Ad Manager and AdMob both refer to integrating the Google Mobile Ads SDK into your app. But is it the same SDK, or different ones?
From Ad Manager quick start
Integrating the Google Mobile Ads SDK into an app is the first step toward displaying ads and earning revenue.
From AdMob quick start
Integrating the Google Mobile Ads SDK into an app is the first step toward displaying ads and earning revenue.
They are the same SDK. Their implementations are slightly different because they would connect to two different ads management platforms.
AdMob is Google's automatic ad exchange for Mobile Apps. Google Ad Manager can manage ad exchange from both mobile apps and web pages, and Ad Manager also manages direct-sold ads and private deals.
You can choose how to implement the SDK based on what ads management platform you are using.
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I am currently trying to migrate my application from the Google Play to the Amazon AppStore.
In the original application, I use Google AdMobs in order to display ads using several formats (native ads, interstitials and rewarded ads). I would like to use the same SDK in order to display ads on the Amazon version of my app since, according to the documentation, it should work:
The Google Mobile Ads SDK does support devices that don't have Google
Play, but the library cannot automatically update itself the way it
does on devices with Google Play. To update such devices, you must
manually update the Google Play services SDK in your app.
I also check the Amazon AppStore as a download platform for my app:
Unfortunately, it does not work, I cannot display an ad, in any format. I tried using test ad unit ids and production ones, but nothing works.
When I try to ask for an ad, I can see these lines into the logcat:
I/Ads: SDK version: afma-sdk-a-v213806000.213806000.0
I/Ads: HTTP timeout: 60000 milliseconds.
I/Ads: Ad failed to load : 3
Did I miss something into the documentation?
Can I use multiple Ads Networks in one Android mobile application ?
Yes you can use multiple Ad networks. However, I would suggest going with Ad Mediation(Google Admob has this) since it will allow you to integrate the various ad networks with just SDK installation rather than installing each for every network.
See this - Google Admob Mediation
As I am new to the android technology I want to get some information from you people regarding google ads in our application.
As I have integrated google ads in our project recently, I just want to know what is the use of adding google ads in our application. Will the publisher will get any benefits (like earning money or free advertisement). Can anyone give me some clear cut clarification regarding the main benefits of adding google ads in our app.
As the publisher (that's the name for those providing ad space in their apps) you will be able to earn revenue for displaying ads from the ad networks. You can also display house ads if you have other apps/sites that you want to promote.
I would suggest using a mediation platform so that you can pick and choose which ad networks to use. Admob (Google Ads) provides such a service.
i have an app published to the play store with currently integrated the admob SDK.
i'd like to know, it's possible to add also the startapp sdk?
and use all two the ads network?
Thanks.
StartApp's SDK can definitely be integrated together with Admob's SDK.
Using both ad networks will boost your revenues from your app.
You can find some more information on startApp's website
a note on the admob page suggests that admob is stopping(?) and developers must start using adsense instead.
i am already signed up for an adsense account, but i cant seem to find a way to use adsense to create ads for mobile apps.
a link here gives kind of a walkthrough for integration of the adsense sdk for android apps, but it requires the GoogleAdView.jar file which google does not distribute publicly and i cannot find anywhere to download.
what am i missing here?
Admob is stopping for Mobile websites, for apps it's still going.
We are simplifying our suite of products by transitioning AdMob mobile
publishers to Google AdSense. Starting May 1, 2012 support for mobile
web sites on AdMob will be discontinued and you must have a Google
AdSense account to monetize mobile web sites.