One of the challenges of building pages for AdSense is that until the page is up and running, you can't really tell which ads you're going to get.
And that's vital information.
Apart from the fact that you can't know which ads to filter out if you don't even know which are going to show up, seeing the ads before you go live can help you decide which keywords to focus on.
Change your content a little to throw in some different keywords and you could get completely different ads -- this time, ads that you think are more likely to attract your users.
Until now, the way most people tried to see which ads their content could generate was by using Google's own AdSense preview tool. But it wasn't great. It only worked with Explorer and the page had to be created before you could see the results.
That's why Amit Agarwal's Google AdSense Sandbox is such a cool tool. It lets you toss in keywords and see the results right away... in every different format of AdSense unit.
Not only will you be able to see which ads you're going to get, you'll also be able to see which ads look the best.
Now if Amit can get the ads to display each ad's cost-per-click too, life would be perfect.
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June 6, 2007 01:57 PM
I use a subdomain and this preview tool is pulling up ads from my main domain instead. I've tried other tools that do not have this problem.
Am I doing something wrong or does this tool have a bug?
June 6, 2007 10:22 PM
thank you Mr.joel for the good info/tips.