Google AdSense for Mobile Search Hits Beta

Google on Tuesday launched AdSense for mobile search, a new tool that lets mobile operators and content publishers to embed a Google search box on their mobile sites. According to a post on the Google Mobile blog, the new AdSense product provides mobile users with “instant access to Google search including comprehensive Web search, local image and news results – all formatted for their phones.”

Carriers and Web site owners will get a share of the ad revenue from searches generated by their sites.

Google has posted a form for folks interested in beta testing the new AdSense for mobile search. If you’re going to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and submit the beta form by February 13, you just might get an invite to a private information session at the event.

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