Support » Plugin: Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense » referal tracking problem

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  • Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Hi droid,

    thanks for reaching out.

    Yes, I have read about this. There is no change needed in Advanced Ads since this only works with links managed by WordPress in posts and pages. In Advanced Ads when you for example add a link to an image ad unit, there is nothing like that happening.

    I will check again with the rich content ad type, where this might indeed happen, but it was actually never intended to be used for affiliate links. Please, let me know when you have discovered that this attribute is in fact added somewhere and I will fix it asap.

    Thomas

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Hi droid,

    here is an update.

    As I suspected, Advanced Ads does not add rel=”noreferrer” to links, unless you are using the rich media ad type with the TinyMC editor enabled. Thus, most users are save. Already existing ads are also save.

    I am going to handle this small exception in the next release as well.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    Thank you Thomasfor the detailed prompt reply,

    1) Can you give estimated time on when next update is out ?

    2) Also if Adsense is used instead of affiliate links like Amazon
    this issue has no affect on adsense results or does it?

    Your prompt confirmation today regarding adsense is much apprecaited

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Hi droid,

    this issue only concerns links in the “rich media” ad type in Advanced Ads. As far as I saw it, most users use the “plain text” ad type for managing banners and also links.

    Anyway, this is fixed with the update scheduled for tomorrow.

    It does not concern AdSense or any other code that is based on JavaScript.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    Hi Thomas,
    Thank you again for creating such a good plugin

    I was wonderng if it is possble to make ads floating sticky on the sidebar,
    in a little widget using advanced ads
    i.e.
    Enable “Fixed widget” option in the widget settings and it will be always in sight when page is scrolled down or up. There is no problem to “fix” or “stick” more than one widget even located in different sidebars!

    If that function already exist,
    Could you show the best optimum way to set this up accuratel correctly (step by step)?

    Your prompt confirmation,is much appreciated today

    Thanks

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Hi droid,

    I would love to implement this in the future with our Sticky add-on, but right now, it can only fix ads outside the main content and no widgets.

    However, I can recommend the Q2W3 Fixed Widget plugin for this. Just make sure that you uncheck the “remove widget ID” option in Advanced Ads, since this breaks the functionality of that plugin.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    Thank you, Thomas, again for your rapid prompt excellent support with good insights

    Could I ask you,
    if this is the plugin you are suggesting to use
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/q2w3-fixed-widget/

    because sadly it seemed to be abandoned by its author (no updates for over 9 months)
    unless you have tested it yourself and think it is still working fine.

    Your prompt confirmation,is much appreciated today

    Thanks

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Yes, that’s it.
    I haven’t tested it for a while, but know that some people are using both plugins and you only need to think of the id issue I mentioned and then it seems to work with them.

    Just try it out and you will see. I can, unfortunately, not give a better suggestion 😉

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    Could you clarify the following because not exactly clear:

    You said today that
    “I would love to implement this in the future with our Sticky add-on, but right now, it can only fix ads outside the main content and no widgets.”

    1) Does this mean a sticky make ads floating sticky on the sidebar,
    in a little widget using advanced ads kind of function,
    is coming our way soon?
    If so, what would be the estimation of time you think you can have it ready?

    2) are you saying that at this time when using advanced ads,
    one can have ads floating outside post content on the sidebar without widget for the moment?

    Your prompt solutions to each of above as soon as possible today, is much appreciated.

    Thank you

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    1) could be 3 months, or 2 years. It is not a high priority yet.
    2) sure, there are couple of sticky positions already in the Sticky Ads add-on, see https://wpadvancedads.com/add-ons/sticky-ads/.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    Thank you Thomas

    Q: With regard to maskig affilaites links,
    Why option ticking the box of the free advanced ads version where
    “it has option to hide ads from crawlers, bots, and empty user agents.”
    Also, prevents counting impressions for bots when using the Tracking

    Why this free option already in place,not sufficient to mask the affiliate link?

    Thank you for confirmation back with your
    precise detailed answer today.

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Hi droid,

    I am not sure I understand completely, but if your question is why we hide ads from bots if the appropriate option is selected and not mask them appropriately, the answer is that this was the best choice for the purpose of the plugin some time ago.

    There will be a change with this option soon, but it is too early to be announced.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    Hi Thomas,

    I heard that you are working on addon similar to this
    http://vidskippy.com

    How soon can one expect it?

    Thank you for confirmation back with your
    precise detailed answer today.

    Plugin Author Thomas M

    (@webzunft)

    Hi droid, the linked website is not live yet so I don’t know what it is about.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter droid

    (@android1pro)

    1) Here is the working link
    http://vidskippy.com/live/
    How soon can one expect it?

    2) Does the tracker add on cloak the affilaite links in image ads,
    so it is not detected by Google bots?

    Thank you for confirmation back with your
    precise detailed answer today.

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