Hidden "Ads by google" text

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Hidden "Ads by google" text

poisonerbg

11:01 pm on Nov 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hi all,
in last time i see in many sites "Ads by google" text is hidden.
The adsense code is in a <div align="center"> for example and the text gone hidden. If you drag down with the mouse, you can see the text. Is this is against adsense tos. I think many webmasters just want to center the ads and hide the text without to want do this.
I am using <center> tag and my text is visible.

joelgreen

11:32 pm on Nov 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

I have seen this also on leaderboard ad format, but it is Google's issue I think. They just show too many text in the hard-coded size space, so "Ads by Google" label moves down.
Until recently they did not show urls in leaderboard format when 4 ads were shown. They only were displaying urls when leaderboard contained 3, 2, or 1 ad. Now they show urls even when 4 ads are displayed, so it does not fit correctly.

greatstart

11:51 pm on Nov 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

I saw a site hidding the "Ads by Google" and "Advertise on this site" text on a leaderboard ad by modifying the code.

It's suppose to be: google_ad_height = 90;
but it shows: google_ad_height = 79;

Should I report this TOS violation to Google?

moTi

2:47 am on Nov 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

as has been mentioned, sometimes the leaderboards are overfilled with text and the label moves out of sight. that's not publisher's fault.

however, hiding "ads by google" by altering the code or messing up the div is against the tos. you can report it if you like.

[edited by: moTi at 3:05 am (utc) on Nov. 9, 2006]

swa66

7:52 pm on Nov 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

Personally I don't care what other publishers do as I feel it's between Google and them. OTOH it does affect the general image of the publishers.

If I'd find one of those modifying the code on a "arbitrage" site advertising with me, I'd not hesitate a fraction of a second to report it.
I want them arbitrage sites out of business ...

poisonerbg

11:44 am on Nov 11, 2006 (gmt 0)

ohh, <center> tag is the same. I try and <table align="center"> and it also hide the text.
How you guys center your ads?

swa66

2:44 am on Nov 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

ohh, <center> tag is the same. I try and <table align="center"> and it also hide the text.
How you guys center your ads?

I use neither of those methods, but use CSS instead for a few years now (for just about every layout aspect that is, I love to have my content separated from the presentation).