Google Ads are not related to content anymore

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I just started my first arbitrage website and would like to ask few questions :)

I have a 6 page website with nice layout with 1 link unit at top "that looks like navigation", 1 image + 336 block + menu links at top under link unit, all this as header, one 336 block in content and also a 160x600 skyscraper in the right... and had between 2-12% CTR... I must mention I just started this 3 weeks ago... getting traffic from 7 search...

My ads were relevant for first 2 weeks... now they show all kinds of ads except related to what content is focused on (top keyword density)... though the link unit at top is showing ads correctly... all 5 links perfectly related... very strange... I was getting $1-$1.5/click and now I get most $0.05-$0.20/click... only link unit at top that has relevant ads brings me $0.50-$1 clicks like before... does anyone know what's happening? could be this because I did not update my website in the last 1-2 weeks?
 


well, i do experience a kind like this strange behaviour. whenever i bring up a new arbitrage site, i will see ads not related to the content of the new site but related to my best perfoming sites (perfimg in terms of impressions).

what usually helps is, if i kind of "calibrate" the site by clicking refresh about 20-30 times on all article pages and then, one by one, the adsense blocks begin to show the relevant content for that particular site.

once the sites have been "calibrated" this way, the adsense blocks stay in context.

i will try though the tags that nachoninja mentioned above as a standard in my sites and maybe that saves me the dumb clicks :)
 
Well the thing is it worked perfect in first 2 weeks... after that the two 336 blocks and the 160 skyscraper started to show irrelevant ads... the very strange part, the one I don't understand, is why the 728 link unit at top still shows perfectly relevant ads with good $/click? If the link unit would not show relevant ads I would've say it's smart pricing...

I just tried refreshing 20-30 times, does not work for me :crying:

cyberworkspace said:
well, i do experience a kind like this strange behaviour. whenever i bring up a new arbitrage site, i will see ads not related to the content of the new site but related to my best perfoming sites (perfimg in terms of impressions).

what usually helps is, if i kind of "calibrate" the site by clicking refresh about 20-30 times on all article pages and then, one by one, the adsense blocks begin to show the relevant content for that particular site.

once the sites have been "calibrated" this way, the adsense blocks stay in context.

i will try though the tags that nachoninja mentioned above as a standard in my sites and maybe that saves me the dumb clicks :)
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alexmos
i'm from romania too lol...just starting arbitrage today..how's working so far from you?
 
First thing, cut down all those dang ads. I use 1 336 block and 2 if it's a good paying keyword that will still pay decent after the first 4 ads. I only have a few that get the 2nd block.

Next, optimize your keywords with h1 tags. Then make sure your url contains your keywords at least twice.

domain.xyz/expanded-keyword/more-expanded-keyword.html

Using this method, I fixed one of my sites that was showing PSA's after working for a month. Things have been good since.

Nacho, I know your suggestion works, but I have not found anything that says anyone can use it. My research said that was reserved for use by approved accounts only. If you can point to something that says anyone can use, please link it. I'll switch in a heartbeat.
 
nachoninja's tip works and is not restricted to certain accounts. However, it isn't guaranteed to work, and Google's algorithm may still choose ads to its "liking" if it feels the "forced ad content source" isn't appropriate.

But here is another issue just as important:
For all those of us who live outside the U.S. and are setting up arbi sites targetting the U.S. market - keep in mind that when testing your Adsense ads, you will most likely see ads that Google have found to be running in YOUR country. A lot of advertisers have their campaigns set to run in the U.S. only.

To truly test your site to see if the proper Adsense ads show up to the U.S. visitors (that is - the majority of your visitors), test it through a U.S. based proxy site.
 
if you are doing 7search arb you don't need a 6 page site btw - you only need a stupid ugly landing page. an arb page should get a CTR of at least 30% - and remember that the more ads you have the greater chance you have of people clicking on the lower-paying ads.

I haven't done adwords-adsense arb yet - but I guess your page would fit that type of page profile fine...
 
Thats fucked up I've never had a problem with Google Adsence not displaying the correct ads before (Off-Topic I mean) but I just set up another new blog 2 days ago and the ads are not targeted to my page.

Well let me explain this better the ads on my main page are not targeted but all the other ads on my other pages are targeted and since its a blog all the other articles (up to 10) are on my main page so you would think the main page ads would also be targeted correctly.

Instead I'm getting poverty law and disaster relief ads but my blog is competely dedicated to a popular sci-fi tv series that has nothing to do with any disaster or poverty law haha who knows, I've tried the tricks mentioned here but maybe it'll clear up after I get some traffic going.
 
The problem was with google's targeting... I am located in Romania... after using a US proxy all worked fine... it's very strange... I had around 100 hits from 7search and no clicks on ads... :error:
 
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