Comments on: Google Adsense Change Log

By: Hidden Nook

Hidden Nook — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:22:39 +0000

One thing I would like to see is (in Adsense) is the ability to filter out certain ads via keyword search.

The reason I am suggesting this is sometimes you get a really disgusting ad that has nothing to do with what you are blogging about that makes your site kinda embarrassing (especially when readers email you about it).

Adsense already has a filter out by url link, but their are so many you can filter out. If one had it done via key word search, it would make life a lot easier for many bloggers out there.

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:33:53 +0000

I don’t currently track changes I make to ads, as I don’t change them that early, and my revenue is so (relatively) small that it’d be silly to analyse any change in any case. I can sum up my one significant change to date in reducing the number of ad blocks from 3 to 2 on my personal blog. Wow, big change huh?

What I must do (and I’ve been lazy) is to add non-URL based channels to all my blogs. Currently only one blog has them, which I use to track ad position. I need to roll that out across all blogs.

I agree with Simon; some graphs would be nice, so I don’t have to export to Excel to create a graph.

By: Jennifer Apple

Jennifer Apple — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:55:08 +0000

When adding a URL to my competitive ad filter, instead of blocking the site from my entire network I would like the option of just blocking the site from certain pages.

By: Simon Collins

Simon Collins — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:05:27 +0000

It would certainly be a nice service for Google to offer. I imagine they could create a service that you could ping when you update your page template, which takes a snapshot of your page’s HTML and makes a journal entry with it so that you can see the dates and changes you have made. Then if you notice differences in your stats you can go back and compare the snapshots that Google took to see what changes you may have made.

Even better would be some nice graphical reports that show your CTR history for example with markers on it indicating where you made changes.

In fact at the moment I’d just settle for some pretty graphs built into the reports. That would be a great addition.

By: Dan Wolfgang

Dan Wolfgang — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:22:51 +0000

This is almost like a light-bulb moment for me. I jot down the changes I make to track them–but gee, having a system to help manage that would be phenomenal. Through some charting and quick analysis it’d be easy to spot trends and see how version “A” compared to version “B” or “C.”

By: Jennifer Grucza

Jennifer Grucza — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:33:53 +0000

This is what source control is great at. At work, we use CVS, and if I want to see my changes, I just look at the history for the XSL file(s) containing the ad code.

We also use bug-tracking software (Bugzilla) to keep track of tests we do with ads (in addition to keeping track of regular bugs, of course).

There must be some sort of personal source control systems out there that are more lightweight (and hopefully easier to use) than CVS/RCS/Clearcase/etc. I don’t happen to know of any, but maybe someone else does.