Letter From Adsense - Am I losing money on Hub Pages now?

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   sabrebIadeposted 12 years ago

   I just got an e-mail from Adsense saying....
   "At least 877 of the pages on sabrebiade.hubpages.com are running less than three ad units."
   (Pretty cool since I only have 273 Hubs)
   Anyway....so why am I running less than 3 ad units on a page?
   I'm not in HP Ads, I'm still straight Adsense.
   Are HP Ads that I am not getting paid for taking the place of Ad Sense ads I do get paid for on my pages?

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   relacheposted 12 years ago

   HubPages explains the differences in which ads go where (and has diagrams which really help) in the two different ad program options here,
   
   http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/affi … n-hubpages
   
   Post-Panda, there was a reduction in ad placement overall on Hubs as that was determined to part of the problem.  When you run multiple ad networks, it's often a better idea to not run the max of all ads as that chokes the page.
   
   You also have to understand that you got a form letter that presumes you are running your own website where you have control of your ad placement, which is not the case here.

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      sabrebIadeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I understand that.
      I just wondered why I have like 3 Adsense blocks and a link unit on a Hub and Adsense is saying I am showing less than 3 units. .

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         wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         HP will put ads on their 40% as they choose.  Could adsense be picking this up and referring to the fact that they are not adsense ads?
         
         As far as 273 hubs, don't forget that slide shows get ads, too, and adsense may even be counting ads on any videos as well.  Your profile will even count as one page.  I've even gotten a click (reported by analytics) on a /, whatever that is, and a couple on translations.  Perhaps those count as pages...

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            sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            / = your profile page / main page of a domain
            
            
            Those adsense emails are often pretty screwy. They were sending out "add more ads" to your pages emails after Panda first hit!
            
            And they are still doing it now, even though "above the fold" ad density is now released as being a negative (like hubs layout)

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   WryLiltposted 12 years ago

   Hubpages Ad Program runs adverts DIRECTLY through Hubpages, with no connection to Google. So some of the ad blocks you see have nothing to do with Adsense.

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   Richieb799posted 12 years ago

   Why do they keep sending us this email? lol Shouldn't they just send it once?

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      sabrebIadeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah...or better yet send it to HP itself!

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         viryaboposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         +1

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   Astra Nomikposted 12 years ago

   Normally I suppose you could do a manual count of the exact number of ads on your pages from Google, as seen from outside Hub Pages. But it would be time-consuming and cumbersome.

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      sabrebIadeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Well I switched over from straight Adsense to HP Ads so we'll see how that does.

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