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I have seen some forums, where some users keep their adsense code (125X125 button) in their signature. This makes their adsense code appear in the signature of the posts.
I wonder is it OK with TOS? I think this is against the TOS, as they are putting the adsense code in the sites, on which they do not own. What are your thoughts on this?
If it is not against the TOS, then it is a good incentive for the members to post.
If there are any fraudant clicks from that code, who will be responsible for that?
And if I would see that any of the members on my forum were trying to do that I would be real pissed.
Ha, creative idea but you'll never get away with it.
YOU are responsible for your OWN adsense account. If you are dumb enough to do something as stupid as putting adsense on a site you don't control, you deserve what what you get.
What if the forum owner does not use adsense on that site. This is true On some of the forums I have seen, there are no specific adsense ads except the ads in the signatures. In this case who will be punished?
If the forum owner got nothingto do with adsense and he does not use it, if there are 10 members of that forum who use adsense in their signatures, who will be punished? All the 10? Not likely!
If the forum owner got nothingto do with adsense and he does not use it, if there are 10 members of that forum who use adsense in their signatures, who will be punished? All the 10? Not likely!
I imagine they'll lose their accounts if Google catches them, and rightly so.
This example just goes to show why advertisers need more control over where their ads appear--either by blocking specific domains or types of pages from their advertising campaigns.
The example also shows why Google should consider introducing a tiered content network that would let advertisers choose from:
- A general "run-of-network" buy, where their ads run on everything from editorial sites to DomainPark and gmail, or...
- "AdSense Select" (or what one member called "AdSense Gold") sites that have received the Google equivalent of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Within this tier, Google might want to offer a choice between sites that are categorized as editorial, directories, e-commerce, affiliate, etc.
Some people will object that Google prefers to rely on algorithms, not human judgment, but that's only partly true. AdWords ads are subject to editorial review, and AdSense applicants receive a cursory review before being accepted into the network. It wouldn't be that hard for Google to accept applications for an "AdSense Select" or "AdSense Gold" network (perhaps with a non-refundable application fee to discourage spamming) and to build in protections so that "AdSense Select" or "AdSense Gold" publishers can't use their code on unapproved sites.
I will repeat: You are responsible for your own Adsense account. Nobody else is. Doesn't matter whether you put in on my site, your site, or Google.com. You are to blame if something goes wrong.
Go for it. Test it. And when all those 10 get banned, don't come crying to us.
don't come crying to us.
Just Keep Smiling Guys..its holiday season
What's sad is that webmasters who are doing well out of Adsense also try to push too hard and exploit any area where there isn't an explicit TOS. It's simple really - if you are not sure don't do it.
