No More Ads Near Menus And More

[45n5]

Source: http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/05/...-and-miss.html

As you may know, our tips and guidelines mention that "users should only click on Google ads if they're interested in the services being advertised". While there are many precautions a publisher can take to avoid encouraging clicks on their ads, we've found that some implementations of the ad code can lead to accidental clicks that the publisher may not have been able to predict. Some implementations that could lead to accidental clicks include placing your ads:

- In close proximity to Macromedia Flash games
- Under pop-ups or download prompts
- Near site navigation controls on your pages, such as drop-downs or menu links

Generally, we ask that you not place your ads near features of your site that your users may interact with by clicking. If your site contains elements that increase the number of ad clicks without increasing business results for the advertiser, we may consider these clicks to be invalid. "Business results" can range from an online sale to a page view. If we detect enough of these clicks and determine that the risk to our advertisers is too great, we may disable the account. To maintain compliance with our program policies and ensure that your users don't inadvertently click on the ads on your site, we strongly recommend that you move any ad units that are in close proximity to interactive site features.

As always, thanks in advance for your cooperation!

[atladsenser]

Now THAT's pretty interesting. I hope they provide some examples of what's okay and what's not, because there could be some considerable gray area with this.

[FanAddict]

Originally Posted by atladsenser

Now THAT's pretty interesting. I hope they provide some examples of what's okay and what's not, because there could be some considerable gray area with this.

I don't think they will, else it would have been with that blog post - would it not?

[Computer(Jew)]

This means that all those arcades with adsense ads near Flash games (can easily get around %1 accidental CTR) will be getting a nice Gletter any time soon.


Move your ads people.

[phantom]

What it mean is you will eventually be banned! It is inevitable.

[MrSupplier]

those arcades with adsense ads near Flash games gain alot more than 1% of CTR

[FanAddict]

- Under pop-ups or download prompts

What's getting me is this quote.

I recently emailed G about Zango content (which makes a popup for download) and they told me it was fine?

I honestly don't think the support people know what's in the terms and what's not in the terms...

Going to have to send them yet ANOTHER email....

[tlainevool]

Oh boy. This is going to cause a lot of confusion and complaining again - just like the "Don't place images near ads" policy.

This seems to directly go against the advice that they give on the optimization page: “Ads placed near rich content and navigational aids usually do well because users are focused on those areas of a page.”

I wrote a bit more about it here: http://www.admoolah.com/blog/index.p...s-users-click/

[vinodis]

I am happy to know this. I hate sites with the fake navbar.

[phantom]

Like I said....you will eventually be banned..... when ever G feels like it without even a clear reason why.

[Notting]

This looks like a blog post that has not been well thought out in my opinion.

I will be ignoring it until they make the guidelines more transparent. i do not think it is good business practice to make guidelines so fuzzy.

[Volvospeed]

Classic. I received an email titled "AdSense Optimization Invitation" and the first thing they told me to do was add a 15x400 text banner right under my navigation menu. Guess I will move it over as it never did well there anyways. Kontera on the other hand is generating ads in the words between menu links. Half the time my forum descriptions are actually ads

[Computer(Jew)]

Originally Posted by FanAddict

What's getting me is this quote.

I recently emailed G about Zango content (which makes a popup for download) and they told me it was fine?

I honestly don't think the support people know what's in the terms and what's not in the terms...

Going to have to send them yet ANOTHER email....

Why do you want to hurt Zango ?

[Baltek]

Really looks like Google is trying to have as much people banned as possible. With their recent acquisition of Double Click, only Yahoo Publisher ad service will be a valuable option to go with.

Sad to see Google become bigger than life and act like a complete moron.

[FanAddict]

Originally Posted by Computer(Jew)

Why do you want to hurt Zango ?

What are you talking about "hurt zango" ?

I have zango and adsense on my site together, and now from this post, it seems like they cannot be on the same page.

Meanwhile a couple of months ago it was cleared by a adsense rep.


G is the one pissing me off!

[ForgottenCreature]

So ad-links wouldn't be allowed in the menu or what?

[VimF]

...It's not in the terms yet

[Volvospeed]

The way that reads is no ad links anywhere near any place that a user might ever have to click. Thats a draconian interpretation but if google needed a reason it could be read that way.

[lowco2525]

That sucks. There will be a lot of gray area; as a blogger the navigation is the best spot for ads.

[Computer(Jew)]

That was a stupid comment, ignore it.