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Whatever they did, it's now including some kind of embedded active-x object, even when it's just text ads.
Not surprisingly, many personal firewalls are filtering this out by default.
My impressions and clicks are definitely down.
Anyone else seeing that trend?
Also ad serving appear normal so far from the stats.
(this has nothing to do with the code placed in your pages, I am talking about the code returned by google within the iframe they generate)
These are text ads and not graphics ads. They definitely changed something.
I'll watch over the next few days to see if anyone else reports strangeness.
[edited by: amznVibe at 4:01 am (utc) on May 23, 2007]
I am talking about the code returned by google within the iframe they generate.
To add a detail, they are now adding JAVA for mozilla users and activex for IE users.
Anyone who is smart enough to disable java and activex by default (or their personal firewall disables it for them) in their browsers will now no longer see adsense ads - or get a security warning which is even worse as it makes your site look bad.
I'm not crazy, I've triple checked this.
Google changed something and it's not a good change.
Other people will pick up on this sooner or later.
Have you tested this on other machines, or in another network?
When something like this happen.
- Check other websites, not only yours.
- Check in other computers, not only yours.
- To get a third impartial opinion, use Opera in your tests as well.
I bet it is something installed in your computer.
To add a detail, they are now adding JAVA for mozilla users and activex for IE users.
marcel:
With Javascript disabled no Ads, but that is to be expected :)
with javascript disabled - of course it doesn't work!
how about when you disable java?
It may have been experimental like how they tinker with the search format from time to time and we randomly get a different layout for awhile.
edit: ok, nevermind
I remember awhile back in these rooms, Norton was also causing a stink about adsense ads being blocked. Could that again be the case if you are running Norton Internet Security?
FWIW, I read on another message board that NIS no longer blocks affiliate links (don't know about AdSense) because their own affiliate links were being blocked once they started an affiliate program. So apparently affiliate links were a security hazard until Norton entered the fray. Yet another reason to not trust Norton at all.
If that were the case, we'd have others reporting that their stats were down.heeh, must have glossed over this part eh?
edit: ok, nevermind
amznVibe, for what ever it was worth, i tried it in IE6, IE7 and FF, during the time you reported and was not seeing any issues. But good to see that its working again now.
If you look at the adsense iframe source, you'll see the following string:
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader
which invokes the aforementioned activex control. I'm not sure whether this is the cause of the problem you described, but that is something to consider.
You can find lots of background on this if you search for DXImageTransform and PNG using your fave search engine.
[edit: add background info]
with javascript disabled - of course it doesn't work!
how about when you disable java?
As I stated I only tested with IE7, which was not affected by JAVA according to the OP...
yes i missed that detail in the "technology matrix"...
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And unfortunately, you still managed to not address the issue concerning NIS,
FWIW, I read on another message board that NIS no longer blocks affiliate links (don't know about AdSense)
other then give a personal opinion on the business model of NIS.
If that were the case, we'd have others reporting that their stats were down.
No one did.
Now if you still have to have the last word...
