piatkow
msg:4146165 | 9:40 am on Jun 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Is there an element of location in your site? I would have thought that location was a key element in advertising something like driving lessons.
I have this problem with a site which is about "Widgets in Freedonia". I get swamped with non widget ads by Freedonia based advertisers while my readers tend to be interested in widget based topics rather than Freedonia based topics.
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netmeg
msg:4146326 | 3:16 pm on Jun 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| I have this problem with a site which is about "Widgets in Freedonia". I get swamped with non widget ads by Freedonia based advertisers while my readers tend to be interested in widget based topics rather than Freedonia based topics. |
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And I'm exactly the opposite, I want ads targeted to Freedonia users and not the actual widgets. Took Google a couple years to get that right, but now they do.
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darkish
msg:4146423 | 5:46 pm on Jun 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
There is a element of location but it does not matter if the information displayedis for the UK, Scotland, Wales or ireland I'll still get totally wrong ads about driving lessions.. I also see ads for 'transcripts'
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rajivatre
msg:4146769 | 8:10 am on Jun 4, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Are you sure you are not seeing Interest Based Ads(IAB)?
Try to clear all the cookies from your PC and then try to see ads again. There are several threads here by Martinibuster and others about IAB and their experience about it.
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IAB will show irrespective of this.
Thanks
Rajiv
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JasonDX
msg:4146922 | 1:55 pm on Jun 4, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I'm also seeing untargeted ads for "fadal machine replacement parts". My site has nothing to do with fadal machine parts. It can't be interest based because I have no interest in fadal machines. In fact, I don't even know what they are. I visited a competitors site and it's also showing fadal machine ads.
I don't know what to make of it.
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JasonDX
msg:4147020 | 5:17 pm on Jun 4, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| I'm also seeing untargeted ads for "fadal machine replacement parts". My site has nothing to do with fadal machine parts. It can't be interest based because I have no interest in fadal machines. In fact, I don't even know what they are. I visited a competitors site and it's also showing fadal machine ads. |
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I am only seeing these ads when the "www" prefix is added to the url. When I remove the prefix the ads are targeted. Strange?
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darkish
msg:4147058 | 6:21 pm on Jun 4, 2010 (gmt 0) |
With regards to IBA.. I can clean my cookies, wipe history, flush the DNS, reboot, open a browser, open the page(s) and I'll still the totally wrong ads.
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JasonDX
msg:4147136 | 9:17 pm on Jun 4, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| With regards to IBA.. I can clean my cookies, wipe history, flush the DNS, reboot, open a browser, open the page(s) and I'll still the totally wrong ads. |
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I'm beginning to think that Google has overtweaked their adsense script to the point where it's gone haywire. They're forced to endlessly bend over backwards to please advertisers and this is the end result.
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