Google Trivia?

[robzilla]

Today I noticed an Adsense ad that did not not have a regular text ad in it, but a bolded question ("What is the biggest spider?"), and in the bottom right corner it said "Google Trivia". When I clicked on the question, I was forwarded to the Google results page for "what is the biggest spider"

I have never seen this before, and couldn't find any reference to it. Perhaps an alternative to the public service ads? I'm not sure if I want those trivia questions appear on my website - they probably get more clicks than PSAs.

I checked the code and it was a legitimate Adsense ad. This was on a Dutch website, by the way.

[FillDeCube]

I guess the ads shows up when no suitable ads appears..

[Jenstar]

In countries that do not have any PSAs currently applicable to them, AdSense runs these trivia questions in place of the PSAs you would see in US/Canada/UK etc.

[elsewhen]

I'm not sure if I want those trivia questions appear on my website

i suspect that using collapsing ad units would take care of the problem.

[robzilla]

Ah, I see. Well, if they only show for non-US/UK/Canada visitors, I don't really mind.

Thanks for clearing that up =)