AdSense Ads

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   pauldeedsposted 15 years ago

   There is currently a problem with the display of AdSense ads across HubPages.  We are investigating the issue, and hope to have ads working again soon.

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      terrygposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      There's also a problem with communication. Now thats what I call professional!

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         Stacie Naczelnikposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Seriously everyone, calm down.  It was night in San Francisco where HubPages is located, so they were probably sleeping.  I know ads are an important thing for a lot of us, but let them figure it out.

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      Just_Rodneyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Still not up to day 04h00 GMT + 2

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         Whitney05posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I see my ads. Not a problem on my end.
         
         I will say that some of them seem to be in a different place, as on a hub of mine that I just answered a comment on, there wasn't an ad on the very top above the content. It was at the bottom under the comments, where the ad that's usually in the middle goes if there isn't a place for it within the content. That's the only thing weird I've seen, but this is the second remark about not seeing ads.

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      guidebabaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      There is Problem with the Adsense Site Too.
      
      

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   wilhb81posted 15 years ago

   Thanks for the fast response about this matter, paul.
   
   Hope the ads will becoming live asap.
   
   Wilson.

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   SunSevenposted 15 years ago

   Hi Paul,
   
   7 hours later..........
   
   Still no ads!
   
   

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   Lissieposted 15 years ago

   Theyve  never been down this long !

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   SunSevenposted 15 years ago

   I am panicking!

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      dodonnellposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Why because your missing out on a few cents?

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         SunSevenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Not a few cents dear! http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/4591#post39215

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   Fitterposted 15 years ago

   Hope you fix this soon guys.

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   bloggerdollarposted 15 years ago

   I hope we aren't banned..

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   Fitterposted 15 years ago

   I think we can't be banned because I can't see any violating of Adsense TOS

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   premsinghposted 15 years ago

   I think there is no need to panick. Lets give hub staff sufficient time to solve the problem.

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    Bard of Elyposted 15 years ago

    I had wondered where mine had gone!

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    disposable_heroposted 15 years ago

    DEAR HUBPAGES!!!
    WHY ARE'nT THE ADS NOT GETTIN DISPLAYED???
    WHATS THE ACTUAL REASON???

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    Mishaposted 15 years ago

    Once again I find myself in agreement with Stacie
    
    Guys,
    
    Since HP own revenue depends on Adsense as much as our revenue, I'm sure they are doing all what could be done. Pressure from our side will just add them more work and more stress - thus effectively delaying a solution, whatever it is

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    Rik Ravadoposted 15 years ago

    How have people been doing in terms of Adsense earnings this month?
    I would expect to have earned at least a few dollars by now but have had only one click worth 5c.
    
    My traffic isn't particularly low, either.  Looking on the bright side, loosing a days adsense earnings isn't a problem for me with such low earnings anyway!

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    Lissieposted 15 years ago

    And its probably a good point that if loosing HP advertising for a day or so makes a serious dent to your income you should look at a bit more diversification of income streams ! Pity though April was shaping up for a good month :-( 
    
    Terryg there are only about 4 employees at HP - would you rather they fixed the problem or wrote  problem updates in the forums ?

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    premsinghposted 15 years ago

    It appears to be a local problem as adsense ads at other sites with same affiliate code are currently getting displayed

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       Lissieposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       
       
       Agreed - its definitly a HP page problem not that we've all been banned - ROTFL!

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    Marye Audetposted 15 years ago

    OH ! Thanks! I was just abot to ask..I had not noticed they were gone but noticed that I had made very little yesteday ad nothing at all today.
    Thanks Paul!

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    flread45posted 15 years ago

    No wonder I'm broke..No ADS>>>>:mad

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    pauldeedsposted 15 years ago

    It took a little longer than expected, but AdSense ads are now back on.   We're going to up the author's share from 60% to 70% for the rest of April as compensation for the down time.
    
    Another heads up, we're going to be switching over to the new eBay affiliates program in a couple of hours.  Stay tuned for that.

