Strange AdSense Ad
Check this strange AdSense Ad. They have larger font size, different font, bulleted list and no background color for the Ad. They have not even put a visible border between the Ad and image.
Or do those bullets qualify as a division between ad and image?
Do you think they are a Premium Publisher? Or are they just violating the AdSense TOS?
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Posted on November 11th, 2006 | Category: Make Money Online | 15 Comments »
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Ashok
November 11, 2006 at 10:02 am
It appears they are premium publisher, I checked the source code of this site, which shows many parameter which are not available to ordinary publishers like:
google_ad_output
google_feedback
google_max_num_ads
display_url
CypherHackz
November 11, 2006 at 11:12 am
or maybe they strip out the ads url and make their own adsense ad format.
Darren
November 11, 2006 at 12:36 pm
looks a lot like premium publisher to me looking at the source code.
or…
they could be testing something new…
siong1987
November 11, 2006 at 12:47 pm
By looking at their Alexa ranking, it is about 12k++. It is hard to believe that they can get PP account at this traffic level.
mEsoL
November 11, 2006 at 3:26 pm
erm.. i also found strange ads at http://cmsreport.com
at the right sidebar. it looks like image ads without texts of ‘ads by google’
Bill
November 11, 2006 at 7:01 pm
They have to be a premium publisher to be allowed to use custom advertising code. If not then very daring risking losing your account like that.
Vincent Chow
November 11, 2006 at 7:37 pm
I’m 90% sure that they are premium publisher.
JohnTP
November 11, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Yes, they could be a Premium Publisher. Imagine the clicks they could attract with those type of Ads
sourcer
November 11, 2006 at 11:15 pm
i’ve noticed that you removed images that you had near adsense… why ?
Daily Blog Tips
November 11, 2006 at 11:23 pm
i would say premium publisher also, google would have tracked that up already if it was some guy playing around with the code
Vibhash
November 12, 2006 at 7:39 am
I have seen some ads of these kind…most prob they are using CSS to do this…using a background pic…and placing the ads in that frame…
I don’t think they are a premium publisher. There is enough gap between the pic and the ads…
If you wanna put ads like that, you can mail to Adsense Team, regarding that…
BTW how do you put adsense ads only after the first post…???
I guess ur using a simple php function to do that?
Bill
November 12, 2006 at 9:58 am
— Vibhash, you are correct it is a very simple PHP function. I have used it before on other sites and it is very simple to add into the WordPress loop. Check it out here.
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/adsense/
Scroll down to the 4th section, it explains it all.
Sorry John, didn’t mean to step on your toes!
JohnTP
November 12, 2006 at 10:41 am
Bill- Thank you. Some times I don’t get the time to respond to all comments. I would really appreciate if readers can help other readers if they know the answer. Thanks again
JohnTP
November 12, 2006 at 11:22 am
sourcer- I experiment sometimes to find out what changes will help me to increase my CTR.
Darren Rowse- I don’t think anyone would want to take such risks. So they could be Premium Publishers.
listikal
November 16, 2006 at 12:04 am
Gotta be premium, Google would pick up on that in a heartbeat.