Alternate ads don't work for me

[edbarton]

I have never been able to get alternate ads to work. I enter all the code nicely but it never seems to work and I instead get a blank space on the charity ads. Anybody had the same problem or can shed some light as to why?

[dave conz]

Can you show us the page you're using for the alternate?

[edbarton]

Not really because I deleted it but I will try and put it up. Give me a few minutes

[edbarton]

http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk/dir/forum - I was wrong a bit they stop the ads from displaying at all

Am I allowed to post the code?

[Jazzee]

When I go to your page, I get:

Line: 148
Char: 3
Error: 'google_ad_width' is undefined

That might have something to do with it.

[edbarton]

Well I get the adsense ads now after playing around with the code a bit but upon the alternate ads I get a Google Error

See - http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk/dir/fo...wtopic.php?t=9

[Jazzee]

Show me the adsense code you are using.

[edbarton]

Ok

[code:1:faab8cbc5b]
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = 'pub-3650624510848681';
google_alternate_ad_url = '<a href="http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk" target="_top"><img src="http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk/dir/blueuniverse.gif" border="0" /></a>';
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = '468x60_as';
google_color_border = '82BFDB';
google_color_bg = 'FFFFFF';
google_color_link = '000000';
google_color_url = '000000';
google_color_text = '000000';
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
[/code:1:faab8cbc5b]

[Jazzee]

You don't do it like that.

Create an html page with only this on it:
[code:1:fe28cdd20d]<a href="http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk" target="_top"><img src="http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk/dir/blueuniverse.gif" border="0" /></a>[/code:1:fe28cdd20d]

Upload the page to your server.


For your adsense:
[code:1:fe28cdd20d]<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = 'pub-3650624510848681';
google_alternate_ad_url = 'http://www.blueuniverse.co.uk/GOOGLEPAGE.HTML';
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = '468x60_as';
google_color_border = '82BFDB';
google_color_bg = 'FFFFFF';
google_color_link = '000000';
google_color_url = '000000';
google_color_text = '000000';
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script> [/code:1:fe28cdd20d]

Of course replacing GOOGLEPAGE.HTML with wherever you uploaded the page to.

[Jazzee]

That is how mine is done and it works.

[edbarton]

Thanks Jazzee it worked. You are a saviour.

[Jazzee]

NP