checking if google finds any ads in advance? time travel kinda.

i had this crazy idea.........

[bajsapa]

ok my layout depends on ads and i dont like a big empty rectangle when theres no ads.

can i somehow tell google to not show the ad block at all if no ads can be found?

maybe google_donotshowifnoadsareavaible = "1";?

[Zygoot]

[google.com...]

This explains how to implement collapsing ad units.

[edited by: Zygoot at 7:25 pm (utc) on April 29, 2006]

[elsewhen]

search on adsense help pages for "collapsable ad units"

edit: ahh zygoot, you beat me to it by one second ;)

[bajsapa]

thanks i get it.

i find it unneccessarily advaned and stupid though from google´s side

[Nikke]

Bajsapa! (Feels a bit odd to call anyone that to their face :)

It's far from stupid, especially when you want to display ads interfoiled in text.

However, if you don't want the big empty spaces, you can always include a backup system, such as affiliate ads, in the same space.