Adsense for Search

[Buzliteyear]

Today, I added a Adsense-for-Search box at the bottom of my forum. Since it is at the bottom and most will not see it, I wanted to post an announcement saying they could search the forum and my main site using the search.

I know calling attention to Adsense ads is a violation of TOS, but would this be okay?

thanks.

[snickles121]

Good question, but I would not post attention to it, just to be on the safe side. They will see the search bar anyways.

[maximillianos]

In my opinion and interpretation, the search box itself is not an ad unit, hence calling attention to it is only natural since it is a primary feature/functionality of your site.

The ads on the search results page are what you cannot reference or call attention to.

Disclaimer: This is MY opinion and interpretation. Use at your discretion... =)

[netmeg]

You can call attention to the search box. You can't call attention to the ads that show up as a result of using the search box. I've ALWAYS called attention to the search box, and Google has obviously reviewed my sites because they've sent me custom suggestions.