Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2005 - Popularity: unranked
Ok, this definitely breaks the AdSense TOS (Terms of Service):
Code Modification
Any AdSense ad code, search box code, or referral code must be pasted directly into Web pages without modification. AdSense participants are not allowed to alter any portion of the ad code or change the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reason.
But it is kind of cool and I’m really tempted to try it out:
There exists a private API in AdSense for retrieving ads via XML. This would allow a customer to completely customize the look of the ads and avoid the Ads by Goooogle appendage entirely. The API is RESTful, extremely lightweight and includes some very interesting options like returning only adult ads.
Would be nice if Google releases some of this officially so we can better integrate AdSense ads into our sites, especially as some other big sites like Ask Jeeves already use this API and I’m pretty sure they don’t do this without Google’s knowing.
