If you have a strictly devel box and your constantly working on your pages (non google ad placement related) and you fear you may click a googie, do this: Find in your computer: Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Open with Word Pad Ad: 127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com Save, restart browsers, and wala! You'll never see a googie again.. Should work with all browsers No need for enabling/disabling java script You may want to verify the linkage from your googs are pointing to pagead2.googlesyndication.com ---------------------------------------------------- What is a host file? http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html ----------------------------------------------------
there is a javascript variable that you put on your Adsense code to make tests. I guess it's google_ad_test = 'on';
If you ever do have an accidental click, email google, they are very happy to hear from you, and will not ban you for emailing them to tell them... I have done it twice now, and they have been nothing but helpfull
Bad ideea.. especially if you're testing the site on your own computer... which means 127.0.0.1 will replace the google ads with your site and so on and so on .. Use 127.0.0.2 or something different.