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ad preview tool from Google practically useless

needs improvements, some suggestions...

         

amznVibe

4:32 pm on Jan 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Has anyone noticed that the ad preview tool from Google has become practically useless?

Sometimes you get ads on the real page that don't even appear in the preview.
I even have one page that gets completely different ads than what is previewed.

And of course if you get visitors from around the world, the regional ads are completely out of your sight.
They could be showing ads for a direct competitor for all you know.

For anyone that hasn't installed one of the click tracking scripts, I highly recommend it.
Then you will see just how large this problem is becoming.

I'd like to see a much more intelligent preview tool available to publishers.
Give us a drop down selection to simulate large regions (north USA, south USA, London, Paris, Japan, etc). Make it easy for us to see the real vs hidden URL and make it so we can block an ad with a checkbox instead of copy and paste.

Of course I need to rant about giving us better filters but that was another topic entirely. ;)

beggers

5:54 pm on Jan 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Where is this tool?

nuevojefe

4:33 am on Jan 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



beggers,

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