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PHP code not to click/display your own Google Ads

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by lindavdz, Mar 18, 2006.

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  1. #1
    I know I've read it in one of the posts before, but the "Search" feature didn't really provide the topics for me.

    Even though I use a Firefox plugin to block Ads, I'm worried that one sweet day I'll have adblock turned off and I'll accidentally click my ads.
    It's not very likely, but it can happen.

    Someone once posted a piece of PHP code to put on the website so the ads will not be displayed to a certain IP address. Hence, you can't click your own ads if you can't see them. :)

    Can anyone provide this code for me? Or shine a light on this subject?

    Thanks.
     
    lindavdz, Mar 18, 2006 IP
  2. Greg-J

    Greg-J I humbly return to you.

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    #2
    I haven't seen any on the forums, but it's not a difficult one to do:

    First get the ip of the user accessing the site:
    
$myip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    Code (markup):
    Now find the IP addresses of all the computers that you would visit your site/adsense account and assign them variables.

    
$home = "68.186.1.197";
$work = "32.142.23.2";
$school = "24.77.132.92";
    Code (markup):
    Define your adsense code:
    
$adcode = <<<HTML
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
google_ad_width = 160;
google_ad_height = 600;
google_ad_format = "160x600_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="";
google_color_border = "333333";
google_color_bg = "574D2E";
google_color_link = "FFFFFF";
google_color_url = "574D2E";
google_color_text = "CCCCCC";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
HTML;
    Code (markup):
    Do a little comparing:
    
if($myip !== $home && $myip !== $work && $myip !== $school)
echo $adcode;
    Code (markup):
    So in the end you should have something like this:
    
[B][COLOR="Red"]<?php[/COLOR][/B]
$myip [COLOR="Blue"]=[/COLOR] [COLOR="MediumTurquoise"]$_SERVER[/COLOR][[COLOR="Red"]'REMOTE_ADDR'[/COLOR]];
$home [COLOR="Blue"]=[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]"68.186.1.197"[/COLOR];
$work [COLOR="Blue"]=[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]"32.142.23.2"[/COLOR];
$school [COLOR="Blue"]=[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]"24.77.132.92"[/COLOR];
$adcode [COLOR="Blue"]= <<<[/COLOR]HTML
[COLOR="DarkRed"]<script type="text/javascript">[/COLOR][COLOR="Silver"]<!--[/COLOR]
google_ad_client = "pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
google_ad_width = 160;
google_ad_height = 600;
google_ad_format = "160x600_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="";
google_color_border = "333333";
google_color_bg = "574D2E";
google_color_link = "FFFFFF";
google_color_url = "574D2E";
google_color_text = "CCCCCC";
[COLOR="Silver"]//-->[/COLOR][COLOR="DarkRed"]</script>[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]<script type="text/javascript"[/COLOR]
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"[COLOR="DarkRed"]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]</script>[/COLOR]
HTML;
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]if[/COLOR]($myip [COLOR="Blue"]!==[/COLOR] $home [COLOR="Blue"]&&[/COLOR] $myip [COLOR="Blue"]!==[/COLOR] $work [COLOR="Blue"]&&[/COLOR] $myip [COLOR="Blue"]!==[/COLOR] $school)
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]echo[/COLOR] $adcode;
[B][COLOR="Red"]?>[/COLOR][/B]
    Code (markup):
    I haven't tested this code, but it should work. If not, let me know and I'll fix whatever syntax error I've created. You're welcome to use it, modify it, whatever - I don't care.
     
    Greg-J, Mar 18, 2006 IP
  3. lindavdz

    lindavdz Peon

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    I'll start testing and let you know. Thanks a lot!
     
    lindavdz, Mar 19, 2006 IP
  4. TommyD

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    #4
    lindavdz,

    I was in your shoes, but then I realized coding in php has its own problems. What if you want to see the ad placement, you have to change the code, and upload it. Or what if you ip address changes?

    So, I settled with just making an entry in my 'hosts' file, and having a short cut on my desktop, so I can comment the line out, and in, as needed.

