AdSense: Try before you Sell

[pmkpmk]

Hi,

anybody considering of participating in AdSense please have a look at:

http://google.blogspace.com/archives/000984

This handy tool shows you which ads Google would server for your URL. I was shocked to see that the ads served would actually drive business AWAY from me if somebody clicks them. So for the time being I refrain from AdSense.

But have a look for yourself.

[wkitty42]

funny, all i got was conferencing stuff and my site has nothing to do with conferencing, meetings, or such...

[JasonHamilton]

Unfortunately the ads displayed are not like what you'd see on your own website. The formatting is different, there is no "Ads by google" or related search links.

they need to do it in a tower format and banner format using normal adsense javascript for it to be of value.

[JasonHamilton]

I just fixed the issues I had with the previous poster's link, and made my own page, but it displays ACTUAL adsense ads that you'd see on your own site.
http://searchirc.com/adsense/

[jchampliaud]

I just fixed the issues I had with the previous poster's link, and made my own page, but it displays ACTUAL adsense ads that you'd see on your own site.

I tried your URL and when I typed in my web page the return was a blank page. I then tried it again but the http://searchirc.com/adsense/ URL is now also blank.

[shrirch]

Worked for me .. interesting thing is that the horizontal and vertical banner had different content.

Horizontal -- all related searches.
Vertical -- one ad and several related searches.

[JasonHamilton]

I was modifying it so that users who lacked iframe compliant browsers could also see. You might have hit it as I was saving.

Should be functional now.

[mat_bastian]

that was a joke peeps... (pretty funny one at that):)

EVERYBODY! REMOVE THE POCKET PROTECTORS AND STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

[pmkpmk]

Where's the difference between your page and the one I initially posted?

And... can you place the "enter URL" box on the result page as well - it saves one BACK-click :-)

[JasonHamilton]

pmkpmk, from the third post on this thread:

<<Unfortunately the ads displayed are not like what you'd see on your own website. The formatting is different, there is no "Ads by google" or related search links.>>

Your url also lacked display of both banner types.

[wkitty42]

hehehe, i got the same type ads, if not the very same ads with JH's link... conference calling and virtual meetings type stuff... definitely nothing at all to do with my site or what it represents... ROTFLMAO...

[pmkpmk]

For one special page I got

"Blank space provided by Google"

Unbelievable!

P.S. They serve ads in German too

[mat_bastian]

Every URL I entered ended up blank space by google.

I thought that was a joke... maybe I was was wrong.

[JasonHamilton]

Unknown pages get no ads.

The Mediapartners crawler visits the site around 2 mins after the first hit, then after N minutes, the site starts showing ads.

Try doing your search again on the same url you entered, in an hour.

[mat_bastian]

You're right. I thought you designed something that only showed blank ad panels. I was bowing down to your superior wit.

the real thing is cool though.

[pmkpmk]

Is it possible for your script to build in the "exclude pages" as well, or can this only be done from the Google-AdSense Configuration?

[JasonHamilton]

You'd have to link to your adsense account to do that.. Since I'm making up an adsense account ID, there is no way to do filters on the page.

[pmkpmk]

I thought so...

Actually I subscribed to AdSense today. I'm going to use it on a very small part on our site as a test-run, and I'm going to closely look at the visitor's behaviour. If it generates a small stream of revenue without much work - why not. If it annoys or drive away visitors I can stop it in an instant.