Strange Google Adsense ads

March 8, 2006

I was just setting up a new template over at Supernanny Rules and I spotted this ad:

I thought I must have stuffed the Adsense code up. I re did it 3 times, and yet still the same ad. It should look like this:

Odd thing is, both ad codes are identical. The odd Adsense ad, a part from changing color magically by itself, also lacks an Ads by Google and Advertise here links as well.

Something new from Google perhaps???

2 responses to Strange Google Adsense ads

  1. I’m seeing the same ads.

    I did a post about seeing these before on WiseGeek (without the URL):
    http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2951

    and here was the reply:

    They are just using the javascript output feature of AdSense. Look at the page source and note the line google_ad_output = ?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?Ö‚Äújs?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨? which tells show_ads.js that it should call a script. there is a function in WiseGeek?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢s ads.js that they include to do the processing. The Google code calls their function and they generate a table with the results. I thought this feature was only for high-volume customers and by permission only, but it sure seems to be getting popular. It?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢s very easy to think of ways to abuse it.

  2. welll that are some strange ads