Category: Google AdSense

Google announced a new format for AdSense text ad units, something we reported Google was testing a month and a half ago with paginated AdSense ads.

Google says the new format is “easier for your users to read…

Google’s AdMob, the ad platform used by mobile app publishers for monetization, like AdSense but for apps, shut down their legacy service on September 2nd…

This morning I spotted Google testing or maybe pushing out a new AdSense format that enables the ad to have more than one page of content.

In the screen shots below, you will see an AdSense ad with two circles at the bottom center of the ad…

So I was all excited migrating over this site to SSL and my corporate site but despite very little ranking changes, both negative or positive thus far, AdSense earnings seem to have taken a hit somewhat…

One AdSense publisher claims seeing a Google AdSense ad with the “ad” label replacing the favicon spot in the AdSense ad format.

He posted about it in WebmasterWorld saying:

Anyone else seeing this new test on text ads…

Back in November, Google launched a new AdSense home page design. Many publishers did not switch over because they enjoyed and were accustomed to the old layout.

Well now, they do not have a choice. As of yesterday…

Google AdSense seems to be testing placing the ad choices arrow on the left top of the ads, instead of the top right of the ads.

A WebmasterWorld thread has complaints from some publishers, claiming the arrow, when positioned at the top left…
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Google this weekend pushed out a new design for the arrows, also known as nessie, in their AdSense ads.

The AdSense ads arrows now have rounded borders.

On Saturday, publishers at WebmasterWorld began to notice and they like them…

Some Google AdSense publishers are reporting seeing AdSense ad units without the URL and fav icon displaying.

Folks at WebmasterWorld have reported this saying Google is testing an ad unit that removes the URL and icon…

10 months ago, Google introduced, in beta, the AdSense responsive ad unit – it is still in beta, but many publishers have adopted it on their responsive design web sites.

A responsive ad unit works on sites that are responsive…

Google announced two updates this week for AdSense. One, that they’ve upgraded the AdSense ad unit creation process to make it easier. Two…

Remember a few weeks ago, those allegations of AdSense fraud leaked by a supposed former Google AdSense employee…

Yesterday we reported that tons of Google AdSense publishers began receiving Personally Identifiable Information (PII) breach notifications about their ads and sites. Google by then has not responded but after I wrote about it…

A Google AdSense Help thread has well over a hundred posts from AdSense publishers complaining they received a serious notification from Google that they are in “breach” of “passing personally identifiable information (PII) to Google…

Google announced a new ad format for Google AdSense display ad units named magazine ads.

So instead of the display ad looking like a banner ad with animation or various popping colors, magazine ads are very minimalistic…

A WebmasterWorld thread has several publishers upset over the new beta Google AdSense console. Their issue is, the overview screen is missing two data points they enjoy seeing…

A WebmasterWorld thread has some publishers bracing themselves for a pretty bad earnings month via Google AdSense.

Why…