Now, I'll be the first to admit that my websites aren't works of art, and that there could be a multitude of reasons to reject them for inclusion into certain directories. But come on ..... rejected because of too many Google Adsense ads? I'm pretty sure Google automatically limits the number shown at any one time.
I'm not even sure why you're using wordpress to power your sites, you could far more easily use static html, and not have that hacked wp theme look
sites with too many adsense ads are normally seen (and rightfully so) as made for ads (MFA) sites which are normally rejected by most directory owners that give a damn.
It never occurred to me that there was a quantity of adsense units that is normally seen as MFA sites, and as such these are normally rejected by most directory owners. The Google Adsense help center seems to encourage maximizing ad space with multiple ad units. I'll have to reconsider my layouts. Thanks folks.
well, if your site is like 50% ads 50% UNrelevant information, your MFA without any doubt, especially if the "words" on your page are keywords without any correlation between them. But that's not even qualified as a website, it's a pure black hat seo webpage.
lol, first 1000 pixel of your page is full of ads. Even though there are some contents way way below, still looks like MFA site to me
I check sites submitted to my directories. And if the first thing I see when a site loads up are nothing but adsense ads, then I know others going to that site will see the same thing. And thus, I delete them. There is a nice way to integrate adsense ads into a site, and then there are the spammy ways to do so. Same with sites that are nothing but MFA's. THe sites that say, information on cancer, autos, etc. And nothing but scraped articles, etc.
If the site has only a little bit of content on one page and a ton of ad's I wont think twice about pressing delete. I take the time to review every site and if I don't think the site is something that I would find usefull when looking for something then I'm not going to add it. Sites that have some ads are ok, but the sites that mainly try to trick you into clicking the links are gone no questions asked.
I particularly hate sites that have a title then skyscraper ad units that force a rather large scroll before you see any real content. It is lame, you should never need to scroll to see the beginnings of the content. In 95% of these cases the content is either crap or scraped from somewhere else at any rate. Also the fact that Google may limit the number of ad units is irrelevant. It is up to the directory owner to decide upon their own standard and apply it consistently. After all they are driving traffic to the site and if it is not something they feel comfortable about then why would they approve a link to it.
Yes, they allow 3 ad units, 1 link unit, 1 search form, and up to 4 adsense referral buttons. But very few pages can have that many ads on it and still provide some good content. Obviously, if the page has a small amount of content, say 2 or 3 paragraphs of information, and they have 8 or 9 ads on that page, then obviously the main purpose of this page isn't to provide good content.
Big difference using one link unit, and several banner size ads compared to those yahoos that just have to use those huge skyscrapers!@
I just checked out those sites mentioned at the start of this thread and theres no way I would accept them. The site are poorly designed and full of ads. Im not saying you have to be an award winning designer, but your site at least has to be clean and user friendly. If you did your research, you would find that you get more clicks by writing good content and inserting ads at the end of it. If you write a good article your visitors will read the whole thing and at the end will be looking for a place to click...your ads. Ads should compliment a site and vice versa.
Thank god those sites were rejected. Those are what most webmasters consider to be (DA DA DA DUUUMMMMM...) SPAM
Plus using that wordpress, it throws off the balance on the right hand side column. In short, rough looking site. Get a good template and redo...may help you later trying to get into directories. I have seen sites that are original, have excellent content, etc. But then the owner messes all that up by throwing up google adsense at the top, etc etc. Just because google has a heat map, and allows a lot of ad blocks of different sizes, does not mean one has to follow their lead. Especially the huge skyscraper ads. There is a place for those and the big square ads, etc,,,,but not every site has a place.
To ask you a question, what is the monthly add revenue from those sites? I would expect it to go up by putting your value first. To answer your question, as a general rule if Google gives page rank to a site, then I try not to judge it too harshly although sometimes: harshness happens. And the rest of the general rule is, if Google takes page rank away, then the link goes away too.
Thanks to everyone who commented in this thread. And thanks to those of you who reviewed the sites in my signature. Even though those were not the websites to which I was referring in the post, your criticisms and suggestions made me see how I can make them better. Thank you again