Adsense Program Policies

[vero]

The Adsense Program Policies page has a number of prohibitions against "sales or promotion of..." various things. For example "Sales or promotion of prescription drugs"

We all know what sales means. But what about promotion? If I have an article with information on a prescription drug, for example, is that considered "promotion?"

I would think not, it's just information, but of course, it doesn't matter what I think, just what Adsense thinks!

[google.com...]

[ecmedia]

I think what G means is that you simply cannot put the code on a page saying buy Prozac for depression but it is perfectly fine to profile drugs, their risks/benefits, etc. as part of providing health information.

[vero]

Why not ask Google?

What's the best way to do that? Is there an online form or email to send it to? Or should I use the Adsense Help Forum?

[martinibuster]

The way to ask Google is to cycle through their Help section from within the control panel. There's a link in there somewhere for contacting them. Can take a couple weeks before you get an answer.

Off hand, if your page has links to pharma sites, I would say it's probably not going to fly. I have heard about sites about other touchy subjects that were asked to remvove adsense.

[tim222]

Support contact options:

[google.com...]

With regards to this issue, of course your best source of info would be Google. But speaking from my own experience... they don't allow gambling-related content, but I have a page that has links to a few casinos. Not online casinos, but real ones. The article is about a certain location, and mentions that there are casinos in the area. The article highlights 3 or 4 of those casinos (about a paragraph on eachone), and provides links to the main website for each casino. This page has been up for years with no problems.