Did we scare off AdSenseAdvisor?

He's been MIA for 10+ days now

[twinsrul]

Has anyone heard from AdSenseAdvisor on the recent changes? Maybe we can get an update from him as to what's going on with the chaos that is the "new" AdSense program? I'd sure many others like myself would like to hear from a real google employee as to whats going on.

[sezampicika]

Yes, yes... We scare him off ;)

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[edited by: Jenstar at 9:51 am (utc) on April 11, 2004]
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[Jenstar]

Please don't forget that AdSenseAdvisor is a volunteer here. As always, if you have any concerns that you would like an AdSense team response on, you should contact the AdSense team directly, either via email or through the contact us feature in your AdSense account.

[steve40]

Hi
I expect you have been following some of the many other threads re: changes in adsense since 1st April and noticed you have kept clear of the hundreds of posts,
I believe most on this forum respect and thank you for giving your time to the forum.
It must be difficult for google at the moment and due to some of the emmotive posts may be why they do not wish to post re: the issues .
But would it be possible to look at and comment on a couple of the following
I have looked through the thousands of posts in the last 10 days and it seems like comes down to just a few issues

Many of the posters wish to be able to chooses a broad catagory for adds but I am not sure how that could be implemented without the adds themselves being catagorised which i suspect advertisers may not want to do . ( it may be worth Google just saying this is not possible and telling publishers to live with it or find alternative revenue streams )

I personally think some of the biggest fears are adult toy type or gambling adds slipping through onto child friendly sites which maybe google could and should do something about

I have watched the changes in targetting over the last 10 days and have noticed google have tried 3 site wide catagories and have then chosen through an algo the best fit for the site and it seems to have worked my CTR increased , my CPC decreased but my own belief is CTR is the best indicator of add relevence to a sites visitors so if CPC is lower not googles fault just that catagory does not pay as high

I am unsure of the issues of higher or lower payments for different publishers relating to ROI for advertisers as there are a number of other changes that seem to have been happened at the same time including external forces i.e. spring break easter etc

steve

[peterdaly]

I am sure he (she?) is letting the dust settle from the April 1st change. I don't blame them. Would you want to post in the midst of what we just went through? That's hard job even if it was one, and this isn't ASA's real job IIRC.

[blaze]

I doubt he's a volunteer. Companies don't really let people volunteer to do that kind of stuff and they often have implicit agreements with certain employees to use a small amount of their work time to respond in forums.

However, on the other hand, I really doubt he's allowed to say anything beyond what's been released in faqs, TOS's, news releases, etc.

And anyways, generally you can glean more from what these company diplomats don't say rather than what they do say.

[4eyes]

If there isn't a positive spin to be made, then we can't expect them to post anything. Not being cynical, its just practical business sense on their part.

Why volunteer to take a good kicking?

[jomaxx]

I've seen posts in the AdWords forum.

[Webwork]

The compassionate version of "I don't care" is that version that allows you to stay focused on your mission, to deliver the good that you set out to produce, no matter the circumstance. Discovering your capacity to care deeply while not caring at all is often essential to performing great works.

If AA is out there reading here's my 2cents: Educate the masses. Forget fixing people's problems. Forget policy discussions. Forget I want, I need, me-me-me. Forget the questions that are really just complaints.
Just offer education on your terms, which terms you don't even need to articulate.

There is likely to be great value in such an approach.

You don't have to do anything at all except be true to your mission on the terms that you define for yourself. If you do that you will be satisfied and that's what matters.

I hope AdSense advisor returns to educate on his/her own terms, with a compassionate capacity to ignore, gloss over, deflect, not respond to the hoo-hah and rabble.

Possibly an appropriate message for Easter Sunday ;-)

[258cib]

Possibly an appropriate message for Easter Sunday ;-)

Indeed it is.

[Jenstar]

Please remember no pleas to Google employees, as per the charter [webmasterworld.com] - you can always contact Google directly with your concerns.