I gave it a try for my online shopping maps: http://www.jargol.com/stores/maps/new-york/ Ads show up in the overall view, but If you click on any of the blue pinpoint to see neighborhood stores, I haven't ever seen any ads there yet. If I zoom out from a neighborhood view some ads show up again. Maybe this is just an consequence of there not being many ads in the system yet, but I was hoping to see ads in the neighborhood view mixed in the stores on my map. That I think would be very effective and useful.
My first requirement is i want to use dropdown instead of search box as given by Google AJAX Search API. The Google search ajax API is providing the desired result alphabetically but it using default input box and search button which i can't change to dropdown. So I want to customize it to desired search control, desired no of results, the search radius like bird eye, mile etc and displaying images with overlay infowindow on markup.
Second - I want to change the result as I rotate the google map.
Please solve my problems by giving code/examples/links/mails.
This particular thread is for the gAdsManager, not the Local Search Control.
Folks here at the Google Maps API group might well help out if you start a new thread, alternatively please go over to the Google AJAX API group to discuss the Local Search Control, it's "home".
On Aug 10, 11:31 am, Pawan <abcxyz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My first requirement is i want to use dropdown instead of search box > as given by Google AJAX Search API. The Google search ajax API is > providing the desired result > alphabetically but it using default input box and search button which > i can't change to dropdown. > So I want to customize it to desired search control, desired no of > results, the search radius like bird eye, mile etc and displaying > images with overlay infowindow on markup.
> Second - I want to change the result as I rotate the google map.
> Please solve my problems by giving code/examples/links/mails.
I just gave it a try this new GAdsManager on my site (http:// ongmap.com).
Although I'm based in Japan (and I know GAdsManager is only available in US), a major part of visitors to my site is from US and the site is in both English and Japanese.
Problem is I can't see any ads showing up on the map (US map), and I can't figure out if this is due to my IP address (geographically blocked?) or my code or the content of the site.
Since my site is full of JavaScript and the content is fetched via Xmlhttp and DOM, I have inserted a "visibility:hidden" DIV block to tell googlebot what this site is offering. This might not be working.
But on the AdSense manager, the count from GAdsManager seems to be adding up although no one has clicked yet.
I have found the GadsManager to be a bit disappointing, in fact I've disabled it. One major problem I see is a reduction of performance, especially when dragging or zooming the map. For all this, there are few ads and no clicks. Last month I had about 750,000 viewport changes and a grand total of 3 clicks. Just not worth the drag on the performance for $.09.
On Sep 4, 8:47 am, "maps.huge.info" <cor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have found theGadsManagerto be a bit disappointing, in fact I've > disabled it. One major problem I see is a reduction of performance, > especially when dragging or zooming the map. For all this, there are > few ads and no clicks. Last month I had about 750,000 viewport changes > and a grand total of 3 clicks. Just not worth the drag on the > performance for $.09.
> I suggest you consider this.
Hmmm, it's too early to include GAdsManager... Well, I guess you're right. Maybe I should be turning off GAdsManager until Google get more stocks in their geo-AdSense system, and expand its service interntionally...
Like you, I have an xml JS overlay website hosted in Japan. (You have a very nice site by the way - very impressive.) 2 specific questions for google:
1) - are sites with IP addresses outside the US blacklisted for the adsmanager service? Is there any chance at all of ads being shown when a user is looking at a US city map from my Japan hosted site?
2) If we are not passing context, with some crude steam-web text, or hidden divs of a kind that are generally frowned on by google, is there any chance at all of ads appearing?
V.
On 05/09/07, naot...@gmail.com <naot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 4, 8:47 am, "maps.huge.info" <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have found theGadsManagerto be a bit disappointing, in fact I've > > disabled it. One major problem I see is a reduction of performance, > > especially when dragging or zooming the map. For all this, there are > > few ads and no clicks. Last month I had about 750,000 viewport changes > > and a grand total of 3 clicks. Just not worth the drag on the > > performance for $.09.
> > I suggest you consider this.
> Hmmm, it's too early to include GAdsManager... > Well, I guess you're right. Maybe I should be turning off GAdsManager > until > Google get more stocks in their geo-AdSense system, and expand its > service > interntionally...
Hi variable- Re 1), you should still potentially be able to display ads in the US region from a Japan-hosted site. Re 2), some keywords could also be garnered from your domain/file name, if it's useful. I'm not sure I've ever seen a site with absolutely no associated keywords. Additional context definitely helps, however.
