Google Page Speed Reports SpotAds.co on Site Running "AdSense Only"

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Google Page Speed Reports SpotAds.co on Site Running "AdSense Only"

Should I be concerned? I Google "feeding" this to my site?

Webwork

9:13 pm on Feb 26, 2016 (gmt 0)

I just ran G PageSpeed test on a site of mine that only runs AdSense so I was a bit surprised when GPgSpd reported that I should compress the following:

Compressing https://cdn.spotad.co/sg_general/0.0.105/sg_ad_manager.min.js could save 24.7KiB (68% reduction).

I'm not an AdSense expert so I don't know if G mixes things up. I'm not running any other ad feeds or alternate ads.

I have alarms going off, wondering if my site has been "jacked", i.e., someone other than my friend Google has managed to inject ads. I searched G for SpotAds.com + AdSense and nothing popped up that would explain a connection.

Swanny007

10:24 pm on Feb 26, 2016 (gmt 0)

If you really want to see what's going on, run it through [webpagetest.org...] - that will tell you every single HTTP call. Another good one for checking performance is [gtmetrix.com...] I use that all the time too. Don't just rely on Google's PageSpeed for insight. No single testing site is perfect.

It's ridiculous how many different domains and hits AdSense does. I just ran one on my site and it's calling stuff from:
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
cm.g.doubleclick.net
tpc.googlesyndication.com
www.google.com
encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com
fonts.gstatic.com
www.gstatic.com
fonts.googleapis.com

With that said, I've never heard of spotad.co but they are a legit "third party" ad network in AdSense. So if you have ad networks enabled, you have nothing to worry about.

Webwork

10:51 pm on Feb 26, 2016 (gmt 0)

Thx Swanny for the pagespeed tips.

I'll check on 3rd party networks. I thought it was set to off but I haven't looked recently.

ken_b

11:49 pm on Feb 26, 2016 (gmt 0)

Swanny007
Thanks for posting those 2 resources.

magician

5:54 am on Mar 16, 2016 (gmt 0)

spotad.co is one of the networks in google adsense. I can see two "Ad networks" in google adsense. Spotad.co (IL) and Spotad.co (UK) - so nothing much to worry about.

Needless to say, you can enable/disable ad networks in adsense if you wish to.