Is this compliant with TOS?

[djingo]

Would it be compliant with TOS to have a text box in the bottom the index page of my forum saying:

1.
Search words for this forum; x,y,.....,z.

and encapsulate it with:
<!-- google_ad_section_start -->
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Where the search words actually ARE relevant for the forum.

[david_uk]

Erm - why?

Surely if they have found your site in the first place, you telling them how they got there is completely irrelevant?

[djingo]

relevant content = relevant ads

[Alexstar]

I have seen people putting keyword tags at the bottom of the pages. As long as the volume of these tags are not forming the majority of the content in a page, then I think there is no problem in adding keywords in a page.

[djingo]

I decided to make a box in the bottom of the page called "Links of the week". With relevant searchwords next to each link.

[netmeg]

The biggest help I found to getting relevant ads was to alter my title and meta description tags. Made a big difference (and of course, helped in the SERPS too)

[UserFriendly]

Someone on this forum warned that it's against the terms to use section targeting on small amounts of content. I've never seen this in the TOS, but you'd better check.

[djingo]

Have already changed the Meta tags. I will expand the targeted section and see what happens. Because the small section I have targeted so far hasent made any difference.

[UserFriendly]

It will take several weeks for changes to be reflected.

[djingo]

Ok - so you are saying that even if the media bot already today has visited the updated page severel times it will still take several weeks for the changes to take effect?

[europeforvisitors]

Even if it works with the AdSense bot, it could result in a search penalty.