Is this agains TOS?

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Is this agains TOS?

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adessa

2:50 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

I am currently visiting the ads which are appearing in my websites by typing the url in the browser address bar until i found this sentence in one of the websites

Note on the last statement "Get started by browsing ads...". Of course there are google ads in the website. What do you think?

[edited by: jatar_k at 5:03 pm (utc) on Nov. 25, 2006]
[edit reason] no specifics [/edit]

idolw

2:52 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

i'd be unhappy to see my ad there

jomaxx

3:27 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

Sound like a pretty slight problem to me, as it seems to be clearly referring to personal ads. Google might object, though.

adessa

3:38 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

the only ads that exists in all the pages is Adsense. I believe this is an MFA site also.

trannack

3:41 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

I'd report it. Direct breach of TOS.

danimal

4:57 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

if the advertiser/publisher is legit, they don't have anything to worry about, so getting reported won't be a problem.

since the "Get started by browsing ads" is not on the same page as the adsense, it does present an unusual situation... report 'em and see what happens.

greedy player

5:47 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

You say this is part of the content? What is the rest of the content about.

Could it be that you are simply making a fuss over this sort of example

Student education media studies page example:
"Students may get started by browsing ads in newspapers, magazines, tv"

the words 'get started by browsing ads' refering to somthing else don't mean google ads.

Pengi

6:01 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

Personally I don't think any site that "assumes" ads will provide information to help its visitors can be any good - I'm sure Google would consider this a violation of the TOS if they ever looked and considered it.

I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with their ad appearing on such a site - provided their site lives up to any expectations their ad creates. I'd have not qualms about it and would be happy to take any traffic it provided me.

Being happy about an ad for this site appearing on your own pages may be a different matter. I'd guess they don't pay much per click and that they don't offer much (or any) value to their visitors.

greedy player

6:47 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

The site is confused, it makes money from ads, but also wants to advertise other sites... i think the words will confuse some members while others understandt he theme of the site is meant by 'ads'.

I would suggest mailing the site owner . and having him/her take the words away.

jomaxx

7:38 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

Unfortunately the edit by jatar_k makes the breach sound worse than it is.

It's simply a problem with terminology. The site exists for people to post "ads" in order to find partners for a certain sport (no, not sex). As it is, the site could be violating the TOS, but changing the phrasing to "classified ads" or "personal ads" might fix that. Of course only Google can say for sure.

mack

11:02 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

This is a situation where the schematics have a lot to do with it. If the site is for example a classified ad site then browse ads is certainly not out of place. It would all come down to how it was viewed by a Google manual reviewer if it ever got to that stage.

The wording you tell us makes it seam very borderline. Perhaps the site in question would do well to make their phrase more specific, instead of just ads.

Mack.

jatar_k

5:34 pm on Nov 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

>> Unfortunately the edit by jatar_k makes the breach sound worse than it is

yes, my edit has nothing to do with AdSense TOS only our TOS ;)

jomaxx

9:09 pm on Nov 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

...or even if you don't post the specific URL, to publicly "out" a site that may be in violation.

greedy player

10:29 pm on Nov 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

Yeah like this for example, there is a site that spams his url.. i can't do anything about it , i report violation because he spams his url and i ban him and he keeps spamming url and people even complain, and google made no difference, im hoping the other sites he spam make a complaint.

FortySomething

7:11 am on Nov 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

if the advertiser/publisher is legit, they don't have anything to worry about, so getting reported won't be a problem.

Sorry?

If the site only carries adsense ads, and has the line "Start by browsing the ads", then that is enticing clicks and is against the Google TOS. Doesn't matter how legit the site is, it's a violation and Google would probably deal with it if it was reported.

Trannack (who along with Ann should be elevated to sainthood without delay) hit the nail on the head. This thread is about a TOS violation and I personally would report it.

[edited by: FortySomething at 7:11 am (utc) on Nov. 27, 2006]

Sunflux

8:14 am on Nov 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

Whether it is referring to something else or not, that specific sequence of words is almost certainly not permitted on a non-premium site and will need to be rephrased. If Adsense's automated bots don't find it, a random manual review will.

[edited by: Sunflux at 8:15 am (utc) on Nov. 27, 2006]

danimal

6:46 pm on Nov 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

>>>Doesn't matter how legit the site is,<<<

if it's actually "enticing clicks" then it's probably not legit, now is it? good grief.

but that is not your decision to make, it's up to adsense support.

all we can do is turn 'em in, but from what i've experienced, google doesn't do much to clean up policy violations... your time would be better spent worrying about your own site, instead of trying to police the world.