Ads refuse to show up on my main page.

Nothing I do fixes it, but they show on other pages.

[littlecubpanda]

I put some Clickbank ads up, so maybe Google didn't like those?

Who knows. The main domain refuses to show ads. If I go to the main page html file address, it will show ads.

I get the feeling Google did something.

I removed all the newer clickbank ads so we'll see.

Anyone experience this?

[ken_b]

Have you tried another browser?

I had a situation where I could see ads in IE but not Firefox. Don't know why.

Eventually went back to being visible in FF too. MIght have been something I accidentally did to begin with.

[littlecubpanda]

I've checked other browsers -- not showing up. All my other sites they show up.

[littlecubpanda]

Coverage is around 25%... so it's showing up in the adsense stats that they are not showing. Really disturbing.

[Swanny007]

Double check the ad code, make sure you didn't miss a slash or end div tag or something.

[martinibuster]

Could be code conflicts, when the JS for one ad conflicts with that of another JS ad code.

Move the ads to different places or change how you place the ads in your page. Proximity of ad codes or the order that the JS ads are shown can cause the code conflict.

Also might try changing HOW they're displayed on the page. For example, try wrapping the ads in a div or a TD, see if that helps.

[netmeg]

Do they show up on other pages of your site?

Just for the heck of it, try temporarily disabling your antivirus program and see if they show up. I've had issues like that where a new update to Trend Micro or some other program will tank the ads for a while.

Do you have any kind of a slider on your home page that you don't have on other pages, or any other kind of widget?

[littlecubpanda]

It's got nothing to do with me -- Google is showing a low percentage of coverage in adsense.

I changed to display/text, and now it works, but all it shows is display.

Taking a big hit on earnings because of this, because text ads performed VERY well.

It's like Google just forced me to use image ads or I'm screwed.

[martinibuster]

It's got nothing to do with me...

But it's in your power to diagnose then to fix the problem. We have given you several possible reasons why this is happening. The next step is yours to diagnose each possibility and any others YOU might think of.

In the case of conflicting ads or a conflicting widget that's conflicting (like a social media widget served by JS, but not limited to that), try removing one of those then checking an hour later if the ads return. Test everything one at a time.

We'll be interested to hear about the progress after you have diagnosed the problem. We're trying to help you. Now do yourself a favor and act on our advice and figure this out. I really hope you fix this but you have to do your part.

Good luck!

[ember]

Are you using the asynch code? My editor puts the word "file" in front of the code so the ads won't show. Have to manually delete the word "file" to get them to appear. Very annoying.

[littlecubpanda]

Only DISPLAY/IMAGE ads will show.

It refuses to show text ads. So it's got nothing to do with JS code or any problem there.

Google is FORCING me to only show display ads and nothing else.

[Lame_Wolf]

Google is FORCING me to only show display ads and nothing else.

The problem *must* lie at your end, and not Google's, otherwise we would all be complaining about it.

[littlecubpanda]

Maybe there's code on the page screwing with the text ads, only other possibility.

[Lame_Wolf]

Make sure your code passes validation. That will rule out some possibilities.
Once it is valid, try again.
If it fails, strip the page of all content, leaving just the bare bones and the adsense code.

If it works, then add the content bit by bit - testing each time.

I don't think it is because of stop words, as that will/should prevent any Adsense advert from appearing.

I don't think that it is because someone reported the page for violations, as that will also prevent any Adsense from showing.

BTW, I take it that the site isn't WP or a Blog.

[Lame_Wolf]

Try using the following code. Change littlecubpanda to your own ID.

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-littlecubpanda";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
google_color_border = "232323";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "0000FF";
google_color_url = "0000FF";
google_color_text = "660000";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

Adverts will appear instantly, and you can manually alter the size if need be.

added:
One more thing, for some reason, Google altered the code about a month or so ago. It no longer has http: in it.

Change...
<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

to...
<script async src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

Worth a try.

[littlecubpanda]

@ Lame Wolf

Doesn't work -- blank space.

[littlecubpanda]

Oh this is odd -- it does show up on the other pages which include the header where I put the text code you provided.

But it refuses to show on the /main.html landing page.

Ridiculous. There must be something else within the main page that's blocking it.

[littlecubpanda]

Since it's a godaddy web builder page, it's hard to edit. Can't even change the main landing page to a different one. I'll have to call them.

[littlecubpanda]

It doesn't matter if I change the home page to a different page that actually shows text ads -- once its the main page that the domain goes to, IT WON'T SHOW THEM.

My god this is awful. It doesn't matter WHAT the home page is -- it could be a separate blank page -- if you use the main domain to access it, it WON'T SHOW TEXT ADS. Everything else shows them.

[littlecubpanda]

Called godaddy, nothing on their end.

[avalon37]

One of the sites I manage experiences similar things. In certain ad locations Google is essentially "forcing" display only impressions even when text is selected to show as well. It's not 100% display only impressions, but it's pretty close. Google seems to latch on to certain ad locations and defy even splits, or even close to even splits, when it comes to impressions types.

[jbayabas]

You have stop words on the main page or your site is new. Let me guess, your site is not more than 6 month old?

[netmeg]

Stop words should stop all ads, not just text ads.

There's nothing in the code that should show one type of ad over the other - that's determined by the settings you selected when you created the ad unit, and ad "auction" of what's the highest paying ad available for that placement.

Create a NEW ad unit, that is text only, and put it in that spot.

And if you are eligible, you can also email AdSense support. They'll know better than anyone here. It's not unheard of for AdSense to have a bug; I apparently uncovered one having to do with ad styles last month.

[littlecubpanda]

All ad serving has been stopped according to this site:

[ctrlq.org...]

No ads at all show up for my domain.

Maybe Google shut down ad serving on the site? I had a big vertical ad at the top that required you to scroll a bit for more content, maybe that was a violation in their eyes?

But any other page on the site showed text and display ads just fine.

The main site would still show DISPLAY ads about 60% of the time.

It's very confusing.

And yes, I've created multiple NEW text ad units and that doesn't work.

I get the feeling Google just said "no ads for this domain" or something. But... why do display ads show? Very odd.

Someone in the Google support forums got on my case about all this when I asked the question about it, and seemed convinced ad serving as stopped because they felt my ads were poorly placed. They didn't explain why display ads keep showing.

[littlecubpanda]

What would "stop" words me? I do use the words "nude" and "#*$!" I believe, so maybe that's it? Yes, I will be removing those words, and no, the site has no nudity or #*$! on it or anything remotely near it.

[littlecubpanda]

The site is about exactly six months ago.

[littlecubpanda]

Yep, display ads still showing, also got a click on one today.

Bizarre. I'm going with all display for now. Better that than nothing.

If the domain had been blacklisted by Google, or "stop" words were preventing ads -- how could display ads still be showing and working?

Makes no sense.

[ember]

Have you taken netmeg's advice and contacted support directly?

[jbayabas]

Told you so. Remove those stop words and wait for three days. Googlebot is usually having issues indexing new sites depending on location. You won't have this problem in a year that is if you keep updating your site.

Also make sure to allow Googlebot in your htaccess root file.

[littlecubpanda]

I may contact support soon.

The image only ad shows up 75% of the time. C'est tres bizarre.

I bet it's those stop words. I'm using the godaddy web site builder, not sure about the htaccess file.