Should my Hubs be "checked" as Commercial for best results with Ads?
\Also what setting from None, Low, Med or High?
Ads are only displayed on your Hubs if they are checked as commercial. And the recommended setting is High.
I always uncheck mine as commercial as I am not trying to sell anything or send anyone to my site off of hubpages. I leave the ad level at high for most of my hubs. If the ads are too disruptive I will remove them. I still have ads and plenty of readers. There is no change in number of ads if it is marked commercial or not. When I first did it I suspected that my traffic went up, but that was a long time ago. I think that the commercial nature changes how search engines see you. Keep in mind, if you have a commercial site it does need to be checked as such.
by Pat Merewether 16 years ago
i've mentioned this before, but i just checked my 84 articles and a huge number of them have ads for 'filipina girls', 'sexy singles', etc. my articles are about gradening, food, travel and family topics - there are even two ads for sex on my article about 'webkinz'! I emailed the help...
by Audrey Hunt 12 years ago
The ad level has a check mark for "high" followed by "This hub may be considered commercial.What exactly does this mean. Is this a good thing and if not, is it ok to check a low level?
by Micheal 11 years ago
Where have the ads gone from my hubs? Is it just me or is this another site wide issue?I checked a few of my hubs and found that the prime ad location (top right) was bereft of any ads? Any suggestions as to why this is happening would be welcome. Have you experienced something similar. Considering...
by Nell Rose 10 years ago
Has anybody else noticed the fact that we have lost all our Ads? Apart from one floating around on its own at the bottom of the hubs!Or is it just Google Chrome having problems? Thanks.
by The Examiner-1 11 years ago
Several days ago it was mentioned that the sidebar had disappeared, appeared, disappeared, on HP Hubs. I just noticed on another site which I am frequently on that the ads have also vanished. I checked a couple others which have AdSense and they are also gone.
by mobias 13 years ago
As I'm yet still new here at hubpages, I've had some learning curves with the rules. The latest one today brings a question to my mind as to why we seem to be restricted to setting the ad level to 'HIGH' just to acknowledge that we have a 'commercial' hub?? This seems to force the author [me] to...
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