Hijacked Ads

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I just noticed that on one of my sites, the first text adsense block shows up and is almost instantly replaced with a search-box.

The search box is definately not mine, so i would appreciate any suggestions you might have.

The site is pavediamondring(dot)net

Thank you very much.
#search engine optimization #ads #hijacked
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    I took a look, all I see is a regular Adsense text Ad.

    Post a screenshot of what you see.
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    • Did you just make an update? Do you have other
      javascripts on the page, like amazon, or other?

      After updating some code, your browser may juggle
      a lot of weird stuff around. It settles down.

      I've seem browsers put amazon where adsense was
      right after a code change.

      Paul
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    Also download Malwarebytes (free version) & run the software scan.
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    • Nope, nothing unusual there.

      That's what i was running (as i said in my previous response)...cleared out the two threats it found....and nothing.
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  • Fixed!

    The problem was a firefox extension "Yontoo"
    Once disabled, things returned to normal.

    Hope this helps someone in a similar situation.
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    • I have the same thing on one of my ads: it briefly flashes on a regular adsense ad when I first land on the page, then immediately switches to the other> I was wondering if it was also adsense. How did you discover what your problem was?

      On a side note - I have also been experiencing a lot of other problems with my site in the past month:

      links on my site not going anywhere

      adsense stopped paying for clicks that were previously paying 2-3 dollars each (went from close to $100.00 a day to cents a day)

      webmaster tools warning of unnatural links being detected (I've not changed anything on the site in about 6-7 months)

      I'm growing increasingly frustrated. Something new seems to pop up on a regular basis. About ready to just shut it all down.
  • Unfortunately this f...g s...t Yontoo is included in instalation of some other plugins or softwares
    It replaces/overwrite site ads with some other things without site/webmaster knowledge.
    And then what happens with your adsense earnings - goes down

    That is not fare at all for all webmasters and companies that tries to make good websites and earn some money from them with ad units.
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    Hijacked Ads

    I just noticed that on one of my sites, the first text adsense block shows up and is almost instantly replaced with a search-box. The search box is definately not mine, so i would appreciate any suggestions you might have.