Increase in Alternate Ads/PSA's?

Due to new Google ad?

[JohnKelly]

Has anyone noticed an increase in alternate ads starting about mid-week? It seemed to have coincided with the Google background graphic in the Adsense ads (though spot-checking my site hasn't turned up the new look).

That combined with a sudden drop (again) in EPC today is leaving me worried. My site gets enough traffic and is broad-based enough that any change can be immediately noted.

<added> Would change the ad style/size cause mediabot to return, possibly reducing alt ads? </added>

[Clark]

I don't know if that's it, but something is definitely causing a decline. I know everyone always says that your mileage may vary and can always point to someone whose numbers are up whenever others are down, but I just get the feeling there was a major change on their part recently.

[Jenstar]

I am not seeing a higher-than-normal volume of PSAs.

Not sure if getting mediabot to reindex the page will make a difference or not, but it couldn't hurt to try. Let us know if you notice a difference.