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Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by Liminal, Mar 15, 2005.

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  1. #1
    hey all,

    so, it seems like Google has no problems with forums using revenue sharing (as DP does). has anyone encountered any cases that seem to suggest otherwise?

    james
     
    Liminal, Mar 15, 2005 IP
  2. dfsweb

    dfsweb Active Member

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    There seems to be nothing in the TOS to suggest that you can't engage in revenue sharing. Having said that, I took my Pub-ID out of DP a long time ago as I didn't want to take any chances. Just in case Google had a problem with people sharing their Pub-IDs.
     
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    I took out my adsense pub-id today. I made few cents from DP in two months. It's a nice marketing tool for DP. But I did learn a lot from this forum. I don't think that the revenue sharing is against TOS.
     
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  4. Liminal

    Liminal Peon

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    yeah, i decided to take down my pub id as well as i don't want to take any chances.

    anyway, i was primarily wondering how safe this concept was from a forum site owner's perspective. TOS does not mention it which is good thing. Plus Google guys are said to hang around this forum. so if any of this was an issue, they'd pull the plug by now, i think.
     
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    #5
    I saw a similar forum about 2 months before in China, but now it's down for some unknown reasons.
     
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    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #6
    Careful, people, revenue sharing isn't allowed any more.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #7
    According to what?
     
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    anthonycea Banned

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    The twilight zone that Fryman dwells in :eek:
     
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  9. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    anthonycea Banned

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    #10
    Sure you can't start spending all your time there Fryman :confused:

    You and WMW deserve each other :cool:
     
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    #11
    we voluntarily opt into this. doesn't that count as consent?
     
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  12. Liminal

    Liminal Peon

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    the way i read it is: you cannot display 2+ google ads on the same page (not site) if those ads have different pub ids.
     
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    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #13
    I think Jenstar made it pretty clear...
     
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    #14
    If google has contacted Shawn before about inappropriate content, I think they probably would have told him if it wasn't ok for him to do.....
     
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    I think devbistro is right :)
     
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    Or, I'm sure Shawn has contacted Google about this, he isn't the kind of guy that just puts up a feature without carefully thinking about it first.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #17
    I would have to say that Jenstar is wrong on this one. The terms state you cannot display other AdSense customer's ad unit unless authorized by Google OR the AdSense customer (not both).

    Revenue sharing ads are only displayed by users who authorize such (by putting their AdSense info on their account).
     
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    I would have to agree with Shawn on this one. It does seem that it's probably all right to do this (according to the TOS). Moreover, the ads are not being displayed at the same time, i.e: Only one publisher's ads are being displayed "at a time" on a page.

    Having said that, I had my concerns which is why I have taken my Pub ID out.
     
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    That last repeated "if authorized" part is really confusing... it seems that in either case you still need to be authorized by Google.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #20
    The big thing is the *or*... To be honest, it doesn't really seem confusing to me.
     
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