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I couldn't believe I was actually adding "google.com" into my competitive ad filter.
It was blowing my mind that I was actually forced to filter the company serving the ads!
Somehow it just seemed wrong, very very wrong.
Did this happen to anyone else?
They probably would have lasted longer if they had been CPM ads, but they weren't. They were showing up on everything, including pages that were well targeted before, and usually in the top ad position.
Considered the impact of serving personalized ads before filtering imo
Did you consider that the ads you see may be different from the ads your visitors see. For example, if you looked at the NexusOne phone on the google site you may be seeing the ad based on that visit and personalized ads.
Yes.
I blocked them long before personalized ads came about.
The fact that it shows up at the top of the preview tool also tells me that it isn't just personalized ads.
Google is flooding the market, and they are going overboard.
I'm certainly noticing them on every *Google* property I have occasion to visit, though. They should look into frequency capping. If I don't click on it the first time, I probably won't the 200th time either.
But not a single Nexus 1 ad there.
Here is something to consider. Will their Nexus 1 conversion data result in new tweaks to the AdSense network?
Perhaps they hit their monthly budget limit already. ;-)
Very funny, but also to the point. We really don't know how they pay, do we? And, of course, those buying ads...
But, thus it was every so. If the newspaper in the 1970s wanted to promote something, it got promoted!
If GOOG were "favoring" the content of adsense materials (...) would that be strictly ethical?
It would, if they pay a market conform eCPM, i.e. compensate the lower CTR with a high price per click. Unfortunately I have seen no reports yet of the actual CPC they pay for these ads.
I personally saw a CTR drop of 40% and eCPM drop by 60% yesterday, which indicates that they were not only using my high earning ad locations, but also pushed the high paying advertisers out of sight. No sign of extremely high paying clicks on any of the channels. After google.com has been placed in my filter list eCPM is back to normal.
I know Google have said that search operates at arms length from Adsense. Have they ever promised that with regard to marketing other products? I think not, and it looks like we know why.
That said, I had good CPMs yesterday, especially considering it should have been a poor day for other reasons.
Oh, wait, giggle knows no evil...
Make sure your other ad streams are intact.
The guy in the next cubical, let alone the next state, is probably seeing something completely different, isn't he?
So, how would you guys all rate their landing page quality score? That should be an interesting topic....
Surely you wouldn't have us click on our own ads to find out? (ork ork)
Had to block it.
Between geo targeting and interest based ads isn't checking what ads are running on a site pretty much a waste of time?
No.
The guy in the next cubical, let alone the next state, is probably seeing something completely different, isn't he?
No.
Like all other things...
This too will pass.
-folks ! have you tried to add g../adwords & Adsense in your filter?
-will it affect earning badly or improve?
In Southern California last year around the time gay marriages were a HUGE issue being put to a vote sites of ALL types began showing Vote on 8 ads regardless of topic. Childrens book websites proudly asked kids to vote on 8, it was ugly... but also proof the system can be made to show anything at any time for the right price.
