Hi everyone, I did just search the board for a posting containing some information about the ability to let adsense ads open in a new window, but I did not find any other thread so I decided to start a new topic. Summary: If you use Google AdManager, you will be able to let all adsense ads open in a new window ... and do not violate the TOS. You just have to create an ad slot, set the target to "_blank" and check the "use adsense" checkbox. As the system fills unsold inventory (100%, if you do not have any other ads assigned) with adsense, it will use the "_blank" setting for the adsense ads, too. They will be marked with a little arrow symbolizing the _blank target. Maybe this is interesting for someone here Solander
Hi, do you know if there are the same rules as for standard adsense ads? (I mean the price for such ads, priorities etc.) As I don't use AdWords for some time and deactivated my account there I have no clue if such ads cost the same for advertisers or are cheaper than the standard ones... And, you know, I wouldn't like to let drop our revenue from AdSense this way...
i am wary of this idea... do you have any official word from google itself regarding this matter .... they might not let adsense ads open in new windows despite rendered through ad manager?
The blind leading the blind TOTALLY WRONG and BAD INFORMATION It never ceases to amaze me how idiotic people can be! Sound harsh? It's not. Google publishes the TOS for a reason. READ IT! Good luck collecting after you are banned. https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182
I really do not understand why my information was totally wrong. No code is altered at all and there is no manual intervention at all. You just define an adslot in the AdManager and set it to be filled with adsense ads, if there are no sold ads. That's it. Some quotes from the adManager help by Google: http://www.google.com/support/admanager/publisher/bin/answer.py?answer=82275&topic=16125 That's everything you have to do. You do not change any code or something like this. And I did NOT say that you paste some adsense code into an adslot. You just enable to let the ad slot display adsense by default. So how can you break any TOS, if you follow step 1 ("If you'd like the ad slot to compete with AdSense, select the AdSense checkbox.") and than step 2 ("Define a target window, which identifies the browser window where an ad's landing page will open. This value is set as the target attribute of the ad link.")? If that wasn't ok for them, they could have easily changed the behaviour of the admanager and let it open default adsense ads in the same window. But they didn't do so. You can also read about this here: https://www.google.com/admanager/static/pdf/getting_started_guide.pdf. Go to page 5 and you will see, that they exactly say what I did do above. "Set the target to blank, if you like, and let Adsense fill unsold inventory". And any adsense ads in a "_blank" ad slot will open in a new window.
Yep, I did. Tried it twice and the ads did open in a new window. And below you find a screenshot with the little icon marking ads that will open in a new window:
It doesn't matter if code is altered or not to achieve this. What you are doing is against TOS. Clear and simple. I don't care how you generate the code, it is against policy. You are altering the behavior of the ad...that is a violation regardless of how you do it. Period. And clicking your own ads to test this is a further violation. Or is this something you are doing as an Adwords user and letting your particular ads open that way? If that is the case, what good does that do for publishers when it's completely up to the Advertiser?
Can anyone tell me if there are other ad companies other than google that use the ad pop up in new window technology. It seems to be a gray area with google. Thanks Skido
I like the technology and I would like to use the open in new window technology but having a bit of a time finding ad companies that suport it. Looking at MSN and Yahoo. Can anyone give me some direction. Just call me a newbe... Thanks
Before i start using the REP system (Green and Red) let me tell you this: If what Solander really works, its just because Google forgot that exploit open. Simply as that. Ok kids? Now before you call idiot to Solander give him credit to post the info here. And before you judge him with Adsense TOS violations, wake up, read what he wrote, check Admanager FAQ's and then get back here and ask him apology. Now, the REP's.
Being fully directed from an Adsense ad keeps the advertisers business functioning and since they are paying out each time it happens, they really do expect a web users full attention to be on their website. This is never a problem with affiliate programs, they like the 'browsing' and only pay out on a course of action. If everyone was opening Adsense ads in new windows then the advertisers business (and Google's) would suffer and this means less money for all general publishers. Not a good idea at all, just doesn't suit the PPC business model.
Since you using ad manager or something you are not pasting them in the page directly. Even using program in Wordpress you are not pasting them direct but i guess Google do not care about it. But from that force it open in a new window i am not so sure. There is so many times Google let you be for 1 year and then WOW the kick ban slap you all over the place. I had my domain with a Google name in it for 2 years and then they said NO NO can not have that.
I have made a website on Freewebs.com some time ago. They also place adsense ads on all free websites of their clients. They use google admanager and all ads open in the new window. I have used it for more than three months and their ads always opened in the new window whenever I clicked on them. So, i think that it is allowed by google if we use their admanager because in such case we are not altering their code to open ads in new window.