iframe yet again

NOT really related to the topic below!

[Natashka]

This is a different question from the one asked below by 2PACroatia about iframe on disapproved page in foreign language, it's about displaying iframe on APPROVED page, so I started another topic for it.

I want to setup AdSense as a default (alternative) campaign for another ad network, and the only way to do so is to display it via iframe. The page is approved by Google.

I hope it is not cheating! After all, AdSense itself offers alternative ads, and we are supposed to display those through some html page, which is actually also iframe. Other ad networks do the same thing: you gotta put alternative ad in iframe, or display it via .js file.

I know they say their "targeting technology is not optimized to serve ads within an IFRAME". But I don't have any option. BTW, the ads they display via iframe are completely relevant to my site's content, so their technology with iframes is not so bad after all.

I think it wouldn't be fair if they suggested we display alternative ads in AdSense via their iframe, but didn't allow us to display THEM via iframe on other ad networks.

Does anybody display AdSense as a default campaign via iframe for Fastclick for example, or any other ad network? Any problems with that?

[mblair]

The Adsense docs state that the adcode must be in the same frame as the main content in order to dispaly relative ads. I would think this applys to Iframes, but Google could confirm.

Also, if you are doing that but both the content and ads are in an IFRAME you'll want to probably try clicking on the frames checkbox when setting up your AdSense code.

[Natashka]

I don't have any content in the iframe, not a single word. The page inside the iframe contains just AdSense code between body tags. When Fastclick doesn't have a paid banner to serve, they serve that page instead of a public unpaid ad. Just like AdSense does with their alternative ads.