AdSenseAdvisor
msg:3912799 | 6:36 pm on May 13, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. The issue is isolated to Linux users, and our engineers are looking into it. I'll let you know if I get any updates. ASA
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graeme_p
msg:3913472 | 11:51 am on May 14, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I was wondering about that. I use Linux and see them quite often. Fortunately, almost all my visitors use Windows (most people read my site at work, and it is UK biased).
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john28uk
msg:3913511 | 1:24 pm on May 14, 2009 (gmt 0) |
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Same here, God bless the internet at work :)
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graeme_p
msg:3913730 | 5:40 pm on May 14, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I am getting very curious as to exactly why this is happening. Is it a bug in Flash on Linux? Is it a bug in Google's flash code - in which case what are they doing different on Linux? If they are targeting ads based on OS they do not do a good job of it...
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Munki
msg:3915059 | 6:43 pm on May 16, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I also see this often, thought it was just my site running low on ads :)
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grelmar
msg:3915147 | 11:28 pm on May 16, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Java runs differently on Linux than on Windows (as much as Sun likes to claim it doesn't) Lots of java apps and ajaxy goodness goes wonky on a number of different Linux distros. So if I had to guess (and it's really only a guess), I'd say the JRE on Linux is the problem. I've also noticed a distinct upswing in the problem on systems I've moved from Ubuntu 8.04 to 9.04. Java that worked before, doesn't now.
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yaix2
msg:3915273 | 8:29 am on May 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Glad that it's only a bug and not caused by low number of ads.
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jhood
msg:3915499 | 10:33 pm on May 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Thanks, ASA. I have pointed this out to others at Google and no one has ever had an explanation. I use Ubuntu on all my production machines and thus see quite a few of these, so it's a relief to know it's limited to Linux. Without attempting to place blame, all the Linux distros have trouble displaying Flash properly -- or to turn it around, Flash has trouble porting itself to Linux. I am running 64-bit versions on all my Linux machines and, until quite recently, Flash was a lost cause. If it weren't for Flash and Quickbooks, I could live quite nicely without Windows.
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dazzlindonna
msg:3915746 | 1:04 pm on May 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
If the problem can't be solved, it would at least be nice to de-uglify the ads that are shown. I mean, really, who decided those ads had to be the ugliest things on the face of the planet anyway? They stink up a site. :)
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Jonesy
msg:3915876 | 4:48 pm on May 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
hmmmm... I don't think I've been seeing this.
But, I do run privoxy on my machines -- which
probably shields me from all sorts of silliness... :-) Jonesy
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graeme_p
msg:3916393 | 12:02 pm on May 19, 2009 (gmt 0) |
@grelmar: the ads are Flash not Java. Incidentally, Java has nothing to do with Ajax either, that's Javascript, and how JS behaves depends on the browser. @jhood: if you are using the 64 bit version of Flash PLayer, I thought that was still an alpha version?
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eeek
msg:3918223 | 2:04 am on May 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I started seeing more of these today. Sigh.
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eeek
msg:3918231 | 2:13 am on May 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I started seeing more of these today. Sigh.
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eeek
msg:3921208 | 10:03 pm on May 27, 2009 (gmt 0) |
They're still happening. Any idea how long this will take to fix?
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jhood
msg:3922491 | 4:15 pm on May 29, 2009 (gmt 0) |
graeme_p, I guess the 64-bit version is still in alpha. I don't really care if I can't watch YouTube on my production machines, Just hadn't occurred to me that that was the cause of the yourURLhere ads. Makes perfect sense.
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AdSenseAdvisor
msg:3922506 | 5:00 pm on May 29, 2009 (gmt 0) |
A fix is in the works and we're hoping to get the issue resolved within the next month. ASA
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bit chi base n
msg:3922724 | 10:16 pm on May 29, 2009 (gmt 0) |
on another open source topic...
ASA please can you mention this to the devs....
adsense set up crashes firefox 3.0.10 on xp pro sp3
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incrediBILL
msg:3922771 | 1:15 am on May 30, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Let's discuss AdSense bug vs. opportunity. That domain is in a domain park and is available for sale. Assuming the ad actually clicks through to that actual domain seen in AdSense I would've checked to see how much they wanted for the domain and kept mum about the problem. Why waste free opportunity?
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graeme_p
msg:3923720 | 7:02 am on Jun 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
jhood, have you tried Gnash? Youtube is supposed to work with it, although I have no idea how good it is on 64 bit.
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