----- Original Message ----- From: "Google AdSense" adsense-tech@google.com To: "Sterling D. Allan" sterlingda@greaterthings.com Cc: "Sterling D. Allan" sterlingda@pureenergysystems.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki

Hello Sterling,

Thank you for forwarding this information and for clarifying the situation. I apologize for the lack of clarity in my statement. My statement with regards to wikis not supporting JavaScript was in reference to your directive to click the 'Edit' button on your wiki in order to add the ads to it. However, if you do have access to the templates of the site, it is possible to implement the JavaScript directly into the HTML template. As previously noted, depending on if you implement it with frames, the ads may or may not be targeted towards the user added content of your wiki.

Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional technical questions or concerns. For general program or account questions, please email adsense-support@google.com.

Sincerely,

Leslie The Google Team

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Original Message Follows: ------------------------ From: "Sterling D. Allan" sterlingda@greaterthings.com Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:04:16 -0600

yet more from mediawiki developer (excuse the lack of tact):

Sterling D. Allan wrote:

Thanks for the reply about modifying navigation.

I see you remove my addition to the AdSense page at wikipedia.

In your comment you said "remove false and irrelevant information."

Would you mind explaining?

Re: voracity: I got the information direct from a Google representative.

Well I'm afraid the information, despite its source, is completely and 100% factually incorrect. Since a wiki is simply a web site, it supports any and all HTML constructs.

The user-written text portion is -- just like the user-supplied text in a forum, blog, or other such site -- generally limited, but that's not where you would be putting advertisements.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

----- Original Message ----- From: "Google AdSense" adsense-tech@google.com To: "Sterling D. Allan" sterlingda@greaterthings.com Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki

Hello Sterling,

Thank you for your email. Please note that our ad code is JavaScript code. Unfortunately, wikis do not support JavaScript code. Additionally, at this time, we do not offer an alternative method of generating ads. Please do not change or alter the ad code in any way, as this is against our program policies.

We are always working to improve the AdSense program and I have forwarded your feedback about wikis to our team.

Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional technical questions or concerns. For general program or account questions, please email adsense-support@google.com.

Sincerely,

Leslie The Google Team

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Original Message Follows: ------------------------ From: "Sterling D. Allan" sterlingda@greaterthings.com Subject: placing AdSense code in a wiki Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:32:24 -0600

I've created a wiki site http://peswiki.com and would like to insert AdSense code into it, but find that some of the syntax are picked up by wiki and displayed rather than the ad displaying.

Has you been able to come up with a work-around fix?

I'm using mediawiki for the driver.

Here is a page to show you how the page appears.

Click on "edit" to see the text behind the scenes.