AdSence in header of cgi script

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[Vlad]

Hi guys, I have a question. On one of my sites, I run a cgi script that calls for a header and footer. I would love to run adcence in the header. Just wanted to ask you pro's if its OK to do that. Don't want to run into a problem and get kicked out for braking the rules.

On the page there is enough text and I can see a catch of the whole page. If you say it's OK to run adsence, do I need to use the "frames" option?

Sorry if this sounds dumb and thank you for your answers.

BTW I love the new channels option.

[JohnKelly]

You can use AdSense in a CGI script outputting HTML, server side includes, PHP, etc. as long as it follows the TOS.

Personally, I use server-side includes written in PHP to make it easier to change across entire site.

[richmondsteve]

Vlad, you don't need to use the frames option since you're not displaying it in a frame (at least that's the assumption I'm making since you didn't say you were running it in a frame). For modularity including AdSense in a header via a script is advisable and if done via CGI it's server-side so it'll be entirely transparent to Google and users that you're doing so anyway.

[robsynnott]

Yep, you can do this; just be careful that you don't have a session ID in the URL; if you do Google will find it difficult/impossible to give you suitable ads. If you're interested, there's a simple guide to implementing AdSense on dynamic sites on my website.

[Vlad]

No the is no session ID in the URL and the script is not in the frame.
Thank you guys for you help!

[JollyK]

I'm kind of late to answer, Vlad, but I've been running AdSense in the headers of several CGI scripts since I started the program. As long as the AdSense code is not modified (per the TOS) it seems to be fine.