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IDFA

Q: As Apple has special requirements for apps that use IDFA, it would be great if the docs could mention that and what you need to do about it.

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Can Ad really create income ?

Q: Do people really make money off the Ad's ? I hear all these stories where people are making tons of money but I am a bit discouraged.

A: Yes, surely you can make money with Ad. Some stat data about money:

RPM: (Revenue per 1000 impressions) CPC: (Cost Per Click) CTR (Click Rate)
Interstitial Ad: $1.5 Interstitial Ad: $0.1 1~3%
Banner Ad: $0.5 Banner Ad: $0.05

Your revenue definitely depends on the popularity of your apps. The more downloads, the more income you get.

For example: Flappy bird got over 100 million downloads, try calculating, how much income the author gets?

So, most important thing is writing a really good app or game that people like it, and promote (in forums, twitter, Facebook, youtube, or even use Ad) to get more downloads.

resources were not found ?

Q: I see error in LogCat "E/GooglePlayServicesUtil(13237): The Google Play services resources were not found."

A: It can be safely ignored, you will still get Ad.

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Failed to load ad ?

Q: Why I see black/blank Ad, with log "W/Ads (13237): Failed to load ad: 3"?

A: Error code 3 means "No fill", it happens when server cannot find suitable Ad resources in the inventory for your Ad request.

Advice: Check your Ad Unit Id.

  1. Though the argument key is "publisherId" for historical reason, the real purpose is Ad Unit Id, so do not use "pub-xxx", use "pub-xxx/xxx".

  2. Banner and interstitial Ad require different Ad unit Id, which is set in AdMob web console (http://www.admob.com/). If use banner Id for interstitial, it won't work.

  3. Some developers use video-only Ad for interstitial, the video inventory is not rich enough according to AdMob support team, and sometimes will not find suitable video Ad for you. You should void using video-only if hope to achieve a high fillrate.

Add Test Device ?

  • What shall I do with log "Use AdRequest.Builder.addTestDevice("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx") to get test ads on this device"?

Answer:

  • If you are using cordova-plugin-admob, copy the code from log, and add to the java or obj-C code.

  • If you are using AdMob Plugin Pro (cordova-admob-pro), you can just ignore it, as the plugin code already get it done.

Could not parse mediation config?

Q: I see no Ads, with log "W/Ads(5038): Could not parse mediation config"

A: Check your Ad Unit Id. If a valid Ad unit Id is not given, it will cause such a error.

Sometimes in testing mode, the Ad server may also trigger such a error message. See AdMob official support

Insecure Content

Q: I see log "W/Ads ( 1799): JS: The page displayed insecure content!"

A: It's a warning message when the AdMob SDK switching request over HTTP and HTTPS protocol. See answer from AdMob support team:

Both BANNER and SMART_BANNER should work. The "insecure content" could be related to some experiments we're running with making the ad request in https. It's possible that certain creatives are loading assets over http. That should be just a warning though and not cause a no fill. Can you try SMART_BANNER again and confirm?

See AdMob official support forum.

Where to seek more support ?

  • AdMob official support forum

If your questions are related with logs with prefix "W/Ads", it's printed by the AdMob SDK, and related with Ad service, please ask in AdMob official support forum

  • Ask in StackOverflow.com

It's a good knowledge base, detailed explanation and source code examples.

  • Google with keyword "cordova admob"
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