We're seeing the same kinds of things, and often it looks like ads are being cached (the same ad block being shown on interior pages. If this is happening it's a MAJOR problem for adsense but nobody here seems to be concerned.

Also, targeting clearly looks at site theme, and a lot of times we see site themed ads, and not page specific ads.

One of these days, I have to contact adsense direct on this.

If I understand the issue correctly, I've had this problem in the past and what sometimes works for me is to take the ads off the home page for a few days (2 - 3).

<!-- google_ad_section_start --> Topic <!-- google_ad_section_end -->

>>>YOu have to refresh the article few times to show related ads.<<<

do the ads stay targeted for several days, after you do the refresh?

I'm having the same problem - ads are way off target - however, my problem is? How do you set the <topic> in a blog site and where?

Adsense Not Targeting Articles on Sub-Category Pages

- do you have framed content?
- do you have framed ads?
- do you have javascript links?
- does the adsense bot crawl regularly on these pages?
- do you have many page views per visitor?

moTi,

I have none of these.

It seems that this is a common problem and if Google fixes this we can run the program more efficiently.

I already contacted Adsense today, have not heard from them yet. It would be great if you guys do the same, so they know that this is a common problem and allocate resources to fix it.