Hello, I own an image hosting website. Can I put my google ads in my users account area? Will it be violation ? Regards, Jai.
If it is not a public area (ex: password protected) then no you cannot. The ads have to be publicly displayed.
You can place ads on such pages. This can be done if its a common block on all pages. To explain a bit more on what TheNetCode said: Ads are displayed when the robots reach your page and read your content to give you relevant ads. Ads wont be displayed as the bots wont reach your password protected page cos they dont have an account and password to login. Its breaking TOS tho if you are placing ads on regsitration or login pages. Dont think Google is taking this seriously cos lots of websites are already doing it. Never take a chance tho.
Oh man.. Somebody please tell me the truth. Is it really allowed? Is google changed it's terms recently regarding this issue?
I wouldn't think it be allowed because then people can promote the idea to users that clicking on ads would help the site out...and that's a secret message unseen by Google that is a direct TOS violation.
There is nothing I've seen in T&C and Policies against it, so it shouldn't be a problem *. However, you would need to ensure bots are allowed access to those private areas. If you're in doubt then it's a good idea to ask google directly and if they say "yes" you can keep the email as future reference. * For an example of ads in private areas - look at digitalpoint, and many other forums out there.
Tell you what. The best thing for you to do is to contact Google themselves and explain what you want to do. They will give you an answer that is straight from them and then you will have it in writing in case you are told it is ok and at a later date they try to change their minds and ban your account. You will than have documentation to fall back on. Always best to receive the answer from them in a situation like this. Good luck.
and keep those emails well, because Adsense Enquiries and Adsense Abuse and Adsense Click Fraud are different entities and sometimes, they do not sing the same tune.