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Posted this over on that blog, but I thought it might be interesting to HN readers too:

I also noticed this snippet of code:

  if(url.indexOf(”google.”)!=-1||url.indexOf(”search.yahoo”)!=-1||url.indexOf(”search.live”)!=-1||url.indexOf(”bing.”)!=-1){
    if($(”#adsense_2719325″).parents(”#right-column”).length > 0 && !isImage){
      $(”#adsense_2719325″).addClass(”afc_wide”);
    }
    $(”#adsense_2719325″).html(ads);
    $(”#ads-section-2719325″).show();
  } else {
    $(”#ads-section-2719325″).hide();
  }
Does that mean that he basically shows different content to people coming from search engines? Is that kosher?


showing/hiding ads is perfectly fine.

What you can't do is use that to keyword stuff your site.


On one of my sites, I used AdSense channels to learn more about the CTR from those arriving from Google vs regular users of the site. The CTR from incoming Google traffic was 10x higher, so I show ads to that traffic but not to the regulars - keeps them happier.




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