Google AdSense Preview Tool

Using AdSense to monetize your web pages? Want to preview the ads that may appear on your web pages? Try Google AdSense Preview Tool, a simple addition to the right-click menu of Internet Explorer that offers the ability to view the ads that would appear on a web page. With just a few clicks, you can see the ads that may appear on your web page, check the destination URLs of ads, view sample ad formats and colors, review colors on your page and view geo-targeted ads for different locations.

AdSense Preview Tool is perfect for testing ads. All the ads displayed in the preview tool are in a test state. So, clicks and impressions generated by those ads are not counted. You can easily check the destination of ads without the risk of invalid clicks. In fact, Google recommends it.

Bad news is that Preview tool is only available for Windows versions of Internet Explorer version 6.x. Still, it is a good piece of tool and you must not miss it. Installation is extremely easy. All you need to do is add a registry file to your Windows system.

How to install Preview Tool?

1. Save this registry file to your desktop: http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/preview/en/reg/preview.reg
2. Double-click the file from your desktop.
3. A confirmation window will appear. Click Yes to continue.
4. Registry will be automatically updated with the new information..
5. Restart Internet Explorer.

How to uninstall preview tool?

1. Save this registry file to your desktop: http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/preview/en/reg/remove.reg
2. Double-click the file from your desktop.
3. A confirmation window will appear. Click Yes to continue.
4. All preview tool files will be deleted from your computer.
5. Restart Internet Explorer.

How to use preview tool?

To launch this preview tool, simply right-click on any webpage and select Google AdSense Preview Tool from the menu. A new window will appear with a sample set of AdSense ads. The Choose Options menu will let you select different ad formats. With the Choose Colors menu, you can easily preview new colors on your page. AdSense preview tool also gives you the ability to preview the ads that would show on any web page, from a number of different locations. Click the Choose Options link to display the Geo-target menu.