ad sense rules for news sites?

[jilla]

Does anyone know if adsense can be used on a site that shows listings from news sites, ebay etc through feeds? I know search engine results are not allowed but I'm wondering about drawing results from amazon, rss feeds, blogs etc and also having adsense.

I am talking about having headlines with a line or two of description below that are feeds and there would be several per page... also having adsense in right column...

[ScottM]

I am talking about having headlines with a line or two of description below that are feeds and there would be several per page... also having adsense in right column...

Like this [google.com]?

[Yidaki]

It depends.

Imho, the problem is not with search results per se but with dynamic content that frequently changes. If it changes too often, the bot will not be able to detect a theme of the site - therefor adsense can't deliver targeted ads - therefor the success of campaigns decrease.

I don't see a problem with amazon feeds nor with (targeted) ebay listings in general. You say news snippets and that'd worry me a bit. News change often. However, if your pages that list all this stuff (ebay, amazon, news, blogs) do NOT change and are static once they are build, i don't see a problem with AdSense tos. But if they are not targeted to a theme and change their content frequently, i wouldn't put AdSense on them.