I went with these permissions for 3-4 months and didn't ever see a geo- targeted advertisement on my phones. Maybe US users get them, but looking at CTR/eCPM I get a feeling it's all the same "free games for ur %modelname%" for them too.
It's strange that your users are asking about it. I received all sorts of complaints and insults, but nobody ever asked about permissions. On Mar 28, 2:59 pm, Neilz <neilhorn...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Yahel. Yes, I've read all that, and also asked on the group. But > unfortunately, that group only seems to post once every few days, it's > not moderated properly. I need to know quicker than that! > > Any other experiences with this? > > On Mar 28, 12:45 pm, Yahel <kaye...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > This is more a admob oriented questions > > :http://groups.google.com/group/admob-publisher-discuss/topics > > > The admob SDK states that it is optionnal : > > > "Optionally, you can add the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION and/or > > ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions to allow AdMob the ability to show > > geo- > > targeted ads." > > > I don't think you'll notice any difference. Although, you might have a > > Uk audience that receives US only ads. > > But from what I've seen with my app, the geo-targeted ads are pretty > > seldom. > > > Yahel > > > On 28 mar, 12:38, Neilz <neilhorn...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all. I'm using Admob, and currently have > > > android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION set in my manifest. > > > > Now, my app clearly doesn't require location, and a lot of users are > > > asking why I need it. I've just discovered that Admob doesn't actually > > > require that the location is set, the only essential permission is the > > > INTERNET one. > > > > So my question is, can I remove the location permission, and be > > > confident that the ads will still serve just as effectively, and that > > > it won't have a detrimental affect on my ad revenue? > > > > Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
