Missing header in Adsense Ads

[the_nerd]

Google seems to be dropping the header lines of all 4 adwords displayed on my pages (It's on and off, so far I couldn't find a pattern behind this) . Since I don't use any background colors this means there is just black text on a white page and a tiny link underneath. I'm sure that doesn't improve click rate a lot.

Is that because of generic ads that ought to include the keywords? Anything I can do to get ther headlines back?

[edited by: the_nerd at 9:37 am (utc) on Nov. 24, 2003]

[Jenstar]

Did you recently install Norton Internet Security (or a similar program). They offer default ad-blocking, which blocks the headlines. This sounds exactly like what is happening to you.

AdSense invisible to Norton Internet Security users [webmasterworld.com]

[the_nerd]

Norton is installed on my machines - but switching it on and off doesn't change anything. Right now all the headers show. But anyway I think that's the right direction. Thanks for your "real-time" answer.

[Jenstar]

Try surfing to other AdSense sites and see if the same thing is happening. I believe Norton was blocking the page2 URLs but not the ones used for conversion tracking, unless they have updated it.

<added> This link [webmasterworld.com] has the two different URL styles Google uses. The first listed is definitely blocked by Norton, but the second one may not be. </added>

[peter andreas]

Hi,
I was going to post this topic too.

We have Norton Internet Security too (but don't a LOT of people have this?)

I have just started using adsense today after hanging on for a few weeks. Just put it on one page to see how it goes.

It was working OK this morning but I changed the position after having no clicks on several hundread impressions (it was below the screen and could only be seen by scrolling so no wonder perhaps)

When I rechecked although when I previe w the page in Front Page I see a nice clickable header (ie it works) when I see it on the actual down loaded page I can't see the headers and nothing happens when I try and click on the message below (ie it says go to url in the bottom bar) The only link that works is the ads by google link at the very top (sky scaper ).

I have altered the colours to suit my page so is the header hidden perhaps? Just used one of the standard schemes.

I know that I can't click on our own ads but I need to test its working OK.

I did notice this a few weeks ago on several sites I found and tried clicking on the adsense and nothing happened. IO didn't think too much about it at the time.

For some reason the ads appear OK on our iMac though? Is it anything to do with XP on IE V 6.0 2800.1106?

Also having trouble excluding a uRL no matter what I try I still see the same ad.

[peter andreas]

Sorry just turned the adblocking on and it works. But how many other people have this?

[Visit Thailand]

Hi peter_andreas

I have no idea of how many people use NIS but imagine it is a lot, almost everyone I know uses it.

[peter andreas]

I'm not being negative about adsense, its extremely easy to implement and the technology to serve relevant ads is great but for mejust a little bit of the shine has been knocked off as NIS must be everywhere.

[Visit Thailand]

That is precisely why NIS is everywhere it is to block ads, and other things I am sure they will get even better at it as time goes by.

Hopefully AdSense can try and stay one step ahead of the ad blockers!