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Don't get held up by expired check holds
Date : 2008 09 03
Inside AdSenseWhether it's your high school yearbook, the ticket stub from a movie you saw with your first sweetheart, or the lock of hair from your child's first trim, we all have mementos that we like to keep around. However, we hope that your AdSense check isn't one of them!As a friendly reminder, AdSense checks expire after 6 months, so once you get your check in the mail please don't forget to deposit it.If you're holding onto to a check and it expires, your account will be placed on hold and you'll nee read more »
Announcing Google Chrome
Date : 2008 09 02 Inside AdSenseToday, we're happy to announce the release of the beta version of a new open-source browser: Google Chrome. We encourage you to download it and give it a try.Google Chrome features a simple and intuitive user interface and an entirely new architecture designed for speed, security, and stability. You can find out more about other Google Chrome features here.For publishers, you should see the ads on your pages continue to appear as normal in Google Chrome; we built Google Chrome so that most webm read more »
Your guide to the Inside AdSense blog
Date : 2008 08 29 Inside AdSenseWhether you're a new to this blog or have been with us since way back in August of aught five, we'd like to provide a few simple tips for effectively using the features provided on our site.First of all, we've made it easy to subscribe to the blog so that you'll never miss a post. There are a few ways to do so:E-mail Have a Google Account? Then visit our subscription page, or just enter your email address into the yellow box on the right sidebar of this page. You'll be subscribed via Googl read more »
Ad serving for everyone
Date : 2008 08 26 Inside AdSenseBack in March, we announced the beta release of Google Ad Manager, our hosted ad serving and management solution for publishers with smaller direct sales teams. Today, we are pleased to announce general availability of the product -- no invitation required! Thousands of publishers in hundreds of countries already serve billions of impressions each day with Ad Manager, and we've heard from them that Ad Manager has helped increase revenue, cut serving costs, and save time managing campaigns. No read more »
One account, multiple sites
Date : 2008 08 22 Inside AdSenseWe'd like to remind you that once you've been approved for AdSense, you can place the code from your account on any page that complies with our program policies. Simply generate new code and paste it onto your site -- we don't need to update your account, so there's no need to contact us about your new site (although we appreciate the thought!). Even if your sites relate to completely different topics, our system will display appropriate ads for each site. This is because your ad targeting is b read more »
Site maintenance on Saturday, August 23
Date : 2008 08 21 Inside AdSenseThis Saturday, August 23rd, our engineers will be performing site maintenance from 10am to 2pm PDT. You'll be unable to log in during these hours, but we'll continue to track your earnings and serve ads to your pages. For those of you located in different time zones, we've provided the maintenance start time for a few international cities:London - 6pm SaturdayIstanbul - 8pm SaturdayBangalore - 10:30pm SaturdayHanoi - 12am SundayAuckland - 5am SundayFinally, you may have noticed that we're posti read more »
I feel the need... the need for feeds
Date : 2008 08 15 Inside AdSenseWhen you visit the AdSense Setup tab in your account, you'll notice a new "AdSense for feeds" option. This means you can now use AdSense to place ads in your RSS feeds, allowing you to increase the reach of your content while earning revenue. Our salesforce will sell cost-per-impression (CPM) ads directly to the largest advertisers, while the rest of your inventory will be filled with contextually targeted cost-per-click (CPC) and CPM ads. This means that more of your feed items will be sold an read more »
Seeing clicks but no revenue?
Date : 2008 08 15 Inside AdSenseHave you ever checked your reports and noticed that you have clicks reported, but no revenue? We'd like to explain why this may happen, as we frequently receive emails and questions on our Help Forum about this issue. What you're seeing may be due to one of the following:Allowed Sites setupThe Allowed Sites feature allows you to specify a list of sites where ads from your account may be displayed. If you're using this feature, you'll need to make sure that you've listed all sites where you'd li read more »
Video units more widely available
Date : 2008 08 13 Inside AdSenseWe've heard your feedback about the availability of video units, so we've expanded the languages and geographies where they're supported. We've added French, German, and Spanish to our list of supported languages, and also Brazil, Germany, India, and Mexico to the list of supported countries. To help you determine whether you'll be able to use video units, consider these two questions:Do you have an English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish-language AdSense account?Are you located in one of read more »
Western Union expanded to additional countries
Date : 2008 08 11 Inside AdSenseLast October, we introduced Western Union Quick Cash as a new payment method for a number of countries. We're excited to let you know that we've now expanded this payment method to Bulgaria, Egypt, Lithuania, Morocco, and Taiwan. If you're located in one of these countries, you'll be able to pick up your AdSense payments in cash at your local Western Union agent. This payment method is free, and you'll no longer need to wait for checks to arrive in the mail or to clear at the bank.Please keep i read more »
Site maintenance on August 9 at 10am PDT
Date : 2008 08 08 Inside AdSenseOur engineers will be performing routine site maintenance tomorrow, from 10am to 2pm PDT. While you won't be able to log in to your account during these hours, the maintenance won't affect your ad targeting or delivery and your earnings will still be tracked in your reports like always.To celebrate the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, here's the start time of the maintenance in past, present, and future host cities for the Summer Olympics:Montreal - 1pm SaturdayLondon - 6pm SaturdayA read more »
Defining invalid clicks and click fraud
Date : 2008 08 08 Inside AdSenseWe often receive questions from new publishers about what these two terms mean, and we'd like to help you understand the difference.Invalid clicks are clicks for which we decide not to charge our AdWords advertisers, since they may artificially drive up advertiser cost or publisher revenue. These include extraneous clicks without any value to the advertiser, such as the second click of a double-click. They also include many other types of clicks that we've determined aren't motivated by genuine read more »