The first developers to leverage AdMob’s new Android ad unit in their applications include AccuWeather, Jirbo, and TapJoy. Advertisers will be able to use these ad units to drive customer actions such going to the Android Market to download an application.

“Android’s open platform enables developers to build rich mobile applications that provide a great experience for users,” said Ali Diab, Vice President of Product Management for AdMob. “We are already seeing strong interest in developing applications for Android-based devices, similar to what we saw with the iPhone last summer, and are very excited to take the lead in helping developers monetize their applications on this fast-growing device platform.”

AdMob already serves ads on mobile Web sites on the Android platform and received more than 27 million requests in December 2008. Building on the initial success of the G1 device, Google’s new mobile platform will also see several new devices in 2009.

More than 6,000 mobile sites and 450 iPhone applications are a part of AdMob’s publisher network worldwide, giving the company unparalleled reach. AdMob serves more than 4.6 billion mobile banner and text ads per month. Incorporated in April 2006, AdMob allows advertisers to reach their customers on the mobile Web and enables publishers to increase the value of their mobile sites.

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The netWeather2.0 badge is available in six banner sizes, including a 435×90 size that’s optimized for MySpace, and displays current weather conditions, the five day forecast, and temperature, radar and precipitation maps. It also comes in eight colors and is available in English or Spanish.

“AccuWeather.com is happy to respond to the huge interest in personal web postings with the only free weather sticker that really serves the needs of all kinds of sites,” said Jim Candor, AccuWeather’s SVP of new media in a statement. “We are reaching out to the international blogging and social networking site communities, offering the sizes and easy downloads they need and optimizing our stickers for popular sites like MySpace.com.”

The new badge displays weather for every ZIP code in the U.S. and for locations around the world. AccuWeather is also making the badge available for download through a number of third-party social networking sites.