- pamela
On Sep 4, 8:49 am, singularity <tikut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Like you, I have an xml JS overlay website hosted in Japan. (You have a very > nice site by the way - very impressive.) > 2 specific questions for google:
> 1) - are sites with IP addresses outside the US blacklisted for the > adsmanager service? Is there any chance at all of ads being shown when a > user is looking at a US city map from my Japan hosted site?
> 2) If we are not passing context, with some crude steam-web text, or hidden > divs of a kind that are generally frowned on by google, is there any chance > at all of ads appearing?
> V.
> On 05/09/07, naot...@gmail.com <naot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > John,
> > On Sep 4, 8:47 am, "maps.huge.info" <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have found theGadsManagerto be a bit disappointing, in fact I've > > > disabled it. One major problem I see is a reduction of performance, > > > especially when dragging or zooming the map. For all this, there are > > > few ads and no clicks. Last month I had about 750,000 viewport changes > > > and a grand total of 3 clicks. Just not worth the drag on the > > > performance for $.09.
> > > I suggest you consider this.
> > Hmmm, it's too early to include GAdsManager... > > Well, I guess you're right. Maybe I should be turning off GAdsManager > > until > > Google get more stocks in their geo-AdSense system, and expand its > > service > > interntionally...
> Hi variable- > Re 1), you should still potentially be able to display ads in the US > region from a Japan-hosted site. > Re 2), some keywords could also be garnered from your domain/file > name, if it's useful. I'm not sure I've ever seen a site with > absolutely no associated keywords. Additional context definitely > helps, however.
> - pamela
> On Sep 4, 8:49 am, singularity < tikut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Like you, I have an xml JS overlay website hosted in Japan. (You have a > very > > nice site by the way - very impressive.) > > 2 specific questions for google:
> > 1) - are sites with IP addresses outside the US blacklisted for the > > adsmanager service? Is there any chance at all of ads being shown when a
> > user is looking at a US city map from my Japan hosted site?
> > 2) If we are not passing context, with some crude steam-web text, or > hidden > > divs of a kind that are generally frowned on by google, is there any > chance > > at all of ads appearing?
> > V.
> > On 05/09/07, naot...@gmail.com < naot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > John,
> > > On Sep 4, 8:47 am, "maps.huge.info" < cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have found theGadsManagerto be a bit disappointing, in fact I've > > > > disabled it. One major problem I see is a reduction of performance, > > > > especially when dragging or zooming the map. For all this, there are > > > > few ads and no clicks. Last month I had about 750,000 viewport > changes > > > > and a grand total of 3 clicks. Just not worth the drag on the > > > > performance for $.09.
> > > > I suggest you consider this.
> > > Hmmm, it's too early to include GAdsManager... > > > Well, I guess you're right. Maybe I should be turning off GAdsManager > > > until > > > Google get more stocks in their geo-AdSense system, and expand its > > > service > > > interntionally...
Hi variable, It looks like diddlefinger.com is analyzed as being about japan, which would make it harder to get US-relevent ads. (Most US advertisers won't use 'japan' as one of their keywords). - pamela
On Sep 4, 9:52 am, singularity <tikut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alas, diddlefinger.com appears to be regarded as insufficiently informative. > [Perhaps a blessing...]
> V.
> On 05/09/07, pamela (Google Employee) <api.pamela...@google.com> wrote:
> > Hi variable- > > Re 1), you should still potentially be able to display ads in the US > > region from a Japan-hosted site. > > Re 2), some keywords could also be garnered from your domain/file > > name, if it's useful. I'm not sure I've ever seen a site with > > absolutely no associated keywords. Additional context definitely > > helps, however.
> > - pamela
> > On Sep 4, 8:49 am, singularity < tikut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Like you, I have an xml JS overlay website hosted in Japan. (You have a > > very > > > nice site by the way - very impressive.) > > > 2 specific questions for google:
> > > 1) - are sites with IP addresses outside the US blacklisted for the > > > adsmanager service? Is there any chance at all of ads being shown when a
> > > user is looking at a US city map from my Japan hosted site?
> > > 2) If we are not passing context, with some crude steam-web text, or > > hidden > > > divs of a kind that are generally frowned on by google, is there any > > chance > > > at all of ads appearing?
> > > V.
