Showing posts with label Adsense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adsense. Show all posts

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Adsense Insecurity / Flaws in adsense

Adsense has made few changes in its policy.
According to the new policy,

  • 'Ads (whether contextual or non - contextual) which may resemble Adsense Ads' are not allowed in the same page containing Adsense Ads anymore.
  • Up to two referral units (previously four) from each referral product or offering may be displayed on a page, in addition to the ad units, search boxes, and link units specified above
  • AdSense for search results pages may show only a single ad link unit in addition to the ads Google serves with the search results. No other ads may be displayed on your search results page.
  • In order to prevent user confusion, we do not permit Google ads or search boxes to be published on websites that also contain other ads or services formatted to use the same layout and colors as the Google ads or search boxes on that site. Although you may sell ads directly on your site, it is your responsibility to ensure these ads cannot be confused with Google ads.

A few flaws in Adsense which affects a lay publisher

  • Why can't Adsense block or 'Ignore' clicks from the publishers' own IP and count the clicks from other IPs.
  • If some Adsense competitor generates clicks on adsense Ads of a site with a software,the only person who will be at loss is the publisher.
  • What about all the advertising the Publisher did all these days before his account was disabled?
  • Suppose X is Y's enemy and Y is an adsense publisher,X would keep clicking on Y's Ads and get his Adsense account disabled.That doesn't mean that 'all' the clicks are generated from Y alone.What about the clicks which X's friends and contacts produced?
  • Adsense cares more about Google publicity than Adwords bidder or Adsense publisher
  • In order to be a market leader,Adsense is trying to create a fear in Adsense publishers with its senseless policies.
  • Getting a second chance from Adsense is worse than begging.

By changing its policies,Adsense has made it clear that it is feeling insecure.And Google sponsors Ads of Adsense and Adwords - it means Google is getting defensive.Adsense seems to be profitable only to Google and a few (very few) publishers.

The insecurity is not limited to Google.The publishers are the real sufferers of this 'Adsense Insecurity'.Most of the times,the publisher is unaware of which policy he is actually violating.The reasons for deleting the account are too broad and vast that the publisher can not figure out what his mistake actually is.

The Death Of Adsense - An article worth reading.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Adsense Account Disabled - Adsense Alternatives

The number of people whose adsense account is being disabled is growind day by day and most of them do not know what is the exact reason for the rejection of the acount.
It is surely because their sites did not fulfil the Adsense terms and conditions.But the problem is people do not know how exactly their sites are not upto the Adsense terms and conditions.Almost all the time,Google gives the reason - Invalid clicks generated which is a very braod term.Anyway one thing is for sure - most of the accounts can be saved if the publihsers read the entire terms and conditions properly before start adding the Adsense codes to their sites.
Ok you took all measures and without your notice some mistake took place and you lost your account.So what do we do now?Just apply for a new Adsense account and replace the old codes with the codes of new account.Adsense account once disabled can not be regained.

There are other Advertising agencies like the Adsense.The latest and most talked one being - Yahoo Publishing Network.
Other Popular Programs -
advertisingz.com
affiliate.business-opportunities.biz
blogsvertise.com - Exclusively for Bloggers
chitika.com
clickbooth
connecturf.com - For Indians
doubleclick.com
freewebspace.net - Go through the Forum to find more alternatives.
marketingpilgrim.com - An Adsense alternative for Bloggers.
Staads.com - Can be used along with Adsense (NonContextual)
threadwatch.org
websitegear.com
zedo.com
(Still researching on this topic)

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Things which we MUST take note of before placing Ads from Google Adsense

Your Page requirements :
No Google ad may be placed on any non-content-based pages.

No Google ad or Google search box may be displayed on any domain parking websites, pop-ups, pop-unders, or in any email.

No Google ad may be placed on pages published specifically for the purpose of showing ads, whether or not the page content is relevant.

Elements on a page must not obscure any portion of the ads, and the ad colors must be such that any ad elements, including text and URL, are visible.
Clicks on Google ads must not result in a new browser window being launched.

Client Software :
A site or third party cannot display Google ads, search box, search results, or referral buttons as a result of the actions of any software application such as a toolbar.
No Google ad, search box, or referral code may be pasted into any software application.

Web pages displaying our ads, search box, search results, or referral buttons may not be loaded by any software that can trigger pop-ups, redirect users to unwanted websites, modify browser settings, or otherwise interfere with site navigation.
It is your responsibility to ensure that no ad network or affiliate uses such methods to direct traffic to pages that contain your AdSense code. Accounts involved in this type of activity may be permanently disabled.

Code Modification :
Any AdSense ad code, search box code, or referral code must be pasted directly into Web pages without modification. AdSense participants are not allowed to alter any portion of the ad code or change the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reason.

Competitive Ads :
Google does not permit Google ads or search boxes accessing Google search services to be published on web pages that also contain what could be considered competing ads or services. If you have elected to receive contextually-targeted Google ads, this would include all other contextually-targeted ads or links on the same page as Google ads.
This would also include ads throughout the site that mimic Google ads or otherwise appear to be associated with Google on your site.
Although you may sell ads directly on your site, it is your responsibility to ensure these ads do not mimic Google ads. If you have elected to receive Google search services, this would include other search services on the same site and non-Google query-targeted ads. Google does allow affiliate or limited-text links.

Copyrighted material :
In order to avoid associations with copyright claims, website publishers may not display Google ads on web pages with MP3, Video, News Groups, and Image Results.

Incentives :
Web pages may not include incentives of any kind for users to click on ads. This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers' sites as well as drawing any undue attention to the ads. For example, your site cannot contain phrases such as "click here," "support us," "visit these links," or other similar language that could apply to any ad, regardless of content. These activities are strictly prohibited in order to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs. In addition, publishers may not bring unnatural attention to sites displaying ads or referral buttons through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites. Publishers are also not permitted to use deceptive or unnatural means to draw attention to or incite clicks on referral buttons.

Labeling Ads :
Publishers may not label the ads with text other than "sponsored links" or "advertisements." This includes any text directly above our ads that could be confused with, or attempt to be associated with Google ads.

Language :
Adsense Ads should not be placed in unsupported languages.

Prohibited Clicks and Impressions :
Any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions is strictly prohibited. These prohibited methods include but are not limited to: repeated manual clicks or impressions, incentives to click or to generate impressions, using robots, automated click and impression generating tools, third-party services that generate clicks or impressions such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, autosurf, and click-exchange programs, or any deceptive software. Please note that clicking on your own ads for any reason is prohibited, to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs.

Note : These are just some most common rules which we fail toread and concentrate on.
Click Here for detailed report of Adsense terms and conditions.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

1,2,3 steps of earning through net

Step 1- Do you have a site ? If you do , start reading step 2.If you dont, signup to blogger and creat a blog.Blog acts like a site and its for Free.
Step2- Once you got your site (blog) , you need to signup at google adsense www.google.com/adsense Step3- Post your views and creat a good looking ,Informative blog.Use Adsense to get e-Traffic.e-Traffic is nothing but people who visit your site.For placing its Ads in your site,Google pays you some amount each time some user clicks on those advertisement sites placed in your site.In return,Google charges the sites which got Advertisement through your site.So you earn with literally Zero investment.All you need to do is to stay attentive and alert.
Not to be missed : your site/blog revenue depends on the number of people clicking on the Ads placed on your site.So you need to Increase the number of people coming to your site.To do that, you need to publicise your site.In the earlier post (post below) you can see few sites,tips and tools to increase e-traffic to your site.

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