Will I Get Banned if...

Clicks Originate from Same Geographical Area?

[adamnichols45]

Ok guys big problem i think-

im creating a new website that will have adsense on.

Its for the local community and hopefully they will come back week after week.

We will also advertise in all the local papers.

The problem i have is that if i have the local community clicking will i get banned?

any one care to help please?

[OptiRex]

The problem i have is that if i have the local community clicking will i get banned?

Why would you be unless you were all sharing the same computer and Net connection?

And by the way...not everyone is a guy here and "I" is capitalised in the real world.

[adamnichols45]

LOL - im quite aware that not every one is a guy and thats not they way "I" intended it to be taken.

I remember reading some where that we could get banned for such a thing. Its a big neighbourhood so I hope it will all be ok.

[jomaxx]

I'd suggest you keep your site squeaky clean. A combination of a limited geographic area, frequent return visitors, and a high frequency of type-ins as opposed to Web referrers, might raise a red flag at Google. What you're doing isn't against the rules, but it could look similar to a group of friends getting together to earn some beer money.

When you have your site and promotion strategy in place, you might even want to give Google a heads-up about it just so that there's something on file demonstrating good faith.

[adamnichols45]

Thanks exactly the kind of answer I was after :)

[OptiRex]

Actually it may be worth asking incrediBill since I think he has experience with this type of community site.

Forgive me iBill if I'm wrong!

[Roadkill]

I have a large local following for my site and did local print advertising. I too was concerned about this, but it has not been an issue. However as Jomaxx said, stay "squeaky clean"

[frox]

Yes, it's the typical thing that could (COULD) trigger a manual review. DO be sure a manual review goes ok!