Google Responds to AdSense Sharing

[Help Desk]

I previously posted that I've created an phpBB Adsense mod. Nothing in Google's Terms of Service indicated this is wrong. Besides I was just stealing DigitalPoints good idea in the first place. Well an email was sent to Google to find out their thoughts on the matter.

Here is the original email sent to Google.

From: <NAME REMOVED> <ADDRESS REMOVED>
Subject: Other
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:53:48 -0700

Does Google have any current qualms about me showing adsense ads using
other people's AdSense ID?

Before any decision is made please just look at my points.
1. My site is approved to show Google Ads.
2. I have the People's permission to use their ID as they get the payment
(If there is one).
3. This 100% NOT a "You click on my ad and I click on yours" deal. This
is just a way for me to reward my site users.

I know that Google is very open to new and different ideas as long as they
are ethical. Seeing as how the same ad will get displayed regardless of
who's id is used, there is no difference Google's AdWords customers or to
Google itself.

Thanks for your time.
<NAME REMOVED>

Here is their response...

Hello <NAME REMOVED>,

Thank you for your email.

Currently, it is not against AdSense program policies to display ad code
from other publisher's on your sites. You can review our complete program
policies at https://www.google.com/adsense/policies.

The AdSense ad code on the 'Ad layout code' page is valid for any page in
any site that complies with our program policies. Please note AdSense
publishers are only allowed one set of Google ads (one copy of the AdSense
ad code) on each page.

We constantly monitor all of the web pages displaying Google ads. If we
find that one of your web pages violates our policies, we will notify you
and ask you to remove the AdSense ad code from that page.

Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional questions
or concerns. For technical support, please email adsense-tech@google.com.


Sincerely,

Christine
The Google Team

It is perfectly acceptable to share your AdSense revenue. In fact if there is ever a problem, Google will notify you first instead of just shutting you down.

[disgust]

I think that depends on how severe the violation is (and how much money you're making them, probably). if they find out you're soliciting clicks, my guess would be that you'd be straight-out booted from the program. if it's something minor I'm sure in most cases you'd definitely get a warning.

I could've sworn there used to be part of the TOS that mentioned that you need to actually own the site to display ads on it, though.. hm.

[schlottke]

He is saying if the problem happens to be the revenue sharing not all situations.

[anthonycea]

Google themselves solicit clicks by ranking sites that carry Adsense high in the SERP's, do they punish partners for the practice?

Google is weird science. No one heard of the Porno deal Google made, have they?

[compar]

Originally Posted by anthonycea

Google themselves solicit clicks by ranking sites that carry Adsense high in the SERP's, do they punish partners for the practice?

Bullshit Anthony. You can't prove it. And, many of us who are long time AdSense publisher have never seen any evidence of it.

Quit making claims you can't substantiate. You just look like a fools.

[anthonycea]

It was proven a long time ago Bob, even Danny Sullivan is writing about it now.

Do you need more proof, I can provide it!

You seen it last night, do you need more?

[compar]

Originally Posted by anthonycea

It was proven a long time ago Bob, even Danny Sullivan is writing about it now.

Do you need more proof, I can provide it!

You seen it last night, do you need more?

Where did I see it last night? Give me a link to anything Danny Sullivan has written that supports this claim.

We have been asking you to provide proof for a long time and all you do is send us to some site that talks in the same bullshit conspiracy theories and vague allusions as you do.

Show me one AdSense publisher's web site that ranks in the top ten, and that absolutley has no reason to be there other than the fact that they publish AdSense ads.

I have a page from my InfoPool that is number one in the Serps for a popular search term: http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...animals+online. It was number one for several years before AdSense ever was thought of and it's still there. But I have lots of pages that don't rank that well and they certainly haven't improved since I started publishing AdSense.

That is just crap and you have no concrete evidence.

[anthonycea]

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/3358551

[GuyFromChicago]

Originally Posted by anthonycea

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/3358551

LOL, Danny wrote an article that talks about how Yahoo is accusing Google of being biased towards Adsense publishers - that's not even close to saying he believes or supports that claim.

[compar]

Originally Posted by anthonycea

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/3358551

Anthony,

I just read every word of that article and I don't see one word that talks about Google giving anybody, under any circumstances, a favored position in its SERPs. Are you just lying when you make a statement like "even Danny Sullivan is saying so" or can you not read?

Find and publish here, where Sullivan says anything at all to support your wild claims. In fact he say exactly the opposite. He says Yahoo tried to used paid inclusion and Google won the Public Relations war because they DON'T use paid inclusion.

Yours is the oldest con trick in the world. Tell a bald face lie and then claim that some authority figure to substantiate it. I personally don't think Danny Sullivan is any great authority figure, but in this case he absolutely does not say anything that would substantiate your malicious rumours and conspiracy theories.