I finally got an adsense warning...
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Damn, so no grey area then? At least we know they give you a warning which is something.
John,
How are your images positioned? Have you had them placed separated enough from the ads, or just right next to them?
I'd also love to see an excerpt of the warning they sent you.
How are your images positioned? Have you had them placed separated enough from the ads, or just right next to them?
I'd also love to see an excerpt of the warning they sent you.
This is the message I got in full other than where I have removed the URL. The only thing I had that was a problem was images next to the ads. It says in the text below 'specific images', but this was related to my travel sites and the images were generic, for instance on an article page about dining out there were images of wine glasses and food etc.
I've altered my layout and CTR has plumeted but Google seem to be happy now.
Hello,
While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies on pages such as www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com.
Publishers may not implement Google ads in a manner that disguises the ads in any way, for instance, by formatting neighboring content to look similar to the ads, or by making ads look like games or forum threads. Additionally, publishers may not attempt to associate specific images with the individual ads appearing on their sites. Such an implementation may confuse users who assume that the image is directly related to the advertiser's offerings.
Please make any necessary changes to your web pages in the next 3 business days. We also suggest that you take the time to review our programme policies (https://www.google.com/adsense/policies) to ensure that all your other pages comply with these policies.
Once you update your site, we will automatically detect the changes and ad serving will not be affected. If you choose not to make the changes to your account within the next three days, your account will remain active but you will no longer be able to display ads on the site. Please note, however, that we may disable your account if further violations are found in the future.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
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To help keep your account in good standing, we recommend all publishers review the policy guidelines found here: https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=23921
I've altered my layout and CTR has plumeted but Google seem to be happy now.
Hello,
While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies on pages such as www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com.
Publishers may not implement Google ads in a manner that disguises the ads in any way, for instance, by formatting neighboring content to look similar to the ads, or by making ads look like games or forum threads. Additionally, publishers may not attempt to associate specific images with the individual ads appearing on their sites. Such an implementation may confuse users who assume that the image is directly related to the advertiser's offerings.
Please make any necessary changes to your web pages in the next 3 business days. We also suggest that you take the time to review our programme policies (https://www.google.com/adsense/policies) to ensure that all your other pages comply with these policies.
Once you update your site, we will automatically detect the changes and ad serving will not be affected. If you choose not to make the changes to your account within the next three days, your account will remain active but you will no longer be able to display ads on the site. Please note, however, that we may disable your account if further violations are found in the future.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
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To help keep your account in good standing, we recommend all publishers review the policy guidelines found here: https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=23921
I got *nearly* this same email on 12/14. However, they didn't give me a time deadline or a chance to get a certain site reenabled.
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+++clipped duplicate part of letter mentioning image issues+++.............
As a result, we have disabled ad serving to the site.
Your AdSense account remains active. However, we strongly suggest that you take the time to review our program policies (https://www.google.com/adsense/policies ) to ensure that all of your remaining pages are in compliance.
Please note that we may disable your account if further violations are found in the future.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
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They disabled serving ads to the site in question, however, I had another site that was making much more money using really shady ad blending. They didn't even mention that one. That makes me think this is somehow an automated process. Maybe they have an algo that looks for certain
That or and MFA hunter reported just that site of yours...I think MFA hunting is a big hobby over on WMW.
Here's the letter they sent me:
I got the same letter for three different adsense accounts.
This is what my ad placement looks like:
Those are the main adunits they were complaining about, and yes, they are a blatant violation of the adsense TOS, but I figured they would cut me some slack since I do pretty big numbers with them, I guess not.
I got the same letter for three different adsense accounts.
This is what my ad placement looks like:
Those are the main adunits they were complaining about, and yes, they are a blatant violation of the adsense TOS, but I figured they would cut me some slack since I do pretty big numbers with them, I guess not.
Interesting!
I'd be interested to see the previous layout design and the revision. Did you just remove the ads, or do more?
A question:
I guess its pretty safe to use images until we get the warning? I mean if it won't be a big hassle to change things. For me it will probably just be a matter of changing a few templates.
A proposal:
If the purpose of the ads is just to catch the eye then putting one long generic, eye catching image in substitution for the four square images might work out well.
I guess its pretty safe to use images until we get the warning? I mean if it won't be a big hassle to change things. For me it will probably just be a matter of changing a few templates.
A proposal:
If the purpose of the ads is just to catch the eye then putting one long generic, eye catching image in substitution for the four square images might work out well.
I will stick with images until I get a warning. As mentioned before I do also keep them apart from the ads using table bars, and I never have them aligned. (E.g. 3 images for 4 ads)
Well I meant it's against their rules, it obviously is as everyone who has images near their ads gets a warning
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