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I for one do not like that as people may click on that rather than the ad.
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In fact I have now just seen one add that had no ads but just a whole bunch of links for related searches.
Is it temporary bug or what?
I didn't like "related keywords".
I just lost "Ads by Google", too.
Is it good or not?
2. One page with 1 paid ad, and (wait for it) ten (10) related searches!
chiyo, that is interesting. Right from the new section on related searches from their AdSense FAQ
As part of the AdSense program, Google may suggest up to two relevant search queries below the AdWords ads on your website
It makes the whole page look horrible - will definitely be removing it from that page.
Google has, for the first time, infuriated me by putting more free ads for them on my site than ads that I can earn from.
Well targeted affiliate ads make almost as much money for the big time webmaster who has the skill to implement it.
What made me use AdSense was the ease of use. The "Ads by Google" already bothered me.
The new overbearing idiocy by Google has so infuriated my clients that we will now not use AdSense or AdWords.
Also from the google FAQ: "If we do not yet have relevant ad inventory or have not yet crawled your web pages for content, related searches may appear in place of ads."
itisgene, you're mistaken on that one. Ads by google has always been there, and the old code isn't going to remove it. Might be a fluke, but using the old code, or the new definable color code, both have related searches output on them.
this is weird.
The one that I put the colored code has no "ads by google" or related keywords.
However, my other sites with adsense (I didn't put any modified codes into them) are showing the "ads by google" AND "related keywords".
It might be a fluke but I like it better.
The codes on my sites look exactly same but are showing different ads.
Interesting.
For a serious site with serious content I personally am very offended by that it is like they are taking the **** and looks as if I have allowed Google to specifically show blank spaces on my site.
Would a user understand why it says 'This blank space is brought to you by Google' I am sure that is going to confuse users why is Google giving me a blank space. Should we thank them for providing such interesting information.
I also think that message reflects badly on Google.
I hope some of these tweaks are temporary as I am getting very uncomfotable.
Ive always had a nagging feeling that certain other search engines may "quietly" downgrade rankings of pages that had adsense code in them because of the adwords link. Now it may not be good for their credibility if it was "known", but sneaky tricks are not impossible. Now the up to 10 links straight to google searches on each adsense page, would make me wonder (if i was running a competitive search engine) why my SERPs should feature these pages to a great extent.
Its a consipracy theory, bu what the heck, im a business person too, and people have done far worse to me in the past. :)
The whole search engine, PPC and content-based-ad-delivery" market is getting more valuable, more defined (with just a few competitors now - having gone through their M&A stage) and possibly REALLY dirty (than ever before) in coming months.
Remember, the spammers don't have real sites, it's just crap thrown together to get clicks. If their clicks are lowered? So what, it's still free cash. something for nothing is better than nothing.
Legit websites are the ones who'll be hurt, and leave.
