tomhumf - 2:28 pm on Aug 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

Hi,

I've found a way to get a lot of people to email me in response to postings on social networking sites. I am going to reply to them and direct them to a website I have set up for this project.

I plan to put some textual adsense ads on the site in the hope that the people will click on them.

Does anyone know if I would be o.k to say something like 'See below for more details' or something else that is vague , and if there is little else below on the page they should assume they should click on the links?

From the adsense guidelines :

In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers participating in the AdSense program may not: Compensate users for viewing ads or performing searches, or promise compensation to a third party for such behavior. Encourage users to click the Google ads using phrases such as "click the ads", "support us", "visit these links" or other similar language. Direct user attention to the ads using arrows or other graphical gimmicks. Place misleading images alongside individual ads. Place ads in a floating box script. Format ads so that they become indistinguishable from other content on that page. Format site content so that it is difficult to distinguish it from ads. Place misleading labels above Google ad units. For instance, ads may be labelled "Sponsored Links" or "Advertisements", but not "Favourite Sites" or "Today's Top Offers".

I don't think I would be breaking any of these rules but I guess I could be treading on thin ice...?

Thanks