old Network Name ---> Here are the 5 changes - AOL: Advertising.com Japan KK Google: Invite Media Google: Teracent Corporation ValueClick: Mediaplex Yahoo: Dapper Inc.	183
	28	Accordant Media, LLC Domdex, Inc. (redirects to magnetic.is) Double Positive	plus 3		186
	All dates are approximate - I do not check every day.
150	50	300-900	50	300	50

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Month	Ad Network Additions		. Ad Network Deletions		CAN Count
Month	Date	Company Added	Date	. Company Deleted	CAN Count
January 2011 (plus 20)	5	Freedom	All URLs are guesses, since they are not stated. plus 20		206
	6	DQ&A - US IMT Net Edge Online Media Solutions Online Media Solutions - US
	7	Media Connection Corporation (no website)
	10	Sojem (no website)
	12	Digitize New Media (no website)
	13	Adlantic - US TechConnect - US
	21	I-Behavior Orbitz Worldwide
	24	Catcha Digital Asia Pte Ltd FunBox Skoft Technologies Private Ltd (site is down)
	26	eyeReturn
	27	Akamai Technologies
	28	Google Bid Manager (no web page)
	31	IAC Holdings
February 2011 (plus 24)	1	ValueClick - Germany	Google Bidder Testing has returned, but has been renamed Google Bid Manager DEMAND MEDIA (eHow)!! plus 24		230
	2	Camelot Marketing & Media
	5	Media Force, LTD Redux Media (double-listed)
	7	Adzcentral Booking.com Google Bid Manager (no web page) GroupM Competence Center GmbH Meta Network Steel House Media Steel House Media (2nd account)
	9	Oanda Corporation web2media (blank page)
	14	Healthlines (no web page) Sponsored Ads, Inc.
	15	EJAM Exact Drive, Inc.
	16	Babylon Limited (no website)
	18	Digitize/Medialink - US Account (no website) EZTarget Media
	22	Demand Media
	23	CONTEXTin
	25	Ocean Park Interactive
	28	Clickstream - Disappeared 5-17-11
March 2011 (plus 20)	1	netSociety Hyde Park Interactive			250
	8	Matiro - US Kitara Media, LLC Sociomantic
	9	Olive Media	??	~~Google Bidder Testing~~
	14	ARAnet Chango	plus 21 minus 1
	17	Traffiq, Inc.
	18	xBid (RIPOFF SITE, recently gone underground - Google it - why did Google add this obvious scam site? - BIZARRE!)
	19	AJ Advisers
	20	Halogen Media Network
	22	Imagini - US (no website) Komli Media Inc.
	23	Razavi Global Media Scripps
	28	ValueClick - France ValueClick - Spain (no website)
	30	NetSeer, Inc. (returned) Technorati
	31	HTTPool AN US
April 2011 (plus13)	1	PickMeUp - US Dollar (no website)			263
	5	Anonymous Media, LLC AppNexus (returned)	5	AppNexus (removed again, same day) (now you see it, now you don't)
	6	EMITCH LIMITED Harren Media (double-listed) iProspect PTY LTD	plus 14 minus 1
	14	Google Vendor Certification Network (no URL)
	17	Downstream Marketing Commun. Co. Pty. Ltd. Longtail Commun. Co. Pty. Ltd.
	19	AppNexus (returned) Specific Media Sweden
	22	Rydium Canada Inc. (dba Suite 66)
	26	Advertising.com UK (AOL)
	27	MediaNews Group Inc
May 2011 (plus 13)	2	adnologies GmbH AdSOVO Adtelligence Adyard	plus 8		271
	3	Google: Watch This Space Merkle Upvalue - Second seat
	4	Radium One
	5	-	1	AdSOVO (removed)	270
	11	Ad Summos, Inc. Philly.com TruEffect	plus 9		279
	12	Keyade
	13	AdSOVO (returned) Kayak
	17	Choicestream - Clickstream disappeared -?? Harren Media (duplicate, listed April 6) Here Media
	All dates are approximate - I do not check every day. In spite of appearances, I am not obsessed with this (Yeah, right.)
150	50	300-900	50	300	50

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AdSense Ad Options Diagram - Targeting and Blocking
AdSense Ad Options Diagram

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Best
Guess
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

No

This is my best guess diagram about how the AdSense targeting/ blocking system works.
I still have several questions (numbered circles above), such as -

1. Do "Site Targeting" and "Ad Placement" apply to BOTH CPC and CPM? CPM only.
2. Does "Category Targeting" apply to BOTH CPC and CPM?
3. Are there any CPC image ads?
4. Are all CPM Ads "Graphic Ads", "Image Ads", and "Flash Ads"? Text ads also.
5. Does the "Competitive Filter" block both CPC and CPM ads?
6. Will the CAN ads be individually identifiable, thus enabling them to be blocked?
7. I detest screen movement. Is it possible to serve ONLY STATIC graphic ads?
8. Are "Certified Ad Networks" serving BOTH CPM and CPA ads?
9. Does "Category Blocking" apply to BOTH CPC and CPM ads?
10. Does the "Override Test Control" frequently NOT provide the best-paying ads?
    Google's goal - To serve ALL their inventory
    Publisher's goal - To maximize revenue
    These two goals are frequently not compatible, since Google never stops testing.
    Many publishers report good luck using the Competitive Filter,
        and blocking all CPM ads. Google lets the publisher decide which ads to block.
11. Do AdWords "Category Targeting" and AdSense "Category Filtering" use the same categories?
    There are 11 AdSense Filtering Categories which are SUBJECT categories,
    but the AdWords Category Targeting categories are DEMOGRAPHIC categories.
    - Age, gender, income, educational level.

Please email me with any corrections. Show me your source, and I will make the changes.
It is not easy to figure it all out - the complexity level is growing.

Try this AdWords-AdSense Diagram - for the bigger picture.
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Disclaimer
This is NOT A Google, Inc. Site
This page consists of a compilation of public information, commonly available on the Internet, at multiple sites, as well as public webmaster forums, and simple manual tests.
I am not privy to any inside information.
This information is continually changing, and may not be relevant when you read it.

Although the author makes every effort to verify the information on this page, no information on this page is guaranteed to be correct, and any data contained herein may be erroneous.
The opinions stated above are merely the personal observations and opinions of the author.

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This Vaughns Google AdSense Certified Ad Networks summary page was last updated on 2011-05-17.