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Why do my google ads look like this?

by tjc348
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My google ads have a + and a - Sign above them. Its driving me crazy because it does not look clean. Does anyone know why this is? Is there a way to get rid of them
? Thanks in advance
#ads #google
  • Profile picture of the author tjc348
    c I c h l I d -f I s h . c o m is my site (without spaces)
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  • Profile picture of the author That Guy
    You may want to check your links. Some of them are broken. More specifically the header titles of some of you pages. An yes, the + - sign is peculiar...
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  • Profile picture of the author tjc348
    okay, I see what you mean. Do you have any idea why that would be happening?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    That +/- does look like crap, lol.

    I went to check my own Ads make sure they didn't have that +/- above them.

    Did you double check your CSS code?
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  • Profile picture of the author tjc348
    I dont really know a whole lot about html, so I wouldnt really know what to look for.
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  • Profile picture of the author milton11011
    lol contact google. that looks terrible
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Google has nothing to do with it.

      Your code spacing is horrendous.
      You really need to copy and paste it exactly the way it
      appears, and no other tags side by side.

      I also notice you have this code (see how horrible it looks?):

      <ul>
      <li class="widget default"> <div class="textwidget"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
      google_ad_client = "pub-8868696160776332";
      /* 160x600, created 6/2/11 */
      google_ad_slot = "4584209793";
      google_ad_width = 160;
      google_ad_height = 600;
      //-->

      </script>
      <script type="text/javascript"
      src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
      </script></div>
      </li>
      </ul>

      You have the adsense in an unordered list. It gets a bullet.
      That's probably the + sign. The plus sign, if you notice, is
      not a text +.

      This is the danger of slapping adsense code anywhere you think it
      looks good without a little knowledge of html.

      Get rid of the <ul> <li> crapola and your problem is probably solved.

      People think blank spaces in code are mundane. Most times they are.
      Sometimes a space can wreak havoc. I'd still clean up the code.

      Paul
      Signature

      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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      • Profile picture of the author tjc348
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        Google has nothing to do with it.

        Your code spacing is horrendous.
        You really need to copy and paste it exactly the way it
        appears, and no other tags side by side.

        I also notice you have this code (see how horrible it looks?):

        <ul>
        <li class="widget default"> <div class="textwidget"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
        google_ad_client = "pub-8868696160776332";
        /* 160x600, created 6/2/11 */
        google_ad_slot = "4584209793";
        google_ad_width = 160;
        google_ad_height = 600;
        //-->

        </script>
        <script type="text/javascript"
        src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
        </script></div>
        </li>
        </ul>

        You have the adsense in an unordered list. It gets a bullet.
        That's probably the + sign. The plus sign, if you notice, is
        not a text +.

        This is the danger of slapping adsense code anywhere you think it
        looks good without a little knowledge of html.

        Get rid of the <ul> <li> crapola and your problem is probably solved.

        People think blank spaces in code are mundane. Most times they are.
        Sometimes a space can wreak havoc. I'd still clean up the code.

        Paul
        My codes do not appear like that for me. I have my link add in the header sections, and the other two ads on the left and right of the page are in a widget(text widget).

        I'm sorry but I really don't understand what you mean by "the ads are in an unordered list". I copied the code exactly as it was given to me on adsense and I pasted them into the sections I thought I would like for them to appear.

        I am getting pretty frustrated because this is all so confusing to me.

        If you could go into more detail, I would greatly appreciate it. Sorry I am illiterate when it comes to HTML. This is my first website I've ever owned, and I am still in the process of learning this stuff.

        I would assume this is the same problem causing the ads to be cut off at the bottom? They aren't fully showing.

        I thought maybe it was because they're in the widget section, but then again, the top "link ad" is not in a widget. I placed it in my header section in html and I did it exactly like a video I saw. Except they didn't get the plus and minus sign.

        Somehow, I've still had a few ad clicks in the past few days.

        If there is anyway that you could help me with this, that would be awesome! I am a bit lost with all of this. Not to mention, I am also dealing with broken links on Post titles. I tried fixing both problems, but I am not having any luck at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    OP, are you adding the Adsense code inside of a Wordpress Widget?

    If so try adding the code directly into your Wordpress theme code.

    PM me If you want,
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      There is no way an adsense widget should put adsense as an
      unordered list. Notice it's between <ul> and </ul>
      That's where the + is coming from. That's the reason why
      the bottom of the adsense code looks chopped off even.

      Load the page and view the source code. This will give you a clue
      as to where to add the code by hand. Viewing the source code
      will be exactly what the browser sees.

      If you don't see the code mixed all up, it's just the way it loads
      to be edited. Many times you can't see how it looks until you
      load the page. Knowing the way it looks, you can now go back
      and delete all the spaces and clean up the code. Best way is to
      put your cursor at the end of what should be the line, then press
      enter and delete spaces as needed. Those directions probably
      are not that great in a forum reply.

      Get rid of the adsense between <ul> and </ul> and your problem
      should be solved.

      Find some other theme, widget or whatever. As I said, I have no
      idea why a true adsense widget would be a list. That's a widget
      more for links or other items that belong in a list.

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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  • Profile picture of the author srinu
    try to remove adsense and put again u can see change in google adsense
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