Comments on: Adsense Is REALLY Ticking Me Off!

By: Jon@Ylod

Jon@Ylod — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:10:06 +0000

not sure what you mean at point 1. If you want to deny ads from a url/advertiser just add it in your competitive filter and it works.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:21:22 +0000

Its not anything I did on my end, Geoff – but its still a problem. I assume you can see that by viewing the ads at the top of this page?

It bugs me :p

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:29:33 +0000

Hmmm. This is weird. Why is it that I still have adsense that have the display url on it? How did you do this? Is this automatic?

On the advertisers’ side, this can be a disadvantage. They can be paying more because of this.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:58 +0000

I know exactly what you mean! I noticed this as well! Sometimes I really want to see what is on the other side of that ad! Sounds interesting but I can’t enjoy.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:19:55 +0000

Thank you- That should prove very helpful!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:09:02 +0000

Lynn

If you insall the Adsense Preview Tool (from Google)

https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10005&ctx=en:search&query=Google+AdSense+preview+tool&topic=&type=f

That lets you see the url plus is useful to show what ads may be shown on any page

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:00:12 +0000

Thank you Adriana

By: Adriana

Adriana — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:40:04 +0000

Lynn, there is a way for you to find out the URLs behind the adsense ads: just right click on the ad, and a box will pop up: copy and pase the very long string you find there, and then paste it into notepad, and you’ll find the URL there, towards the end.

It’s not as easy as hovering over the ads, but you can get the info you are looking for.

Hope that helps.

By: Teli Adlam

Teli Adlam — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:57:19 +0000

Looking at it from Google’s side, I’m thinking that their move to remove the URL is for their bottom line.

Having the URL in the ad unit means that people can simply go straight to the URL without needing to click through on the advert (though unlikely…sometimes people can be lazy) and that means less money for Google in the end.

Google may also be trying to increase the click through rates somehow.

And I agree with you — it does make it difficult to filter out websites when they don’t show you the URL. Maybe enough advertisers complained they were being filtered?

Of course, that’s just wild speculation. I have no idea why they made the move.

But, like Stefani, I had no idea until you brought it up. I guess that ad blindness really has set in for me. LOL

~ Teli

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:12:42 +0000

I would be willing to bet its hitting advertisers in the wallet too. I’m less likely to click on an ad when I cant see the URL. And as a publisher, I’m forced to go search for the ad title on Google and then click their paid listing to ever get to their site…

By: Stefani

Stefani — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:04:12 +0000

You know I haven’t even noticed this problem. I guess I haven’t been paying attention to the ads running on my site.

That is a little strange!