Avoid Google Adsense PSAs

[netsavy006]

First of all many may be asking "What is a PSA?" Here's what google has to say about PSAs:

Public service ad (PSA)

PSAs are non-profit organization ads that are served to pages when targeted ads are unavailable, or when Google is unable to gather content from the page. Publishers do not receive earnings for clicks made on PSAs.

When google shows a PSA this means you don't get money for either the ad or the clicks.

One good thing is that you can get rid of PSAs by having an alternate ad show up when google can't match ads to your site.

Here's all you have to do:

1. Create an html page containing adcode provided by a different company (for example, bidvertiser, adbrite, chitika, oxado, etc.)

2. Save the html page onto your computer (for example psa.html)

3. Upload the file to your site using an FTP program (I suggest FileZilla)

4. Locate your google adsense code:
(example:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
google_ad_slot = "XXXXXXXXXX";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

5. After "google_ad_height = 60;" add a new line below it and place the following:

google_alternate_ad_url = “http://www.example.com/youraltadpage.html”;

Where "http://www.example.com/youraltadpage.html" is the page you uploaded in step 3.

6. Save the new code. From now on instead of a PSA showing up, you will now see the other ad networks ads instead.

Hope this all makes since. Have fun. Remember if you have questions be sure to reply to this thread.

Andy...

 

[Murder he Wrote]

...why would i do this when Public Service Ads on my site contribute towards those in need.

Families are made homeless from natural disasters, and the public service ads contribute towards the recovery: Building new homes, providing victims with a place to stay whilst they're homeless.

I for one plan to keep PSA's in my Adsense rotation to help others. I will not on the other hand remove them because i don't make money from them.

 

[Nebulous]

...why would i do this when Public Service Ads on my site contribute towards those in need.

Families are made homeless from natural disasters, and the public service ads contribute towards the recovery: Building new homes, providing victims with a place to stay whilst they're homeless.

I for one plan to keep PSA's in my Adsense rotation to help others. I will not on the other hand remove them because i don't make money from them.

Thats what I was just about to post.

 

[Mr. Bond]

Same. When I had ads on my site I left them in.

 

[CyberFreak]

I believe that google offers an option by where you can add a link to an page like netsavy said so it shows instead of the public service ads.

All netsavy is doing (i think) is just posting how google will remove them if you do them through the adsense control panel. He is just showing you incase you don't want the ads to show.

 

[Snorki]

His topic is telling us to avoid them though. I about he is just posting how to. More like a command, in my opinion.

 

[CyberFreak]

One good thing is that you can get rid of PSAs by having an alternate ad show up when google can't match ads to your site.

To me that is a command... that is just saying that in his opinion it is good you do it. Nowhere does he say to do this.

 

[Snorki]

I meant his topic title. ~confuse~

 

[CyberFreak]

-n- I suppose that could be seen that way although i know that netsavy didn't mean it is a demanding way.

 

[zoso]

Never really considered using anyway :/

 

[netsavy006]

I didn't mean to be commanding or demanding to it. I was just showing how you could rid of the PSAs if you don't want them to show. Some people like getting the most money for their buck, and PSAs unfortunately doesn't give the user revenue. If a user wanted they could have a "network backup". Oxado is a good choice. I submitted here an Oxado review from someone who uses it. I use Oxado too but it's not my review. If you'd like to visit Oxado directly the url is http://www.oxado.com

 

[spyka]

Umm, you can remove PSAs and add an alternate URL when you create an ad from your account, you don't need to mess about with the html.

Secondly PSAs only show when Google can't find any other adverts to show, this usually means that there is something wrong with page.

 

[CyberFreak]

I did think Google offered a way to do this.

 

[netsavy006]

Well not having a google account I didn't know it was an option in google to do that. I just posted based on what I found.

 

[Murder he Wrote]

I did think Google offered a way to do this.

It's on the third page of Adsense setup ->
http://www.imagger.com/uploads/979271_ads.gif

 

[netsavy006]

That's good to know. I don't have a google adsense account so I didn't know that you could do it from within the google adsense setup. But this option is good if you allready placed google ads so you don't have to configure a new adzone just to add the html page code...