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Why would AdSense display a term in AdLinks if there are no ads? By the way - there are ads - you can do a direct search on the term and there are many ads.
FarmBoy
My guess is that the term you click on is based on the actual content of the page. When you get to the AdLinks landing page, the system can't fill it with relevant ads, so it throws in the search instead. Just a guess. I haven't seen this happen.
When you get to the AdLinks landing page, the system can't fill it with relevant ads, so it throws in the search instead.
So if there are no ads, why display the term in AdLinks?
And after being "thrown to search", does the AdSense publisher earn anything from the visitor's future clicks?
By the way, I just went back to one of the sites, clicked on the same AdLink and presto - there appeared a page full of ads. Maybe it's just a sometimes thing that visitors don't see ads when they click on AdLinks.
FarmBoy
So if there are no ads, why display the term in AdLinks?
Because it matches the content on your page. It's also possible that there are ads available, but the system has a built-in fallback when there is a delay of a certain period of time--it puts up the search.
And after being "thrown to search", does the AdSense publisher earn anything from the visitor's future clicks?
Yes, the visitor is still within the Adlinks system. The visitor just gets to choose their own terms.
By the way, I just went back to one of the sites, clicked on the same AdLink and presto - there appeared a page full of ads. Maybe it's just a sometimes thing that visitors don't see ads when they click on AdLinks.
That supports what I said above. But as I said, I'm just speculating. Only Google knows how this works, and they ain't talking.
