Adsense and mature content

has something changed?

[ownerrim]

I've noticed adsense recently on some sits that I would have thought were prohibited by the TOS. These don't seem seem to be sites that were approved for one type of content and then later changed their content. Nor are they huge volume sites that might conceivably give them some bargaining ability with adsense. One is a phone *ex site that only says that phrase about a hundred times on the page. No real text, just that phrase repeated over and over. How did that get approved? Another is a dating site with posts from "members" using verrrryy explicit language. The reason I'm asking is, I've thought of setting up a dating articles site for a niche. The content would only be mature in the sense that every rare once in a while you might mention the word *ex or *uck in an article, but that's about as adult as it would get. Certainly no images. I just didn't think adsense would permit it. Was I wrong?

[Swash]

can you sticky me the dating site in question?

[alika]

This may be a result in the flaw of the application system of Adsense. A site owner can apply to Adsense using a clean site - e.g. one that follows Adsense rules and regulations. Once approved, the site owner can then put the code to other sites, without requesting prior Adsense approval.

G seems to be relying simply on their spot checking capabilities -- a task that requires a lot of manpower and time. While some have been caught, there will be many more others that remain out there brazenly putting the code to unacceptable sites.

Google must amend their acceptance policy to ensure that only sites that they have approved will be allowed to use the Adsense code. This approach will add to the confidence of advertisers that their ads can be seen only in "quality" websites, and not some crap that they'd never want their ads be seen or associated with. Otherwise, G will have to play catch-up to the site owners violating the rules.

[ogletree]

I'm sure somebody just stuck their code on it. Report them AS will take it down.

[PatrickDeese]

Just because someone else is doing it doesn't mean it is okay.

The safe thing to do is to contact Adsense support through your account and say "Can I put adsense on XYZ.com?" and let them check it.

Google doesn't approve every site manually - once one site gets in, you can add the code to any other site you own, as long as it obeys the Adsense guidelines.

What does happen is that people will add the code to an inappropriate site and it will either trigger a complaint, or their automated system will trigger it for review.

Why run the risk when all you have to do is ask.

[ownerrim]

if you look at the type of adult ads that come up in search, it's obvious google doesn't have a problem with adult content. i suppose it doesn't happen with adsense because it would introduce too many weird variables. i logged into ad-blibbidy-blob-sonar the other to create a skyscraper and one of the options was something like "would you like to allow for adult content". is qui*go going to do mature/adult ads in its contextual advertising program?