Google was at my site, but didn't answer Q.

[mike323]

I sent Google an email because I wanted to make certain a particular
site of mine complied with all adsense terms and policies BEFORE I put
their code on it. It's important that I know because of the work and
kind of commitment the site will carry with it. I didn't want to hear
later, "This is against Adsense policy". (God forbid if I ever sold the
site and Google later comes around and informs the buyer this site
violates adsense policy). So I needed an answer and Google even WENT TO
MY COMPLETED SITE (except for adsense ads) AND LOOKED because I have
the stat info to prove it. They could have easily told me if it
violated any policy to put adsense on the site but instead they sent me
this reply:br

br

"Thanks for your email. I understand you'd like to display Google ads onbr

your new website.br

br

You're welcome to place Google ads or an AdSense for search box on anybr

website that complies with our program policiesbr

(a href="http://www.google.com/adsense/policies%29" target="_blank"http://www.google.com/adsense/policies)/a. There's no need for us to reviewbr

the site beforehand - simply copy and paste the ad code or search codebr

onto your website, and we'll automatically detect and serve ads to the newbr

site. For specific instructions on implementing the Google code, pleasebr

visit a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/quickstart" target="_blank"https://www.google.com/adsense/quickstart/a.br

br

Please note that we monitor all sites displaying Google ads or an AdSensebr

for search box to ensure compliance with our program policies. Any sitebr

that is in violation of our policies will be contacted and asked to removebr

the Google code.br

br

For additional questions, we suggest you visit our AdSense Support site atbr

a href="https://www.google.com/support/adsense" target="_blank"https://www.google.com/support/adsense/a . If you're unable to find anbr

answer to your question on our site, please feel free to reply to thisbr

email.br

br

Sincerely,br

"br

br

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[mondine]

Well, it is a very large program. To specifically pre-aprove every website that's applying would take a lot of manpower.brIs there something particular in the program policies that you're unsure of?brIf so, you should ask around, or ask them a specific question (which would be more likely to get a plain response).brbrGenerally speaking, people that are span style="font-style: italic;"that/span concerned about this are either skating too close to the edge of legitimacy, or just compulsive worriers. I suspect you are in the latter category.br

[mike323]

Originally Posted by mondine

brIs there something particular in the program policies that you're unsure of?brbrbrbr

br
br
Yes, two things. Video and Adsense search engines.br
br
I see people with adsense ads on pages with video players.br
br
Andbr
br
I see people with so-called "adsense
search engines" that don't necessarily have content on their main
page but links at the bottom to articles. When I ask, these
people tell me their sites comply with all adsense policies. When I try
to ask Google they send me emails like the one above.br

[mondine]

Well, I don't pretend to be an Adsense expert, so you should see if you get a response from someone who isbr(wait and see, or put this in the subject line of a new thread).brbrBut, in my opinion, the program policies look fairly clear.brbrI don't see anything that would prohibit a video player. But, you'd have to make sure that the content of the site conforms to other standards, such as 'no adult content', and that the site does not contain any reproduction of copywrited material.brThey say that br

In order to avoid associations with copyright claims, website publishers may not display Google ads on web pages with MP3, Video, News Groups, and Image Results.

brbrNote, that is for span style="font-style: italic;"search results/span for a file in the video format. Otherwise, I don't see a problem with having a video presentation on the site, that otherwise adheres to standards.brbrAs for the other question, the statement:br

No Google ad may be placed on any non-content-based pages.

brLooks pretty straightforward to me. I just wouldn't do it.brbrBut that's just my opinion, on a literal reading. Make sure you get the opinion of the span style="font-style: italic;"actual/span experts that post here frequently.br(Including the "resident".)brbrbr

[forgetmenot]

How do you know that Google actually "manually" check your site? I think they must have gotten a lot of email/request like that and cant really answer all of them one-by-one.