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Adsense in wrong language - help

Discussion in 'Placement / Reviews / Examples' started by Wally, Dec 10, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Hello all,

    my site is complety german. But the Ads are always mostly only english :(
    Germans dont click on english ads (mostly)

    The tip from Google to put this code in the AdSensecode before "//-->"
    google_language = 'de';
    Code (markup):
    did NOT help! Absolutly not.
    I tried it, but it is going on in english!
    What can I do now?

    It is a Photoshop Site, and for this site they have much german advertisers. So really enough ads for a german Photoshop site.

    The only problem is: when I see in Shawns Geovisitors (http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/) and my other statistics I have some visitors from USA and other countrys. (not less)
    This is since my site is listed in an english photography directory.
    I get about 40-50 visitors from that directory. (and maybe they click on my Ads). But I have more visitors from germany.

    So, what can I really do now? Please help!
    The above code from Google did not help.

    Wally

    PS: Is Adsenseadviser not here any more?
     
    Wally, Dec 10, 2005 IP
  2. webyp

    webyp Banned

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    #2
    Do you view your pages from a German IP?
    Also do you have your Windows regional setting set to German?
    These things may affect which ads are displayed.
     
    webyp, Dec 10, 2005 IP
  3. wrmineo

    wrmineo Peon

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    #3
    I would also declare the language of your site if it's not already to see if that helps. You needn't create a separate tag, you can merely combine it with your existing html tag:

    <html lang="de">
    Code (markup):
    Ironically, I was having just the opposite problem. The Kristin Kreuk subdomain to freshdames.com kept getting regarded as Deutsch by engines I'm guessing because of her last name, which coincidentally - she's of Dutch descent.

    Anyway, I tried all sorts of junk and finally declaring the language seemed to help clear the air so to speak.

    Either way, I would also leave in the 
    google_language = 'de';
    Code (markup):
    line with the Google AdSense just to be safe.

    It may take a few hours, maybe even a few days before the Google MediaBot "gets smart" and begins to deliver relevant, language-specific ads.

    Hope that helps - good luck.
     
    wrmineo, Dec 10, 2005 IP
  4. Wally

    Wally Well-Known Member

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    Thank you for all your tips!

    wrmineo:
    my code: 
    <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//DE" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    Code (markup):
    It is a Mambo CMS.

    Can I delete the 3rd line with the xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"?

    Ore can I write this: 
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="de">
    Code (markup):
    I dont know this.

    ??
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    Another think:

    Maybe it is not:
    google_language = 'de';

    Maybe it is:
    google_language = "de";

    Because all the other google code has no: ' the code has " everywhere else in the AdSense-Code.

    I had the same problem with chitika. I have used there :' for the channel, but is was wrong. The right was: "

    ??
     
    Wally, Dec 10, 2005 IP
  5. wrmineo

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    #5
    Wally you can add the lang="de" to the end of that tag as you indicated.

    Also, I too would suggest using the " " versus the ' '.

    Another option is to use:
    <!-- google_ad_section_start -->

    <!-- google_ad_section_end -->

    before and after some specific content that you're trying to emphasize for your page(s).

    To be on the safe side, when you're done, run it through a code validator to ensure all is okay.

    Hope it gets cleared up for you soonest.
     
    wrmineo, Dec 10, 2005 IP
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  6. runnerunner

    runnerunner Active Member

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    try looking at your site with a german proxy, and see what language the ads show up as.

    Here's a list of proxies:
    http://www.proxy4free.com/page1.html

    and here's one that's german:
    217.171.184.1 8080
     
    runnerunner, Dec 10, 2005 IP
  7. Paolo

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    Hmm, i have a collateral problem. My site is multilanguage, white a section variable the customer can select his lang, but how can i tell to adsense which lanaguage use dinamicaly?
    How can I tell to adsense to change lang ads if the customer change his language? Which are the code for each lang?
    I have to use this code dinamicaly?

    <html lang="$$$">

    Paolo
     
    Paolo, Dec 10, 2005 IP
  8. Dazed_and_confused

    Dazed_and_confused Well-Known Member

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    can i use this code
    google_language = 'de';
    for other languages (eg. 'el' for greek) too?
     
    Dazed_and_confused, Dec 11, 2005 IP
  9. Wally

    Wally Well-Known Member

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    I only know that one guy in a german adsenseforum (http://www.abakus-internet-marketing.de/foren/viewtopic/t-21337.html) 5th Posting: "It works well with "en" and "de", "es" " He testet it already and it worked for him. As you can see, it works. But I dont know what the abbreviation for Greece is.

    ------------------------------------------------------
    For me on my site it still doesnt work! Maybe because I have some US and other visitors and 4 ore 5 words in english on this site. But I will try more... and I wait. And I will do also the other tipps here in this thread...
    Thanks all.

    There is also now a Adsense-Advisor at Abakus (a woman).
     
    Wally, Dec 14, 2005 IP