When I browse through my logs I see things like
[pagead2.googlesyndication.com...]
as the refering page. Clicking such a link just shows an AdSense banner with a few AdWords creatives.
I would really like to see the page my creative showed on.
Further more, what do all the key/value pairs on those url's mean? I see the following:
Client=<removed>
random=1234567891234
adsafe=high
alternate_add_url=<an url to doubleclick.net>
format=728x90_t_new
output=html
url=<some url on angelfire>
I advertise with lowlevel system tools, and I am a bit worried, because I see the strings "adult" and "sexualovertones" on the alternate_add_url.
Gert
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 7:05 pm (utc) on Dec. 13, 2003]
[edit reason] Removed specifics [/edit]
You are seeing clicks from AdSense ads.
That is, your ads are being shown (by Google) on sites containing your keywords.
Some further explanations:
> Client=<removed>
The AdSense client ID of the site displaying your ad
> random=1234567891234
Google garble
> adsafe=high
Not sure about this one... Any bidders?
> alternate_add_url=<an url to doubleclick.net>
The add this particular page would show if Google can't provide it with targeted AdSense ads.
> format=728x90_t_new
The format of the AdSense ad. In this case a leaderboard of 728x90 px probably shown on top of the page.
> output=html
what it says
> url=<some url on angelfire>
The url to the page showin your ad.
My main worry concerned the mention of "sexualovertones" and "adult", but as these words were in the alternate_add_url I guess I should not worry about them.
Gert
