Comments on: AdSense for RSS Feeds – How Contextual Are the Ads?

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:04:30 +0000

I’m planning to put RSS reader on my site, not my blog site. Problem is I havn’t tried it yet and anyone has a link where to get a reliable (no virus, worms, etc) RSS reader?

By: Steven-Sanders

Steven-Sanders — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:18:29 +0000

I’ve noticed alot of my adsense for rss ads aren’t based on the post content.

I’m really considering removing them.

By: Pawel (SEOblogr)

Pawel (SEOblogr) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:35:35 +0000

Well, i hope Google can solve that kind of problems in the near future.

By: korea sem company

korea sem company — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:12:45 +0000

I think ads are well targeted.These ads normally appear according to the geographical locations. I agree with you relevancy can suffer in those areas where Google has less ads in the system.

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Google Webmaster Tools - Key Essentials and Benefits — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:16:21 +0000

No problems like that here, but that really sucks! The ads should always be relevant.

By: Greg G.

Greg G. — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:59:51 +0000

If google was smart (which they are) I bet they are using the Google Reader Trends data to target the ads. That also might be why you can only see the ads with GReader. Ads are not always based on content, google has much more valuable information about you that it uses to target it’s ads.

By: Bryn Youngblut

Bryn Youngblut — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:21:05 +0000

That is hilarious

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:43:04 +0000

It’s funny – I use Outlook to view your RSS feed and I don’t seem to get any of the AdSense ads. I just don’t see them. John Chow did a post a month or so ago about his RSS AdSense ads and I thought it was strange then, too, because I’ve never seen any of his AdSense ads either. Is there something that filters them out in Outlook? Outlook seems like a pretty normal way to view an RSS feed – not that I really mind not seeing any ads, but more of an FYI to you.

By: Cindy Sue Causey

Cindy Sue Causey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:31:07 +0000

Hi, Darren.. :)

Haven’t tried RSS ads, but I’d had similar, the girl version, occur early on in my use of context-based ads on the blog itself.. Not what I was writing about and no clue what was the trigger..

Finally had to nix context-based completely when questionable get-healthy-quick fixes started being the only serving of the day, especially the ones that looked like they were shipped from overseas.. OUUUUCH.. :))

Cyber hugs from North Georgia..

By: Dr. Nicole Sundene

Dr. Nicole Sundene — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:08:00 +0000

The add I got today was advertising adsenseg.. So I guess that was perfect. These scammy/spammy ads are exactly why I don’t like adsense. People are confused enough.

By: Surender

Surender — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:12:21 +0000

Hi Dareen,
What if I publish my articles on Techno Blog?I have techno blog and earning by ads of Kontera.Can I publish Kontera ads in Feedburner?

By: Roy Scribner

Roy Scribner — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:07:20 +0000

I’m just not very comfortable with ceding editorial control over ad content to a third-party. When it comes to your brand, you are ultimately responsible for all of the content that appears in or with all of your material.

By: Pawel (SEOblogr)

Pawel (SEOblogr) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:28:18 +0000

Hi guys. I have to say that search history or previously viewed websites or even user trends or habits over long period of time do NOT play role in displaying AdSense ads. If it did, i would have never seen that kind of advertisement.
I bet its the case of not enough ads in rotation in AdSense system. Sometimes it will show unrelated ads because its a machine and no matter how good it will be, it WILL make mistakes.

By: Marija

Marija — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:10:18 +0000

Darren, I’m reading this post in Bloglines, and guess what ad I see in the end of your article: Meet Local Single Lesbian and Bi Women. Haha.

By: Joel Drapper

Joel Drapper — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:14:58 +0000

You should sell private ads there. I am sure a wordpress plugin could be made.

By: jhay

jhay — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:07:49 +0000

Why this kind of ads appear on totally unrelated posts, only the AdSense team knows.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:42:22 +0000

I’ve noticed it too on my blog’s feed. Sometimes the ad is relevant and other times it’s from left field. Maybe, it’s the size of the ad and the inventory for that size that determines what you get.

I’ve also noticed that the click thru rate is so low on my feed ads, that I’m highly considering removing them and replacing them with ads that promote my blog.

By: Pat with SPI

Pat with SPI — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:26:06 +0000

@ Thomas,

Wow that plugin is actually pretty helpful. I use the plugin WP125 for 125×125 ad management, but it doesn’t deal with paypal or any payment processing. Thanks for the link!

Hey, Gay Chubby Guys need love too.

By: Tom Hanna

Tom Hanna — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:35:57 +0000

I haven’t paid attention to Adsense for RSS, but with standard Adsense I know I sometimes see ads that seem very tailored to my search history and barely relevant, if at all, to the site I’m actually looking at.

By: Andreas Gohr

Andreas Gohr — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:10:49 +0000

That "fair share" of chubby gay readers you mention might be the key here. I wrote up my thought here: Is contextual advertising bullshit?