Can I place adsense on a forum where I am paying users to post

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by furca, Oct 27, 2009.

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    I have a forum. I am paying members to post on the forum. Am I allowed to display adsense on this forum?
     
    furca, Oct 27, 2009 IP
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    Nonny Notable Member

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    The rules say that you shouldn't put Adsense on sites that talk about or encourage "pay-to" services. If you are just hiring people to post on your forum, but don't actually talk about the service or similar services on the forum, you are probably OK (assuming that the forum posters you hire aren't so stupid that they think they are "helping" by clicking your ads).

    What Google says:

    https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105951
     
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    furca Well-Known Member

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    So,

    Any site utilizing the vBux/vPlaza - uShop/uCash plugin on forums is violating this policy (if services can be redeemed through the points accumulated?)

    IE: NamePros, DNForum, etc.
     
    furca, Oct 27, 2009 IP
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    I would think that those could be a problem, because they could be seen as encouragement for people to click on the ads (invalid clicks) or load the ads multiple times (invalid impressions). You would probably be safer monetizing those parts of your forum in some other way.
     
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    yes it is ok but no encouraging to user to click on ads,
     
    123funda, Nov 12, 2009 IP