---
title: "Google Ads Gets Better - Targeted ads for specific sites"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/25/google-ads-gets-better-targeted-ads-for-specific-sites.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/25/google-ads-gets-better-targeted-ads-for-specific-sites.html"
published: "2005-11-25T09:57:00"
updated: "2005-11-25T09:57:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Looks like Google has added a new feature to its Google Ads: The ability to let you bid directly on a specific site with your own ad (see my own blog page on the top left - you get a new \"advertise on this site\" link).…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Google Ads Gets Better - Targeted ads for specific sites

By Roy Osherove November 25, 2005 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 25, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

Looks like Google has added a new feature to its Google Ads: The ability to let you bid directly on a specific site with your own ad (see my own blog page on the top left - you get a new "advertise on this site" link).

Nice. So now you can tell Google that you'd like to spend up to X amount for 1000 page views etc on any given day. I'm starting to really get into this technology related issue of managing this complexity..

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