Understanding AdSense Timeline, and how it implements via Advanced Ads

  • Resolved genscripter

    (@genscripter)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    My adsense account was recently approved. I set up my Advanced Ads plugin a few days ago in anticipation of my approval. Once I got approved, I set up Auto Ads and figured it would take a few hours to start on my site. However, I still only see blank ads on my phones and computers.

    I revoked my API Access and reloaded it. It seemed to be fine, because there was no error message.

    I went to one of my Advanced Ads and clicked the “Get ad code from your linked account.” I got this:

    “invalid response while retrieving adUnits list…”

    I googled and check this forum for answers. I found this link:
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/ad-cant-work/

    His post looks a lot like my issue, but he still got some ads on his mobile, whereas I never get any on any of my devices.

    Do I need to wait longer? Am I missing some step in the Adsense process? On my adsense dashboard, it looks like I have everything set up ok, but I’m just getting started with this interface and I’m rather ignorant of any of the intricacies of the utility.

    Or should I remove my current ads from my Advanced Ads list, and redo them? Would starting new be better? When I go to the source code of my pages on my site, I see the adsense script, with the “data-ad-slot” equal to an empty string and “data-ad-format” equal to “auto”. Is this right, or is there supposed to be some kind of Ad Slot ID number there?

    Thanks for you help,
    Nick

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Thread Starter genscripter

    (@genscripter)

    Ok, I think I might have some understanding on what that error message “invalid response while retrieving adUnits list…” means. I think it just means there are no ads in my AdSense account for the plugin to find.

    So I went into my Adsense account, Clicked the upper left “≡” icon, then clicked the “Ads” tab, then clicked the “Ad Units” sub-tab, and it brought up the “Ad units” section of the “Content” page. Clicked “New ad unit” and it allowed me to make a basic Ad.

    Now when I go back to my Advanced Ads plugin, and make a new “Ad,” I see this “ad unit” list on the page. I think it’s working on mobile devices now. I still don’t see anything on the laptop yet. Your comments on the other forum post I linked above stated that it can take some time for the desktops to get the ads on the page. I’ll wait a bit and see what happens over the next few days.

    Plugin Author Thomas Maier

    (@webzunft)

    Hi genscripter,

    thanks for taking the time to do your own research and write such a great summary of your steps!

    Time is indeed important for new AdSense accounts.

    I just opened a random post on your site and see two AdSense ads in the content on desktop, so it seems that all is fine.

    Please let me know if you are still missing something.

    Thanks,
    Thomas

    Thread Starter genscripter

    (@genscripter)

    Excellent. A few friends of mine today have also reported they see ads on their desktops as well. My computer still doesn’t, but I’ll keep waiting. My phones show ads, so i’m sure it’s just a matter of time for the desktop. Thanks for your quick response.

    I’m using Chrome without an ad blocker, so I should be fine, but I’ll keep waiting.

    I posted my process so that if anyone else in the future has this same problem, they can read the steps to how I got it running. The error message from Adsense was pretty esoteric, and for people like me who haven’t had a lot of adsense interface experience, this might help them out. Thanks so much for your help. I’ll post again when my ads are up and running on a desktop.

    Plugin Author Thomas Maier

    (@webzunft)

    Perfect. I definitely appreciate you sharing your experience for others here.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter genscripter

    (@genscripter)

    Gradually, my site is getting ads. It seems to be working really well on my phones. However, the laptop is hit-or-miss. If I use IE, the ads work seamlessly. However, on Chrome, they work maybe 5% of the time. I rarely see them. I’ll keep waiting to see how they turn out over the next day. Have you ever experienced this in different browsers?

    Plugin Author Thomas Maier

    (@webzunft)

    Hi genscripter,

    I was using Chrome when I saw the ads on your site and checking again now, I still see them. Do you happen to have an ad blocker or similar scripts installed in your browser?

    Thomas

    Thread Starter genscripter

    (@genscripter)

    I never installed an ad blocker. I’ll check my extensions to make sure.

    Thread Starter genscripter

    (@genscripter)

    The only extensions I have are “Backspace to go Back,” “Duck Duck Go,” and “Google Docs Offline.” I did a search for “*block*” and nothing came up.

    Everything seems to work fine on IE. This is a little strange. I’ll keep looking at it over the next day to see if it shows up on Chrome.

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