Running AdSense Code With External JavaScript File?

Here is the thread you are remembering [webmasterworld.com]

The difference is that you are splitting the AdSense code between your page and the js, and you are not permitted to alter the code in any way at all. The "http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" has to be together with the rest of the AdSense code.

The link above shows you how to do it correctly, which is Google approved, or at least approved as of a month ago.

hmmm.. ok I removed the <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> reference from the html file and added it to the bottom of my /js/google.js file, but am receiving an error. Based on the link Jenstar provided (thanks!) Here's the revised code I'm trying to use in the /js/google.js file:

<!--
google_ad_client = "XXX";
google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.XXX.com/gfx/sp/gif";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_color_border = "B4D0DC";
google_color_bg = "ECF8FF";
google_color_link = "0000CC";
google_color_url = "008000";
google_color_text = "6F6F6F";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
//-->

I've tried numerous combinations, even the exact code provided in the other thread, and I consistently get an error on line 13 (src="http://...) and the banners do not display. It looks like javascript doesn't like it when I call another javascript file from within a javascript file because when I return the code to it's previous state (noted in the first post in this thread) there are no errors and the ads are served correctly.

Thoughts? =)

If it is any help I too tried and tried with the code on the earlier thread and could not get it to work....

If anyone comes up with how to do it. It would make a great addition to the Adsense FAQ's thread

Sort of glad it's not just me :)

My site's built in straight html and rank well in the engines so I really don't want to have to change my file extensions or structure too much in order to get an include to work for these ads.

I've also found that if I change the colour scheme every once in a while it gives me a little boost in CTR, so it's be great to find a javascript solution that remains within Google's guidelines and is easily edited.

Any ideas here would be much appreciated. :)

Here's Javascript code that works from external JS file:

document.write("\
<script type=\"text/javascript\">\
google_ad_client = \"XXX\";\
google_alternate_ad_url = \"XXX\";\
google_ad_width = 728;\
google_ad_height = 90;\
google_ad_format = \"728x90_as\";\
</script>\
<script type=\"text/javascript\"\
src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\">\
</script>\
");

Andy

daugava, did you run that past the Google AdSense team? They are extremely strict that they don't want their AdSense code altered whatsoever (as per the FAQ). I am pretty sure someone had said a month or two ago that doing something similar to this was vetoed by Google.

I guess I'd better do that, huh?

The code they provide doesn't run from external JS,
so the only change I made is making it to work.
(They have that weird mismatched /script tag which seems
to mess things up. Plus, the variables end up being
undeclared.)

I was worried about this, but then I saw the other thread
about running from external JS and I figured that whoever got it working, did exactly the same thing I did, and got approved.

Andy

You can contact the tech support team directly at adsense-tech@google.com Let us know if that script is Google approved ;)

Ok, here's more kosher version of the code, it only differs from original just enough to make it valid Javascript:
google_ad_client = "XXX";
google_alternate_ad_url = "XXX";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
//--></script>
document.write('\
<script type="text/javascript"\
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">\
</script>\
');

I've emailed Google to ask if they approve.
If yes, we'll be able to use it, yay!

Andy

Dang, got a reply, which says "code cannot be altered in any way".

Therefore, it seems like an external JS will not work at all - unless the people who got approval for their version of the code post it here, so we can use that one.

Andy

I have since changed my site back to the exact code embedded in the html.

In an email I intricately described how and why I made the edits to the code, and then asked if there was an approved method of embedding the code through an external js file. To that I recieved a stock reply thanking me for changing my code back to stock... oh well, I was probably just having a nice conversation with their mailbot the whole time. LOL :D

Oh well.

-- Owner edited because while explanatory, was actually mostly a duplicate of above. --