> > > On 05/09/07, naot...@gmail.com < naot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > John,
> > > > On Sep 4, 8:47 am, "maps.huge.info" < cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have found theGadsManagerto be a bit disappointing, in fact I've > > > > > disabled it. One major problem I see is a reduction of performance, > > > > > especially when dragging or zooming the map. For all this, there are > > > > > few ads and no clicks. Last month I had about 750,000 viewport > > changes > > > > > and a grand total of 3 clicks. Just not worth the drag on the > > > > > performance for $.09.
> > > > > I suggest you consider this.
> > > > Hmmm, it's too early to include GAdsManager... > > > > Well, I guess you're right. Maybe I should be turning off GAdsManager > > > > until > > > > Google get more stocks in their geo-AdSense system, and expand its > > > > service > > > > interntionally...
<api.pamela...@google.com> wrote: > Hi variable, > It looks like diddlefinger.com is analyzed as being about japan, which > would make it harder to get US-relevent ads. (Most US advertisers > won't use 'japan' as one of their keywords). > - pamela
How about ongmap.com? Is it also analyzed as being about Japan? Any ads showing up if it's seen from US (I haven't tured off GAdsManager yet)? Does hidden DIV do any work?
Nice mashup. It seems to think your site is mostly about maps/world maps. There are a few ads that would match that, but not many. When I browsed around your map, I didn't see any ads.
I don't know whether hidden divs get indexed by the Google bot - regardless, I believe it's not condoned as an ethical practice in the world of the web.
- pamela
On Sep 4, 2:28 pm, "naot...@gmail.com" <naot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <api.pamela...@google.com> wrote: > > Hi variable, > > It looks like diddlefinger.com is analyzed as being about japan, which > > would make it harder to get US-relevent ads. (Most US advertisers > > won't use 'japan' as one of their keywords). > > - pamela
> How about ongmap.com? Is it also analyzed as being about Japan? Any > ads showing > up if it's seen from US (I haven't tured off GAdsManager yet)? Does > hidden DIV do any work?
Pamela, What IS an "ethical" way for a site that uses xml/json and javascript to create overlays to pass context to google? I post stuff between a noscript tags - (xhtml strict compliant if the "stuff" is in a div) but that is so steam-web it makes me cringe to think about it.
How do we use all this shiny new tech, stay "ethical" (to use your word) and pass context? If I have an overlay for hotels and an overlay for lawyers, do I really have to access them over different urls?
V.
On 05/09/07, pamela (Google Employee) <api.pamela...@google.com> wrote:
> Nice mashup. It seems to think your site is mostly about maps/world > maps. There are a few ads that would match that, but not many. When I > browsed around your map, I didn't see any ads.
> I don't know whether hidden divs get indexed by the Google bot - > regardless, I believe it's not condoned as an ethical practice in the > world of the web.
> - pamela
> On Sep 4, 2:28 pm, "naot...@gmail.com" <naot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi pamela,
> > On Sep 5, 2:07 am, "pamela (Google Employee)"
> > <api.pamela...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi variable, > > > It looks like diddlefinger.com is analyzed as being about japan, which > > > would make it harder to get US-relevent ads. (Most US advertisers > > > won't use 'japan' as one of their keywords). > > > - pamela
> > How about ongmap.com? Is it also analyzed as being about Japan? Any > > ads showing > > up if it's seen from US (I haven't tured off GAdsManager yet)? Does > > hidden DIV do any work?
Well, if it's not a good pratcice (hidden div), I would erase it.
But at the same time, as singularity has questioned, how could we address what the site is about to robots while all contextual data/content are retrieved via AJAX? Meta tag?
> Nice mashup. It seems to think your site is mostly about maps/world > maps. There are a few ads that would match that, but not many. When I > browsed around your map, I didn't see any ads.
> I don't know whether hidden divs get indexed by the Google bot - > regardless, I believe it's not condoned as an ethical practice in the > world of the web.
> - pamela
> On Sep 4, 2:28 pm, "naot...@gmail.com" <naot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi pamela,
> > On Sep 5, 2:07 am, "pamela (Google Employee)"
> > <api.pamela...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi variable, > > > It looks like diddlefinger.com is analyzed as being about japan, which > > > would make it harder to get US-relevent ads. (Most US advertisers > > > won't use 'japan' as one of their keywords). > > > - pamela
> > How about ongmap.com? Is it also analyzed as being about Japan? Any > > ads showing > > up if it's seen from US (I haven't tured offGAdsManageryet)? Does > > hidden DIV do any work?
