Am I breaking TOS

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by jaybong, Apr 25, 2006.

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  1. #1
    Hi

    I just read steave39's thread about lurking in the forums so I thought it was about time for me to step out of the woods.

    So my pressing question is am I breaking Google TOS.

    http://www.thewholesale-hub.com

    The ads at the bottom with the pics above. Also I thought maybe the bolded words at the top leading to the skyscrapper, it was a complete accident but sort of effective.

    Also any improvement suggestions would be helpful I sort of just chucked it all together.
     
    jaybong, Apr 25, 2006 IP
  2. The Webmaster

    The Webmaster IdeasOfOne

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    #2
    As far as I see, you are not breaking TOS.

    Pics are fine, but again I am not Google.
    Better you drop an email to them and ask.
    you may consider puting a <hr> tag between bottom pics and Adsense.
     
    The Webmaster, Apr 25, 2006 IP
  3. Caydel

    Caydel Peon

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    Hello, and welcome to DP! Enjoy your stay!

    The ads look just fine. There is enough space between the images and the ad. The only thing that I noticed was the the formatting is wrong.

    'The Wholesale Hub" Bolded text is overlapping your menu bar on the top right, making it impossible to read or click.

    This is in Firefox 1.0.7 on Linux (Ubuntu 5.10)

    Disclaimer: In all questions of TOS it is always better to check with Google than us. "The guys on the forum told me it was ok" has never worked well in anyones defense for anything *ever*!
     
    Caydel, Apr 25, 2006 IP
  4. corinaw

    corinaw Not Banned

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    Welcome Jaybong!

    As in Steves thread, I think the pics you have are fine but you need a border between the pics and the actual ad. BUT please do not take any poster's advise at DP as the final say.

    Email Google just to clear your format. >>

    According to Jensense you do need a border between the ads and pictures, so they will probably tell you to just add a border between the ads and the pic to be in compliance.

    When I emailed the above address and asked for a review that's what they told me.

    More info here: http://www.jensense.com/archives/200..._above_ad.html
     
    corinaw, Apr 26, 2006 IP
  5. greatat8

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    I think it ok, I think is perfect ok what you are doing, google allows this
     
    greatat8, Apr 26, 2006 IP
  6. carmen

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    Pictures are generally ok next to adsense. I've read other posts where sometimes google will ask that the pictures be separated from the ads either by space or by boxing off the ads just so surfers are aware that the pictures are not affiliated with the ads.

    As always though, if you want to be 100% sure, email google
     
    carmen, Apr 26, 2006 IP
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    aditya_sfs Peon

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    no..u r not breaking TOS

    regards
    aditya
     
    aditya_sfs, Apr 26, 2006 IP
  8. Nystul

    Nystul Well-Known Member

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    zzzzz same questions every day ...

    when in doubt, email google. your safest bet
     
    Nystul, Apr 26, 2006 IP