Adsense descriptions showing up in SERP snippets

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Adsense descriptions showing up in SERP snippets

Will the circle be unbroken

john316

2:54 am on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

I'm beginning to see SERPs influenced by Adwords via Adsense. I didn't realize the ads were spidered for google consumption.

The google searcher gets a double whammy of ad presentation (well, actually a triple whammy).

cdkrg

3:37 am on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Can you expound on this? I think they are not spidered and the applications are linked.

The spidering of a javascript-written inline frame would be big news.

skipfactor

3:39 am on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

That could be a problem or a blessing, depending on the SERP. Quick way to indirectly get into the free Goggle index (through "uncrawled" AdWords). Smells like a lawsuit, but something tells me this is temporary. ;)

justageek

10:53 am on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

john316 - please do share your findings. I always assumed that one day we would see sites with AdSense inch closer to the top of the free index.

JAG

john316

12:54 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hey JAG

Can't post URL's but an example would be a page that is about the moon now ranking well for "moon polish" with the only on page text for moon polish being inserted by Adsense.

The moon information publisher is now considered by the algo to be a source for commercial moon products by virtue of KW stuffing courtesy of google Adwords.

Maybe what is between the Adsense script tags is just as important as what is between the H1s?

martinibuster

1:05 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Shhhhhh.

creative craig

1:11 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

If this is true then its going to help me for a few sites ;) extra keyword density for one

justageek

1:15 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hmmmm.

john316

1:18 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

>Shhhhhh.

Can save a bunch of time on KW research now ;).

celerityfm

1:27 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Its too late, posting here means you've all but guaranteed this bug will be fixed.

Personally I hope it does get fixed, money and SERPs don't mix.

justageek

1:38 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Its too late, posting here means you've all but guaranteed this bug will be fixed

Bug? As Microsoft would say....it's a feature. The higher the rank in the free index the more likely to generate revenue for Google by sending traffic to AdSense carrying sites ;-)

JAG

creative craig

1:45 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Bug? As Microsoft would say....it's a feature.

lol ;)

novice

2:11 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

Looking at the site gives me the impression that it shows up with the moon polish search because the page contains the keywords moon and polish. On the page it shows the Polish Calendar and discusses phases of the moon.

john316

2:18 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

novice:

I really wasn't referring to a real moon site, just an "WebmasterWorld correct" sanitized example.

I guess I should have stuck to the perennial favorite "widget".

seaboy

3:04 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

It does seem to be true - you can test it by finding any ad that has been running for a while (ie a couple of weeks at least), searching for an exact match for some unique text in that ad.

justageek

5:16 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

The spidering of a javascript-written inline frame would be big news

There would be no need for spidering as Google already knows what advertisement has been displayed. Just mix it with the spidered data and it's all there.

JAG

john316

5:21 pm on Sep 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

>There would be no need for spidering as Google already knows what advertisement has been displayed. Just mix it with the spidered data and it's all there.

I'm seeing the same thing with OV ads on yahoo! pages.

Ads are winning the day!