Tweet AdSense doesn’t allow me to click on the ads it posts on my blog, but this one made me so curious I had to resort to a workaround: I right-clicked, copied the link to the site, and called it up on a different browser. It was disappointing. The chainsaw being advertised isn’t really that […]
Tweet OK, this is ridiculous. It just started today, and I’ve had enough of it. The shallow banner ads that Adsense was putting at the top of my blog — about the size and shape of my random header images — have given way to these gigantic things that take up the whole screen on […]
TweetOr at least, it shows it knows what interests me. I suppose I’m getting these ads now because I’ve recently helped a family member send off her DNA to be analyzed, and referred a friend who was thinking about giving a DNA kit as a gift. Or maybe it’s just because I’m always boring people […]
TweetAs y’all have no doubt noticed, aside from the local ads I have in the rail at right — and as you see, I’ve recently added several from candidates running in next week’s election — Google inserts ads here and there on the blog, based on what it has gleaned about the individual reader’s interests. […]
TweetFor years I tolerated those Google Adsense ads on the blog. Even though they were not a very rewarding proposition for me. Every few months, whenever their Scroogish algorithm things added what they owed me up to more than $100, they would send that amount to my checking account. Yeah, $100. For every few months. […]
Tweet Above you see the ad Google Adsense offered me a few moments ago. Maybe they think the image will remind me of taking quizzes in high school or something. She looks about that age to me, although she wasn’t in any of my classes. I think I’d remember…
TweetOK, I was kinda ragging on Google Adsense the other day for the “older women” ad they put on my blog, but here’s one I actually like. Not enough to click on it, mind you — that’s against the rules. I just like it as a visual enhancement of the blog. My childhood hero Roy […]
Tweet AdSense won’t let me click on its ads, but at least I can occasionally make fun of them. I think. Yesterday, they put the one you see above in the top position on my blog. I don’t know why. You probably didn’t see it (at least, I hope not), but for some reason the […]
Tweet I’m reacting here to one of the ads Google Adsense placed on my blog. While I saw it, I’m hoping none of you did. But whether you did or not, I can’t help saying something about it. See the screengrab above. Really? What on Earth does what you are trying to sell me have […]
Tweet Just noticed this at the top of the blog. Obviously a header image from another time. At least, I HOPE the beach doesn’t look like this. This was taken several years ago in front of the Conch Cafe, located where Surfside Beach and Garden City come together. And then there’s that ad — does […]
Tweet I couldn’t miss the huge banner ad that Google Adsense had placed on my blog. Intrigued, I did a work-around to check out what she was trying to get me to look at. (If I click on an Adsense ad, Google is likely to cut me off for cheating. So I right-click, copy the […]
Tweet This morning there was this huge Google Adsense ad spread across the top of my blog, right under the header (this one), for something called “Chummy Tees.” There was no picture, so, wondering what was being promoted on my blog, I Googled the company (I didn’t dare click on the ad, as Google forbids me […]
Tweet No, the Gabbard campaign hasn’t made a buy on bradwarthen.com. It’s one of those Google Adsense ads, and I probably only got it because I was looking at the post about the picture of Tulsi with Doug. But I thought it would be fun to pass on anyway…
Tweet Google Adsense gives me a lot of odd ads that I’d rather not see on the blog. But I thought this one was pretty cool, and kinda weird — a James Fenimore Cooper ad? I just flashed on my fave line in that movie with Daniel Day Lewis, when the British officer asks Nathaniel […]
TweetThey’re back at it. Again, I’m getting these notifications from Google Adsense: Dear Publisher, This Google Publisher Policy Report gives you an overview of recent activity related to violations found on specific pages of your websites. As enforcement statuses may change over time, please refer to the “Page-level enforcements” section of the AdSense Policy Center for the […]
TweetAnd there is no appeal, since I have been offered no opportunity to interact with a person and make my case. Never mind facing my accuser, or even getting an explanation of the charges against me. (Ain’t the private sector wonderful? Such accountability!) Here’s Google’s verdict on the matter I told you about yesterday. You […]
TweetGoogle Adsense — the folks who place the more random-seeming ads on this blog — sent me this warning recently. I just wish I knew what it was I did that they don’t like — because while the money I get from Google for those ads is a tiny trickle, it’s better than nothing, so […]
Tweet This is from the Bugs Bunny “He don’t know me very well, do he?” department… I keep getting the Google Adsense ad you see below. I just now refreshed like four times, and it wouldn’t go away. I guess it’s because some of y’all brought up birth control on the previous post. You’ll notice that I didn’t […]
Tweet I got this email four days ago, but didn’t see it until today. The headline was, “Google AdSense: Action required to comply with AdSense program policies.” OK, so I opened it, intending to deal with whatever the problem might be. Trouble is, based on this, I have no idea what the problem is: Hello, […]
Tweet Sometimes Google Adsense makes, well, sense — such as the Ancestry.com ad I’m seeing in the rail at right — I’ve really been into building my family tree lately. Sometimes I am mystified. That’s the case with the “Soma” ad you see above. Doubly mystified. To me, “Soma” means: The therapeutic and recreational drug […]