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I want to test some new stuff. What precisely is a site here? Is it a domain name? Is it my entire sphere of interlinked domain names? Is it everything on my hosting account, IP number, everything I own? What if it is a different spelling/conceptualization of a domain that I run regular AdSense stuff on.
Can everything I do be considered my "site".
How far does the AdSense TOS reach?
In general I would say it's a problem that if creativity is beeing limited and restrained by fear of beeing banned or other trouble with Google. It's intimidating really.
In cases where a publisher gets into trouble for violating the AdSense terms & conditions or program policies, "I read it on a forum" isn't likely to be an acceptable excuse. :-)
