TOPIC: Referrals reluctant to appear?

Date: Tues, Aug 28 2007 9:40 am
From: Inside AdSense Team


We've heard that many publishers are having trouble viewing referral
2.0 ads on their pages, and we'd like to explain some of the most
common reasons why this might be.First, keep in mind that not all
referral ads are available in all sizes. For instance, most horizontal
referral ad units smaller than 180x60, square referral ad units smaller
than 125x125, and text links are only available at this time for Google
products such as AdSense or AdWords. This means that if you generate
code for referral ads in an unsupported size, you won't see any
referrals shown on your webpages. To avoid this issue, we recommend
first selecting categories or products for your referrals before
selecting a size at this time.Similarly, you may not see the referral
ads you've selected on your pages if you've grouped a number of
referral ads into your Ad Shopping Cart which are each available in
different sizes. If this is the case, you may wish to try regenerating
your referral code with a particular ad format in mind -- this way, you
can be sure to select products available in that format.Here are
several other reasons your chosen referral ads may not show:
- The particular referral ad you've chosen is not available in your
country. When generating your code, you can view the ads available for
specific countries by clicking the 'change' link above the referrals
wizard.
- You've unselected the 'Pick best performing ads' checkbox for a
referral where the advertiser has run out of budget or ended the
campaign. To take advantage of the available inventory of related
products, we recommend leaving this box checked.
- You've added more than three referral units to your page. Our current
policy allows a maximum of three referral ad units on any
policy-compliant page.
- Our system has determined that your pages contain potentially mature
or sensitive content. However, as your content changes, you may begin
to see referral ads appearing.
- The referral ad code may have been modified. Be sure to copy the code
exactly as it appears in your account and paste it directly onto your
pages.Please know that we're working as quickly as we can to fine-tune
the process of generating referral code. Also, we appreciate all of
your feedback on referrals 2.0 so far, and we encourage you to let us
know how we can keep improving AdSense.Posted by Rajiv Sud - AdSense
Publisher Support

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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 8/28/2007 09:40:00 AM