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Google Says Ads Should Not Open in New Windows, Unless You’re In China

Via a FAQ on Google, which asks “Can I open the ads in a new window?” It says that you are not allowed to force the ads into a new window. But Google may open these ads in a new window for specific users, if those users are in China. Here is what the answer Google provides for this question: Generally, it is our policy to not allow Google ads to open in a new window. However, in a few...

Google Opens 3rd Party Ad Networks To All AdSense Publishers

Last night, Google announced they are opening up the “Google-certified ad networks” to all AdSense publishers. The Google-certified ad networks are 3rd party advertising networks that are thrown into the bidding war with your AdSense powered ads. Google initially tested this back in September 2009 and in October publishers began thinking that it lowered their revenue with Google. So...

Google Forcing Some AdSense Publishers To Select a Local Currency

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that some Google AdSense publishers are being forced to pick a local currency, instead of using the U.S. dollar. Three publishers claimed it happened yesterday, where they logged into AdSense and had to pick a local currency. Here are some of the messages in the forum thread: I think it is not possible to skip it any more. They should have waited untill march 31 or...

AdSense Data Link With Google Webmaster Tools Failure

A Google Webmaster Help thread has confirmed reports of an issue with authenticated your site via Google Webmaster Tools to allows AdSense’s bot to crawl password protected sections of the web site. One of the steps of authenticating AdSense to allow the AdSense crawler to access pages that are behind a login is to verify your site with Google Webmaster Tools. The data feed to pass over the...

Brazilian Google AdSense Publishers May Not Be Paid This Month

Found via a WebmasterWorld thread, a Google AdSense Brasil thread has a note from Marcelo from the Google AdSense team that some Brazilian publishers won’t be paid this month. The translated version of what he said is: Due to a problem in the payment process, some publishers will not be paid in February, but their gains have accrued and paid at the end of March. As some publishers may have seen,...

Twitter Users Don’t Click on Google AdSense Ads?

A WebmasterWorld thread has Google AdSense publishers talking about how well traffic from Twitter converts in terms of clicks on AdSense ads. The overall consensus from the thread is that Twitter users are too cool to click on AdSense ads. One person even kept tabs on that, saying: Created about 500 targeted follows, got 120 followers, this converted in about 40 visits to my sites and 1 click. I...

Poll: 60% of Google AdSense Publishers Say Earnings Down

A bit over a week ago, we reported that AdSense publishers were complaining about lower earnings. So to get a better and wider count of those who agree that earnings are indeed down, I ran a quick poll. We had just over 85 responses to the poll and I wanted to share the results. I asked, Have Your AdSense Earnings Dropped in February, from January? 51 people or 59.3% said Yes, 31 people or 36% said...

Google AdSense Video Ads, Video Ad Overlays

Two DigitalPoint Forum threads have reports, of what I think are new ad formats by Google. These Google AdSense ads have a play button in them, that launch a video ads directly above the ad. Here are pictures, one of the pictures is from rudefox.com: I believe Google has test these types of ads in the past – but I do not see them all that often. Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forum. ...

Google AdSense Now Using Previous Search Queries For Ad Relevancy

The Google AdSense blog announced they are now using the query data in the referrer URL to better target and match the AdSense ads on your web site. Basically, if you go to Google, type in a query, click on a site that has AdSense on it, Google will use the query you entered on Google (or any search engine) to match the ads to the query and the contextual nature of the page. Supposedly, Google has...

Google Sends Valentine’s Day Card to AdSense Publishers

Valentines Day is around the corner and some Google AdSense publishers are reporting at WebmasterWorld that they received a card from Google, wishing them a happy Valentine’s Day. The card also includes a $100 promo code to use AdWords. The front of the card reads: Others will fill your heart this Valentine’s Day When you open the card, it reads: We want to overload your servers. Because...

Upcoming Google AdSense Webinars

Google’s Ashley posted a thread at Google AdSense Help forums announcing upcoming AdSense Webinars. The upcoming webinars include: AdSense Optimization Basics – Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:00 pm GMT/ 9am PST Advanced Optimization – Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:00 pm GMT/9am PST Improving AdSense Performance using GAM – Tuesday, March 2, 2010 10:00 am GMT Realizing the...

Google AdSense Publishers Upset Over Recent Earnings

Since late January and early February, I have been seeing sporadic complaints about Google AdSense earnings and how they have plummeted for many publishers. I received these complaints via email mostly, but all I saw were random threads from disgruntled publishers. A WebmasterWorld thread has a thread from over the weekend with tons of feedback from publishers on this issue. The thread creator said: I...

Most AdSense Publishers Want Google To Disclose Revenue Split

Earlier this week, I ran a poll asking AdSense publishers should Google disclose the revenue ad split. Most people in the thread I covered then, did not want to know the revenue split. But I found that to be a bit odd. So I posted an anonymous poll asking publishers their thoughts on the topic. The majority of Google AdSense publishers do want to know the revenue split. Of the 80 responses, 66%...

Google Sending Emails Notifications to Publishers Regarding Payments

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that many publishers have received an email recently from Google notifying them that they have been paid. Some, initially, felt the email was spam or a phishing attempt, but after closer review, the emails do appear to be coming from Google. I personally did not receive such an email. Some reported the email being sent to their junk filter. Some reported not receiving...

Google AdSense Blogger Reporting Bug

A Google AdSense Help thread has confirmed reports of Google AdSense reports not showing earning values. It was reported several times in the forum, but a top contributor confirmed the issue on January 26th. Many publishers using Blogger have been reporting that their earnings are not displayed under the Monetise tab. If you have this problem, please post here, so that the scale of the problem can...