Is this cheating?

ralle89 · 03-23-2006, 08:43 AM

Hello Google people!brI was just wondering if you think that this message is too obvious that I want people to click my ads. Would google accept it??br

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This advert keeps this site alive. Please support us if you find any of the following Google links interesting!

span class="gen"/span

andrew247 · 03-23-2006, 09:04 AM

I would imagine Google would see this as an attempt to get your visitors to click the adverts.

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Web pages may not include incentives of any kind for users to click on ads. This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers' sites as well as drawing any undue attention to the ads. For example, your site cannot contain phrases such as "click here," "support us," "visit these links," or other similar language that could apply to any ad, regardless of content. These activities are strictly prohibited in order to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs. In addition, publishers may not bring unnatural attention to sites displaying ads or referral buttons through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites. Publishers are also not permitted to use deceptive or unnatural means to draw attention to or incite clicks on referral buttons.

I've highlighted the part which applies in this case with bold.

mondine · 03-23-2006, 09:24 AM

Yes, when an exact phrase is used as an example of what not to do in the TOS... not much of a grey area, here.

ralle89 · 03-23-2006, 09:25 AM

OK Thank you!brbtw very cool sitespan style="font-weight: bold;" here /spanis AJAX used in the reply/post panel?br

adsensepro · 03-23-2006, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralle89

Hello Google people!BRI was just wondering if you think that this message is too obvious that I want people to click my ads. Would google accept it??BR

Quote:

This advert keeps this site alive. Please support us if you find any of the following Google links interesting!

SPAN class=gen[/color]

sure... you are asking ppl to click on the links to keep your site alive... which is obviously violating adsense TOS.

Dmitri · 03-23-2006, 08:52 PM

I think most people who are aware of Google AdSense already know that this earns you something and really try to click the ads when they like the sites (at least that's what I do)...

So, in the end, I think quoting definition of AdSense will do more good that trying to write silly phrases.
But I'm still unsure if it's ok.

Could someone verify if for example writing this will be accepted by Google:
"Adsense: Google's complete webmaster revenue solution. Adsense allows webmasters to place advertisements on their site and earn a portion of the revenue."

cruocitae · 03-24-2006, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ralle89

OK Thank you!brbtw very cool sitespan style="font-weight: bold;" here /spanis AJAX used in the reply/post panel?br

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no, it's javascript. check out www.invisionboard.com for the exact soft
used on This site, or phpbb.org for a free forum software.font size="-1"font color="#008000"/font/fontfont size="-1"font color="#008000" /font/font

andrew247 · 03-24-2006, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by cruocitae

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Originally Posted by ralle89

OK Thank you!
btw very cool site here is AJAX used in the reply/post panel?

no, it's javascript. check out www.invisionboard.com for the exact soft
used on This site, or phpbb.org for a free forum software.

Actually, Ajax is used here, for example, when previewing a post, you can see an example of some Ajax.
The exact software used here is phpBB (with extra modifications), not Invision Power Board.

cruocitae · 03-24-2006, 10:43 AM

Oh, sorry, I got confused with one of my local forums.

By the way ralle89 asked if that I-dunno-what when replying to a post is made using AJAX. I was right.

03-23-2006, 09:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Yes, when an exact phrase is used as an example of what not to do in the TOS... not much of a grey area, here. __________________

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ralle89 Noogle Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OK Thank you!brbtw very cool sitespan style="font-weight: bold;" here /spanis AJAX used in the reply/post panel?br

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Dmitri Junior Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think most people who are aware of Google AdSense already know that this earns you something and really try to click the ads when they like the sites (at least that's what I do)... So, in the end, I think quoting definition of AdSense will do more good that trying to write silly phrases. But I'm still unsure if it's ok. Could someone verify if for example writing this will be accepted by Google: "Adsense: Google's complete webmaster revenue solution. Adsense allows webmasters to place advertisements on their site and earn a portion of the revenue."

03-24-2006, 10:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
cruocitae Master Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Terminus Posts: 531 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Oh, sorry, I got confused with one of my local forums. By the way ralle89 asked if that I-dunno-what when replying to a post is made using AJAX. I was right.

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