    0.0.0.0 pagead2.googlesyndication.com

    hth,

    tom
     
    TommyD, Mar 19, 2006 IP
  5. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

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    #5
    Just add a request variable to the the code for testing placement.

    www.example.com/index.php?show=1

    if(($myip !== $home && $myip !== $work && $myip !== $school) || intval($_REQUEST['show']) == 1)
     
    noppid, Mar 19, 2006 IP
  6. TommyD

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    #6
    Just a friendly tweak:

    if(($myip != $home && $myip != $work && $myip != $school) || $_REQUEST['show'] == 1)


    ;)
     
    TommyD, Mar 19, 2006 IP
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  7. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

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    #7

    Yeah, I caught that just after ya posted. Thanks.
     
    noppid, Mar 19, 2006 IP
  8. TommyD

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    #8
    NoProb, should see what I type when I have my 4-year-old son jumping on me when I'm trying to do a quick post. Little Monkey.

    later,

    tom
     
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  9. Greg-J

    Greg-J I humbly return to you.

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    #9
    Great suggestion Tommy.

     
    Greg-J, Mar 19, 2006 IP
  10. profs77

    profs77 Well-Known Member

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    #10
    How about making a special page that only you know about that sets a cookie for your domain. Then if the cookie exists, don't show your ads, else show them.
     
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  11. Ratbert

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    #11
    How about something little bit more reusable with Google recommended method using the adtest and ca-test:
    <?php
function adsense($adformat, $adclient, $adchannel = '', $adtype = 'text_image', $cborder = 'FFFFFF', $cbg = 'FFFFFF', $clink = '0000FF', $curl = '008000', $ctext = '000000')
{
	$adtest = array('192.168.0.2', '192.168.1.200');

	if (in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $adtest)) {
		$client = 'google_adtest = "on";' . "\n" . 'google_ad_client = "ca-test"' . "\n";
	} else {
		$client = 'google_ad_client = "' . $adclient . '";' . "\n" . 'google_ad_channel = "' . $adchannel . '";' . "\n";
	}

	$x = preg_split('/x/', $adformat);
	$y = preg_split('/_/', $x[1]);
	$width = $x[0];
	$height = $y[0];

	$buffer='<script type="text/javascript"><!--' . "\n" .
			$client .
			'google_ad_width = ' . $width . ";\n" .
			'google_ad_height = ' . $height . ";\n" .
			'google_ad_format = "' . $adformat . '";' . "\n" .
			'google_ad_type = "' . $adtype . '";' . "\n" .
			'google_color_border = "' . $cborder . '";' . "\n" .
			'google_color_bg = "' . $cbg . '";' . "\n" .
			'google_color_link = "' . $clink . '";' . "\n" .
			'google_color_url = "' . $curl . '";' . "\n" .
			'google_color_text = "' . $ctext . '";' . "\n" .
			'//--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>';
	return $buffer;
}
?>
    PHP:
    To use with no channel, default colors and ad type:
    <?php echo adsense('728x90_as', 'pub-9876543210987654'); ?>
    PHP:
    Including channel, only text ad type and custom colors:
    <?php echo adsense('728x90_as', 'pub-9876543210987654', '9876543210', 'text', 'A8DDA0', 'EBFFED', '0000CC', '008000', '6F6F6F'); ?>
    PHP:
     
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  12. Greg-J

    Greg-J I humbly return to you.

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    #12
    That's more overhead than you need in my opinion.

    I don't hide my ads from myself, as I don't see a point really. Just pay attention to your clicks and you'll be fine. If I were concerned though, I'd either use TommyD's suggestion using my hosts file - or I'd just set the visibility of my ads to hidden.

    In all honesty, it should be AdSense's responsibility to simply not collect/pay on ads clicked by IPs that have logged in to the AdSense account being clicked.
     
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  13. yep

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    Is it against the TOS for impressions based payment is you view your ads ?
     
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  14. Greg-J

    Greg-J I humbly return to you.

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    I'm not sure what you're asking yep. You could rephrase that?
     
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    No it is not @ yep.

    They just say avoid unnecessary page loads. Checking your site = fine, Reloading X amount of times = might stir some trouble.

    https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=18203
     
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  16. TommyD

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    G is weird at times.

    I've asked for ip address filtering, I would submit my own ip address, and they said NO.

    IMHO, I would think they were happy to find publishers trying to prevent invalid clicks.

    :confused:
     
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    When I do testing on my site I normally take all the ads down and once my script works I then put the ads back and upload it and then see what the page looks like. If fine that's it, I'm done.
     
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    you could always show PSA's whne its your ip address so you can see the ad placements
     
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    How can you manage to just show PSA's. I thought that Google only shows them when there is no ads available for your sites content.
     
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    I recall reading someone once saying they clicked on a PSA ad and got booted, thinking that clicking on a PSA would be nothing wrong. So even if it were possible to force PSAs (which I don't recall being possible), that doesn't help.
     
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