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I would think not, since not only would Google consider those competing ads, but I'm sure the other content-targetted provider would not allow it either.
I'd like to know if there are other affiliate-like or PPC programs that can be used as alternates ads on AdSense.
I do not use them as Alts, but rather on pages where Google's ToS forbids using Adsense (blogs, for example).
I only started using FocusIn lately, and it performs at about 0.07 - 0.08 CPM (counting CPM and CPC ads) for 468x60 banners with no popup as default. Poor performance, but certainly better than nothing
ads that mimic the look and feel of AdSense ads cannot be used as an alternate ad
Blue_Fin, I know that Jenstar also said something like that (to my knowledge, that statement is based on an email that one (1) member of this forum got from Google).
What determines the look and feel of Adsense ads?
Adsense ads are text ads, so there are only a few parameters involved: font face/size and color scheme.
Is it forbidden to use Arial/Helvetica in alternate ads, because this font is used in Adsense ads?...
Is it forbidden to use a specific color scheme that I already use for Adsense ads?... If so: what if I use a different color scheme for all my pages?
This doesn't make sense.
Also, if you go to the Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs [webmasterworld.com] forum, there are more references to different programs that could be used as alternative ads for Google, but that Google has said they would violate their terms to be used as alternative ads or running on the same page as AdSense.
I wish that there was an ‘Alternate Ads’ for each size of ads.
You can have a different Alternative Ad for every page, if you want! But I just have generic ones, one for each size: alternative_leader.html, alternative_banner.html, etc.
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you can redirect to an script of your own .. then you can show based on you own also.
wish that there was an ‘Alternate Ads’ for each size of ads.
There is. You are not limited to the number of alternate ads sizes you have. I have one for each ad size I use.
Blue_Fin, I know that Jenstar also said something like that (to my knowledge, that statement is based on an email that one (1) member of this forum got from Google).What determines the look and feel of Adsense ads?
Adsense ads are text ads, so there are only a few parameters involved: font face/size and color scheme.
Is it forbidden to use Arial/Helvetica in alternate ads, because this font is used in Adsense ads?...
Is it forbidden to use a specific color scheme that I already use for Adsense ads?... If so: what if I use a different color scheme for all my pages?
tombola: I went back and forth with Google with several different formats until they finally allowed one that was just a plain white space filled with text and a link.
They disallowed any ad type that had the ads separated with color like in their 120x600 ad, even if all the text was the same color and centered rather than left-justified.
They disallowed any ad type that was the same color scheme I use for my Adsense ads.
They disallowed any ad type that had a color bar across the top, even if it said "ADVERTISEMENTS" and not "Sponsored Links" or "Ads by Me."
They said that any ad format that could be generated using their ad generator color system was not allowed.
They said that if, at a glance, the average user might think they looked like AdSense ads, it was not allowed. From the different ad types I ran by them, "looking like AdSense ads" is pretty broad. Like I said, the only one they approved was plain white space. Somewhere on the board here I posted a sort of example of what they looked like. They're pretty ugly, IMHO, but they disallowed everything else. :-(
With that said, there are about a bazillion sites out there using alternate ads that look almost exactly like the Adsense ads they show on their sites, so I don't know how strict Google is on enforcing their "look and feel." Since I asked them, though, and they specifically told me that I couldn't use the variations I came up with, I'm stuck with it.
It seems to work, the "alt" banner ad has a 2.3% conversion rate.
>>Remeamber you are pasting the script code into each page you use ad sense<<
Oh yea, DUH! Obviously I didn’t. Thanks. I didn’t even think about that. Gaseous brain discharge ya know :-(
For people like me, they may want to put a little text indicating that.
They said that any ad format that could be generated using their ad generator color system was not allowed.
That's why it doesn't make sense to me: you can generate almost ALL color schemes with their color palette (incl. black on white).
All I can do is report what I was told, whether it makes sense or not. :-)
It is a bit irksome, though.
"You may use whatever ads you would like for your alternate ads. Only Google AdWords ads may not be used as your AdSense alternate ads."
Not sure what the last part means though?
-Marie
"You may use whatever ads you would like for your alternate ads. Only Google AdWords ads may not be used as your AdSense alternate ads."Not sure what the last part means though?
The last bit means that you can't set it up so that the alternate ad URL calls something with AdSense on it already. :-)
The first bit is in pretty direct opposition to what I was told, so I've emailed Google again for clarification. :-)
I had emailed Google again, because the ads provided by MarketBanker look exactly like the default AdSense ads, which Google had previously told me were unacceptable. I showed them a test URL with the MarketBanker ads, and asked them to confirm that it was okay, and they said .... (drum roll please) that they were fine.
So.
According to them this time, you can use anything that is not AdSense (or Google Adwords ads of any kind) itself and that does not say "Ads by Google" on it for your alternate ads.
This is pretty cool, and is quite a change from their previous stance in my emails to them.
JK
