I too saw a couple of PSA's showing up but its only on a few pages as far as I can see it. (Basically its on our support forum)

My eCPM has been pitiful since Jan. 1 but I'm not seeing blank ads or PSA's. My CTR is basically unchanged, has your CTR dropped as well?

Anyone Else Seeing a LOT of PSA ads or blank units?

Nothing untowards what I can see in the UK, I have no idea how they're looking elsewhere, it's nearly an impossible task to ascertain that.

pagead2.googlesyndication.com is timing out on and off
and so are pages with Google ads
Too many alternate ads are being displayed now
Pages without ads loading fine

[edited by: Hobbs at 4:15 pm (utc) on Jan. 8, 2009]

ok just got fixed all displaying normal again

I noticed slow ad serving yesterday which really really hurt my sites as the site content did not load. Also a lot of mis-targeting. But I did _not_ see any blank spots (keeping fingers crossed).

I noticed slow ad serving yesterday which really really hurt my sites as the site content did not load.

You can use css and div to load content first followed by ads.

I'm not seeing an unusual number of blank spots, but I am seeing some poor targeting and some REALLY BAD geo-targeting.

Adsense for search is today paying out in pennies rather than dollars.

I did see a few PSA adverts but on someone elses site. An established site and an established page.

Adsense for search is today paying out in pennies rather than dollars.

I never see any consistency in these revenue EPCs since one never knows what the visitor is searching for. FWIW this month my lowest Search EPC has been USD 0.03 and highest USD 0.62, not much of a spread eh? :-)

I never see any consistency in these revenue EPCs since one never knows what the visitor is searching for.

True, but over a period you would know what an average day would be.

FWIW this month my lowest Search EPC has been USD 0.03 and highest USD 0.62, not much of a spread eh? :-)

Let's say that my average would be 10c - Today would be a 10-20th of that, and in some cases zero. Very weird day.

Anyone in the auto Industry seeing a lack major auto makers ads

Getting replaced with the typical lower quality ads

dauction, yes. Seeing a lack of ad revenue to be more specific ;-)

[edited by: Swanny007 at 2:35 am (utc) on Jan. 9, 2009]

Seeing a lack of ad revenue to be more precise ;-)

You've been looking at my stats today? :)

Yikes..........

Highest unemployment numbers since AdSense started, economy in the tank, consumers not spending....I mean how can advertising be high?