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       SunSevenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       This is the second time it has happened within 40 days. I am concerned. I must have lost around 20 to 30 $ during this downtime. I hope this will not happen again.
       
       Perhaps the bigger earners at HP will have a better say on this?!

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          pauldeedsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          I think the extra revenue share we've enabled until the end of the month will more than compensate for the downtime.  It should actually mean about a 17% increase in impressions for  you (from 60% to 70% is 16.7% more).  We're not very happy when we aren't making money either, so we certainly understand your frustration.

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             SunSevenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Thanks Paul That will be great.

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       Isabella Snowposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Is this *just* affiliates -- or is this a return to those ebay ads?

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          pauldeedsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          It's just for eBay capsules.

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             Isabella Snowposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Cool, thank you.

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    hassamposted 15 years ago

    Thanks for the compensation.......live long hubpages :-)

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    bloggerdollarposted 15 years ago

    This is why I love Hubpages. Customer Satisfaction First ))

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    Stacie Naczelnikposted 15 years ago

    Excellent.  Thanks for the update Paul!

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    premsinghposted 15 years ago

    Thanks, HP staff for hard work & painstaking efforts to normalise adsense display.

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    Patty Inglish, MSposted 15 years ago

    Hub Pages is Great! No other goup is like it at all.
    
    Patty

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    SweetiePieposted 15 years ago

    Hubpages did a good job of taking care of this matter.  Thank you!

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    disposable_heroposted 15 years ago

    THANX A LOT PAUL!!!  I LOVE HUBPAGES!!!

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    Peter M. Lopezposted 15 years ago

    Excellent.  Great job.

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    Marye Audetposted 15 years ago

    Thanks!

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    Angela Harrisposted 15 years ago

    That is very generous of Hubpages. Most websites have downtime, but few offer additional compensation. Thanks so much!

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       SunSevenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I hope it reflects in your adsense earnings too!

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    Soyaposted 15 years ago

    great job

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    gamergirlposted 15 years ago

    I love you guys!  *giggles*
    
    Seriously, the added 10% is an unexpected bonus that I'm sure all of us appreciate.

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    stefeebposted 15 years ago

    Thanks so much great job!!!!

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    flread45posted 15 years ago

    Do you realize that I could get rich from this % increase????LOL 

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    drummer boyposted 15 years ago

    sounds good, I am anxious to get started.

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       Mark Knowlesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       LOL That was last month. It no longer applies.

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    trevkayeposted 15 years ago

    Why doesn't my Adsense and Amazon affiliate codes appear in the source code of my Hub.
    
    Trevor

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       darksideposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       How many times did you check the source code?

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    trevkayeposted 15 years ago

    It is now Ok
    
    Trevor

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    drummer boyposted 15 years ago

    lol aren't us newbies a lot of fun, or at least a lot of fun to make fun of?

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    JYOTI KOTHARIposted 15 years ago

    Paul,
    What does it mean in affiliate settings:
    Refused by google? and why? what to do next?
    jyoti kothari

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    premsinghposted 15 years ago

    Jyoti it simply mean that google has temporarily refused to accept your application and it will further monitor your site. You have now two options either apply using different gmail account or use other affiliate code if you have one. You may reapply also but you have to improve the content of your hub for reconsideration.

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    pauldeedsposted 15 years ago

    Actually it depends.  It could also mean that you refused the association with www.hubpages.com on this page:
    
    https://www.google.com/adsense/account-access
    
    You should have received several emails directly from google explaining what is happening.  Without knowing what those say, it's impossible for us to say what has happened with your application.

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    JYOTI KOTHARIposted 15 years ago

    Dear Paul,
    I do not get any mail from google, what to do next?
    As Prem singh suggests to improve content, I think all my pages rated good. my hub score is moving around 90 always and hubpages scoring between 60 to 80.
    Jyoti Kothari

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       premsinghposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       In the begining your score will be less and also the traffic because these both increases gradually with time. However, a new hubber has to apply at the time of sign up. If your hub did not attract any traffic in the begining when google crawled your hub, there are chances google monitored your hub (URL of the hub you provided to google) and found it not worth affiliation. You may better know for how long your affiliate settings showed google affiliation code pending. Even if none of the condition applies to your hub, you may send an email to google to reconsider your application.

