Windows Phone - Admob in Visual Studio 13 not working - windows-phone-8

i try to implement Admob in my windowsphone app using visual studio 2013 ultimate on windows 8.
When I try to implement the dll I get the error which sais, that I cannot add a refrence to a higher version or implement an incompatible assembly...
When I use the example code I get it working, but only with the error that the namespace is not found (still working somehow) - however, I cannot use the designer anymore until the error is fixed... Any Idea?
Thanks

I found the solution and want to provide it to you:
Since the Admob dll was in a zip file I had to unblock it.
Go to unpacked dll -> rightclick -> properties -> Allow / Unblock at the bottom of the file
After this I could ad the reference.

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