Using your own AdSense for Search box

[dmorison]

Couldn't find an answer on the AdSense help pages; just wondering if there's been any discussion before on whether it's "ok" to use your own "AdSense for Search" search box to search your own site; provided you don't click on the ads, of course?

It would be handy if it was acceptable (currently I go off and do a site:mysite.com search on Google - my users use the AdSense for Search box), but if site targetted CPM advertisers' links are shown on the Google served results for a site search query then it could be considered inappropraite for the webmaster to be making too much (if any) use of it.

Any thoughts?

[hunderdown]

It's OK to use it if you don't click the ads.

[mack]

Yep you can search and click on results, but just dont click on ads :)

One problem I see is this will efect your ctr. Effectivly you are not a potential clicker, but you are carrying out searches.

Mack.