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I apologize in advance for the cluelessness of this question, but going from being a programmer to learning about web marketing and sales is a bit like trying to drink from a firehose.
Note that you can implement channels via a JS parameter which will allow you to differentiate stats for sites A and B (or individual pages, sections of sites, ad layouts, etc. See the AdSense publisher interface for details.
Then the accounts would be in different names and it's not a problem.
Google emailed everyone with multiple accounts asking them to combine them, or Google would do it for them [webmasterworld.com] once the channels feature was launched. Even having different bank accounts for different sites wasn't good enough reason because the channels could be used to determine the amounts for each site.
Not entirely true, from my experience. Strange as it may sound, I have seen a newly added site adopt the "theme" of another site on that account, and use it all day long before changing themes to the new site (for no obvious reason).
No explanation, but there is no doubt the assumed theme came from site A (it was a very unique theme).
I emailed google and asked about combining accounts after channels came out, and they responded that i could keep both. I never have heard a single word from google requesting only one account. I plan on keeping both until channel data is updated as other stats are updated, as it makes it an absolute headache to seperate the two in any type of timely manner. I am happily making Google pay an extra 37 cents plus printing fees for an additional check as an incentive for them to make channels more usable.
"Google emailed everyone with multiple accounts asking them to combine them, or Google would do it for them once the channels feature was launched. Even having different bank accounts for different sites wasn't good enough reason because the channels could be used to determine the amounts for each site. "
That is 10000% false. I am not sure where you thought this up, but it is wrong. I was never asked, i approached google first, not the other way around.
No explanation, but there is no doubt the assumed theme came from site A (it was a very unique theme). "
I have also had this happen many times, i do not think it is any kind of glitch. Even with new pages using the same code on the same domain, ads to the overall theme of the site will display before targeted ads are used, even if the content has nothing to do with the ads. Each time I add a page away from the "main theme" of one of my sites, i get a certain set of the same general ads time and time again. I kind of like this opposed to having PSA's show up until actual targted ads show up. I would rather have non targeted revenue ads than PSA's any day of the week.
To clarify my original problem, I have two content driven networks, and every site in both networks has a store that is essentially the same. I'd like ads in the store to reflect the overall content of the site that they serve, even though the store itself draws its information from the same database no matter which network it's placed in. Is there any way to achieve that or will the AdSense ads always just reflect the contents of the store and not the site that it is attached to? Are there any other ways to achieve what I'm trying to do (serve content-appropriate ads in the store based on the content of the overall site)?
Thanks again everyone!
That is 10000% false. I am not sure where you thought this up, but it is wrong.
That came straight from Google, although apparently minor differences in accounts caused some people not to receive the form email they sent out back in March (one person also used a middle name with one account, and didn't receive the form letter, for example). I know many, many people did receive this email (you can see in the thread I posted earlier).
If they allowed you to keep more than one account, you were one of the lucky ones ;) I heard from many who weren't allowed to keep multiple accounts, and they were quite upset about it.
I have also had this happen many times, i do not think it is any kind of glitch. Even with new pages using the same code on the same domain, ads to the overall theme of the site will display before targeted ads are used, even if the content has nothing to do with the ads.
I'm aware that this happens - it happens on my sites too. I should have mentioned that in my first post to this thread. But I've never seen ads on my site B themed to my site A. And from your post it's not clear whether you have either. In any case, if/when that occurs I think it's right to call it a glitch since I assume that Google isn't purposely showing ads themed for site A on site B and if aware of it would likely want to correct that bug.
The Adwords advertisers sets the price. Then Smart Pricing kicks in, which may or may not adjust this price downward.
It is not done on account-wide basis, and it is not done on a site-wide basis, at least not in absolute dollar terms. It is possible that a percentage multiplier is applied evenly to your EPC, but I don't think so.
The info provided by Google indicates that Smart Pricing is calculated separately for each ad on each page it is displayed on.
I have 8 different websites and they each have a different average EPC. I also use a private tracking script. Across the individual sites, my EPC varies depending on which pages of the sites generated the clicks.
