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Show adsense while testing out site?

         

stef25

6:12 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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for the first time im developing a site with adsense. should i not include the adsense code while im testing pages out?

i do up to 100 page loads per day to get rid of various css bugs and im worried this will somehow affect my adsense stats, that google with get the impression nobody is clicking on my adss?

turtlehurricane

6:43 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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dont worry about it. if someone cicks within 2 months your fine. 100 impressions isnt that big of a deal anyways.

turtlehurricane

6:44 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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also, they know its you

stef25

6:57 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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is that a real limit - two months?

the reason i posted was because i read something about google showing the ads that "work best for you"

right now they are getting the impression that none work for me and i dont want to affect the ads being shown 2 months from now, when the site is live

jomaxx

7:20 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I think your first instinct is correct, just leave the block blank, or insert a screenshot of an ad block if you want to be able to see how the site will look as a whole.

There's no good reason to show AdSense while the site is under development for an extended period of time, and several good reasons NOT to.

OptiRex

7:23 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)



Two very easy options:

1. Use Firefox or Opera browsers and disable javascript. You need to test your site in these browsers anyway so you may as well use them.

2. Create plain gif images the same size as the AdSense ads you will be using and insert those instead of the coding.

Xartan

7:53 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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1. Use Firefox or Opera browsers and disable javascript. You need to test your site in these browsers anyway so you may as well use them.

Sorry to go a little off-topic here, but are you implying that you can't disable javascript in IE? It's under Security/Active Scripting. But of course it's a good idea to test with other browsers anyway.

Back on topic, I agree with the others. Disable it one way or the other if you're going to be doing a lot of page refreshing. I use php so re-activating it is just the flick of a variable.

OptiRex

8:03 pm on Jun 7, 2006 (gmt 0)



but are you implying that you can't disable javascript in IE?

Nope, it's just simpler in the other two and almost everyone builds using MSIE forgetting to check in FF, Opera, Safari etc therefore it makes for good construction practice to use several browsers.

turtlehurricane

12:32 am on Jun 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

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yup google has the right after 2 months of no clicks to terminate an account

webspidah

2:07 am on Jun 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

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google_adtest="on" will fix it.