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          AdsenseStrategiesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Generally speaking a simple strategy for getting accepted by Adsense is to open a blogspot account at Blogger.com, start a blog, make a couple of decent posts on the blog, on a subject that you will probably be posting on here at Hubpages in any case, and submit THAT as your URL.
          
          As long as you have a few sensible posts on the blog, so it looks like you intend to keep it up (which you could do anyway -- as much presence on the web as possible is good for you, as putting Adsense ads on Blogger blogs is extremely easy -- then you'll have TWO places on the Web with Adsense ads on it (check out what "channels" are for monitoring of each, by reading up on this at the Adsense site itself).
          
          If you maintain your blogger blog, you can send people to your Hubpages from that blog -- more traffic for you at Hubpages, therefore, so potentially more revenue off your Hubpages ads.
          
          I would tend to agree with Prem (I think that's her first name?), that you might want to reapply with a new email address (easy to set up at Gmail); also, if you switch off your modem for a few minutes, then you will probably be assigned a new IP by your Internet service provider, which might help too.
          Best of luck.
          Adsense Strategies

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             JYOTI KOTHARIposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             I had ben accepted by google adsense and also been provided by a code. They have shown in the accounts that so many pages visited on so and so date. They are also informing of revenues earned on those days.
             Some of my articles are doing well in the googl search engines. I have seen today an article in the 1st page of the google search another in the 2nd and some in 4th or 5th page. I think is pretty well. Not?
             The affiliate settings refers to sign-up for adsense and when signing-up it indicates already have an account.
             What to do next?
             jyoti kothari

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       funnyjokesmanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I also haven't got any mail from google adsesne  support.The look like they are really busy

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    pauldeedsposted 15 years ago

    I'm surprised that you haven't gotten any emails from google at all.  You're going to have to work this out yourself with Google I guess.  Here is the place to start:
    
    https://www.google.com/adsense/support/

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    annawposted 15 years ago

    I am somewhat computer and technically incompetent.
    I thought I was doing something wrong when I was unable to post adsense ads.
    Whew...Thanks.

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    lancedimetriposted 15 years ago

    Hi Guys,
    I'm technically not good with computers, HTMLs and the registration stuffs. I'm lost! I have an Adsense Account and there are some ads in my hubpages. But something or is there anything wrong... I still can't get a single cent! My hubs are rated good, just started 10 days ago and traffic is rising. When should I expect to gain? Thanks...

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       pauldeedsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       You can expect to make from about $2 to $5 for every 1000 times your hubs are viewed.  Early on you'll probably to be at the lower end of that scale.  If your hubs start to generate some search engine traffic, you'll begin to earn more.

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    Karen Ellisposted 15 years ago

    I just posted a new Hub - no google adsense on them, but there seem to be spaces in my text where they might be.  I haven't checked my other hubs to see if they are having similar problems.  Hubpages are you looking into this?

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       jimmythejockposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I just went to your new page, the ads are there.....jimmy

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    AnnieMSposted 15 years ago

    A concern with Adsense. I am really excited about participating at HubPages. I just enrolled in the program a few days ago and have encountered a problem with Adsense.
    
    I have loaded all the sponsors with my affiliate IDs, but I have come to learn that Adsense has disabled my account. Has nothing to do with HubPages; appears I had a happy clicker at my blog who got a little finger happy. I have put in an appeals but have not heard anything from Adsense yet, so I am going to assume at this point that I am not getting it back.
    
    Which leads me to my question -- Is there any way I can utilize Bidvertiser instead of Adsense? If someone could advise, I would greatly appreciate it.
    
    Thanks for your help, 
    Annie

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       premsinghposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Not possible to use Bidvertiser at hubpages

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