Over the past couple of weeks, a few people have emailed me about problems displaying ads in their Blogger blogs, most particularly with regard to AdSense ads. For many Bloggers, there are blank spaces where ads are expected to be displayed, even if there are already fewer than the three ads displayed which we are supposed to be able to show on each page.
Unfortunately I don't have any answers: I don't know why the ads won't display (particularly on the front pages of blogs), and despite my best efforts at fixing this, I cannot offer you a solution to this problem.
Due to recent events concerning Google and other methods of advertising/blog monetization, I do now have several concerns which I would like to share with you, and would like to know about your own opinions and experiences regarding advertisements in your Blogger blogs.
Problems displaying Google AdSense ads
The terms of Google's AdSense states that:
However, many Bloggers have noticed that two or fewer ads will actually display on their pages, most especially on the home page of their blogs. On my own home page, I only feature code to display one Google ad (in the sidebar). However, this single ad will not display on the home page, only on my post pages.(Source: AdSense Program Policies)
- Up to three ad units may be displayed on each page.
- A maximum of two Google AdSense for search boxes may be placed on a page.
- Up to three link units may also be placed on each page.
- Up to three referral units may be displayed on a page, in addition to the ad units, search boxes and link units specified above.
From what I've seen in the Blogger help forums and the emails sent by several readers now, it seems that many of us are experiencing this same problem.
Problems displaying codes for TLA
Other Bloggers have experienced difficulties displaying Text-Link-Ads in their blogs, especially when trying to use TLA affiliate banners. I was forwarded this email from a friend who had consulted tech-support at TLA in an attempt to discover the source of the problem:
There are currently some issues with our affiliate code and some sites, such as Blogger or Wordpress sites. We are definitely aware and we are trying to work on a fix for them. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, we will have the affiliate ad codes fixed as soon as possible.Recently bloggers who use TLA have been penalized for their use of this service. Could this be linked to the problems in displaying such affiliate codes?
A coincidence, or something more..?
Strangely enough, there seem to be few (if any) similar problems displaying AdSense or Text-Link-Ads in Wordpress and other blogging platforms. In recent weeks, Google has "slapped" bloggers who use TLA, Pay-Per-Post and other methods of blog monetization by lowering the PageRank of such sites (for PPP blogs, many have found their PageRank reduced to nil!).
It seems that it was about this time that blank spaces began to appear in my own blog where AdSense ads should appear. From what I've been told by blogging friends, the problems in using TLA codes began around the same time too.We all know that Blogger is owned by Google. So is Google trying to tell us something? Are we being warned against using too many methods of advertising in our blogs? Perhaps Blogger is trying to protect us from future loss of authority in the PageRank system by reducing the number of paid links which are displayed throughout our pages. As yet, I can only speculate, though I would like to know if many other Blogger bloggers are experiencing similar problems with their blog's ads.
Please feel free to leave your comments, opinions and experiences below. If you have any further information or could provide some clarity about this issue, I would love to hear from you!
My sidebar's Amazon ads have stopped loading, and the Sheet Music Plus affiliate ads which I added to take their place wouldn't load either. The SMP and MTH affiliate ads I already had up on the sidebar are still working, though.
ReplyDeleteStrangely enough, the AdSense link units I replaced the space with are performing just fine.
Hmmmmmm.....
How strange I just left a comment but it won't show.
ReplyDeleteAbout two months ago I had this problem with adsense and referrals not displaying. I contacted blogger and they couldn't find the problem. I noticed it happened after I published an entry that was a draft where the time and date where not the time and date I finally published at.
After the adsense team couldn't figure out what the problem was I just deleted the codes and went to adsense and generated new code and the problem was "fixed."
Currently I'm using adsense and affiliate ads and I have no problem (knock on wood).
On your homepage your adsense ads in the sidebar won't show for me but neither does the "read more" link in your posts. Perhaps it is a conflict with the codes in the hacks? Your sidebar adsense and the read more link both disappeared a week or two back when reading your blog.
PS.
Can you tell me what you do to your code to get the items to line up like you have in your sponsors section? I'd like to place all of my directory badges in one element box where they can be side by side like your adsense, midphase, vistaprint ect ads are.
Hi Amanda, i have the same problem too. I can not see my adsense ads from my web browser, even from other site and your site too. What is the problem BTW?
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your commments. I do wish I knew what the problem was!
ReplyDeleteFor Chris Foley: I haven't used Amazon ads here for a while, though others have told me their Amazon ads no longer work.
For MrBrownThumb: I use HTML tables to line up the ads in my blog. The basic code for the tables look something like this:
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td> Ad 1 code </td>
<td> Ad 2 code </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Ad 3 code </td>
<td> Ad 4 code </td>
</tr>
</table>
Replace the "ad codes" with the actual code you need for your affiliate/google ads. It is better to ensure the ads are all the same size if you can, and also to use the same number of ads in each line, otherwise the table can look odd. Hope this helps!
For Piko:
I just took a look at your site and the ads seem to appear okay (I can't see any blank spaces at the moment). You do use a wide range of ads, so I was pleasantly surprised to see everything working okay for you. Do let me know though if anything seems to "stop" working :)
I Have the Answer to this.Whenever your Adsense or any other account has been banned such a problem occurs but if it is not the case if only you are not able to see your own ads then it may be possible that the "enable javascripts" option might be unchecked in your browser.To enable it just go to tools->javascripts and check the "enable Javscripts" option and then you will be able to see your own ads.I f it Still does'nt work just mail me the exact problem to me at ashik.ratnani@gmail.com and I ll try my best to solve it.
ReplyDeleteI know this is an older post, but I wanted to drop you a comment and say "Thank You" for the table trick concerning the sidebar ads. I've often wondered how they were displayed side by side!
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I think its about the maximun ads you can only put put in your widgets like for example maximum of only 3 adlinks and 3 txt
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