PSA & Trivia on a keyword rich page ranking 1

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PSA & Trivia on a keyword rich page ranking 1

why?

darkyl

1:32 am on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

A page on a site in a very competitive niche has recently gained spot number 1 in the serps for a specific keyword.
The page is full of original and quality content and there are plenty of advertisers targeting that exact keyword (both in search and other sites).

Those same advertisers appear on every other article in the site with similar keywords.
Anyway since page reached number 1 spot, google is showing PSA's and trivia instead of the usual ads. All other pages on the sites (600+) are fine.

Any clue about why Google seems to think ads shouldn't be appearing on that page?

(Ps: Google mediapartner bot is not blocked by robots)

incrediBILL

2:22 am on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

-Traffic appears bogus or off target
-Insufficient ad inventory
-Blah ad nauseum

darkyl

9:58 am on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

Traffic comes 100% from Google itself, users search the exact title of the page and the content is totally relevant.

As I said there are tens of pertinent ads that appear on other sites and also other pages of my site...

piatkow

12:18 pm on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

There are lots of keywords on the page. Adsense doesn't always give the emphasis to them that you would like.

I used to run a site about "widget clubs in Freedonia" which came top on searches for variations of widgets + Freedonia. Readers interest would be in widgets. I got ads for sports clubs, night clubs, dating or property in Freedonia and very occasionally something about widgets.

The Adsense algorithm may be sophisticated but it lacks common sense.

IanCP

12:28 pm on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

number 1 in the serps for a specific keyword

In my experience a "keyword' alone is worth nothing.

"Key Phrases", YES

Now 500 million WebmasterWorld contributors will try and trash me.

I stand by my words.

IanCP

12:30 pm on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

Added:

"Keywords" went out with Alta Vista and others I can no longer remember.