Lame_Wolf - 10:52 pm on Aug 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

I know this is rather an old thread now, but today I noticed far more 404 errors than normal. I rarely look at my error logs because I know I do not have any broken links on my site.

However, today I decided to have a gander. I noticed a number of errors relating to...
/pagead/render_ads.js
/pagead/expansion_embed.js
/pagead/osd.js
/pagead/test_domain.js

The first thing I did was to open ftp and look to see if someone had hacked into my site and added this /pagead/ folder. No sign of it.

Then Googled it and found this site amongst some others.

Anyone know what the lastest info is on this ?
Is there a proper fix for it [I saw one "fix" for it on another site, some said worked, others said no].

Are visitors seeing an error when viewing, or is it a "behind the scenes" kind of thing ?

Looking back it appears it started the first week of April.

Funny you should say that because my earnings dropped quite badly on the 1st April and have not yet recovered. This wasn't a steady decline, this was a huge cut in my adsense income.

I am using old code, and AFAIK I am not using collapsible adverts.

I am still looking around for info on this, but others who have "lost" money lately may want to look into their log files.

The IP's I have checked all seem to come from Hughes Network Systems.

LW