In the past couple of days, Matt Drudge has stepped up his use of Google on the Drudge Report. He has added a Google web search box in the right column:

He’s also started testing out Google AdSense ads in his usual ad locations. These are the Google text ads found across the web on millions of websites (including Drudge Blog). They are mixed in with his usual ad broker banner ads:

Both of these new Google additions generate revenue. My guess is that he’s just testing the waters, so we may or may not see these hang around.