New here

[dvamp]

Just starting out and have designed this site <snip> can anyone tell me why I would be refused by Adsense?

Thankyou

[edited by: Woz at 9:46 pm (utc) on Nov. 17, 2004]
[edit reason] No URLs please, see TOS#13 [/edit]

[Macro]

For starters because you don't read the TOS? ;)

This forum doesn't allow the posting of personal URLs

[kodaks]

For any of these reasons [google.com ]:

Site Content

Site may not include:

* Excessive profanity
* Hate, violence, racial intolerance, or advocate against any individual, group, or organization
* Hacking/cracking content
* Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia
* Pornography, adult, or mature content
* Gambling or casino-related content
* Any other content that promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others
* Excessive advertising
* Pop-ups, pop-unders or exit windows that interfere with site navigation, obscure Google ads, change user preferences, or are for downloads. Other types of pop-ups, pop-unders, or exit windows may be allowed, provided that they do not exceed a combined total of 5 per user session
* Excessive, repetitive, or irrelevant keywords in the content or code of web pages
* Deceptive or manipulative content or construction to improve your site's search engine ranking, e.g., your site's PageRank

Site must also adhere to Google's WebMaster Guidelines, found at [google.com...] or such other URL as Google may provide from time to time.
Site Functionality

Your site must not contain broken links and must be launched, functioning, and easily navigable.
Site Responsiveness

Sites must respond adequately to support requests and enquiries of their users.
Webmaster Guidelines

In addition to the standards above, AdSense participants are required to adhere to the webmaster guidelines posted at [google.com...] Some relevant items from the guidelines are included below for your reference:

* Do not load pages with irrelevant or excessive key words.
* Do not employ cloaking or sneaky redirects.
* Do not create multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.
* Avoid hidden text or hidden links.
* Keep the links on a given page to a reasonable number (fewer than 100).
* Do not participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or "bad neighborhoods" on the web as your website may be affected adversely by those links.