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From what I remember, AdSense does NOT allow you to place more than 1 ad per page.
It seems that almost any site I usually visit has multiple ads on a page.
Sometimes there are 2 ad sections on the website that rotate, so maybe every 3 page view or so has 2 google adsense ads while other sites blatantly have 2 ads on each page (sky scraper and 468x60 text ad).
I am losing $ from not doing this as I think its wrong, what's the real deal?
Besides, how many ads is one visitor going to click? I would rather have 1 or 2 ads that really fit my audience than a dozen that don't along with the 1 or 2 that fit.
All the same raises my hackles since a few of my competitors do it and obviously towards the month end it contributes to the PSA's.
Its a shame Google can't figure it out somehow. If a low traffic site is hitting the ad server for ads very fast (2 per second or something) they should flag the site and verify that there is only 1 ad per page.
High traffic sites can't use this technique, but it would work for many sites I'd say.
... and it's not allowed.
advise them that they're in violation of the TOS and mention that they could be removed from the AdSense program by Google if they don't comply with the TOS
That's the charitable thing to do and it probably is what I'd do.
However, if he's crooked he should really be out. If he can't be bothered to read the TOS then hmmm...surely, apathy/stupidity are even more serious failings?
A small part of me says that we should really drop any concerns for his earnings and report him straight to Google for undermining/putting at risk a program that is important and lucrative to us.
[edited by: Macro at 9:20 pm (utc) on Feb. 17, 2004]
1. Two sets of ads: impressions x 2.
2. Visitors can click only 1 ad.
Result: CTR will drop significantly.
Yes, but why should the offenders worry about their clickthrough rates when they've got extra money in their pockets at the end of the day?
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What a confusing *new* set of TOC!
