http://www.pimpmyspace.org/ is displaying ad-links by google and YPN ads. I'm pretty sure this is against Google's terms, but if I'm wrong, please can someone correct me
Turfsniffer - I don't mean to be rude but you should not post such a "definitive" answer if you are not 100% sure. As Jack says they could be a Premium Advertiser and premium advertisers can make individual arrangements with Google. Many Premium Advertisers carry Yahoo and Google ads on the same pages and provided they have agreed it with Google then it IS allowed. I dont know if this site IS a Premium Advertiser but if they are (and we don't know they are NOT) then it perfectly possible that they are allowed both sets of Ads.
Not seen as being rude I didn’t say that I wasn’t 100% sure. Any of the Premium Advertisers that I know of don’t serve Google & Yahoo on the same page i.e. mapquest.com, AOL or CNN - do you have some examples of a sites that do or info from an offical source? Youtube.com was a site that came to mind who did serve Yahoo and Google ads on the one page but they were quickly removed - check out Shoemoney's blog for screen shots.
There are countless sites mentioned in other treads - usually the "TOS broken" type. One that springs to mind is www.zorpia.com this has around 2 million page views a day (allegedly) and carries both You have to join to see them so you might have some fun too - if your nice I will show you my picture there lol. Talking of zorpia - it just shows it can be done - this was set up by a 19yo (he now has one other programmer helping him). With 2 mill' views a day I bet he's getting more pocket money than his mates. I think the bottom line here is that Google is a business - if you have a site with 20 Mil+ views a month and you ASK for special dispensation its unlikely they are going to refuse. Remember they are plc now so they must act in the best interest of their shareholders.
From what I see on here is the lots of confusion over the Premium publisher sites and who is serving what ads. Dig around and look at sites that people are claiming to be serving YPN with Adsense - most of them are using AdBrite ads and not YPN, including www.zorpia.com Also not many Premium Publisher are on DP giving us info about their policy program so everything stated is usually guess work, by us, (including my above reply) unless it has been official stated by Google. Google and each Premium Publisher works out their own contract with each other but from looking at all the premium sites that I know they do not serve Adsense & YPN contextual ads together, as I already stated or have I read any statements from Google regarding the issue. I am sure the reason is that YPN is their main compition - Google is not going to bend over backwards to any of the big publishers but as you suggested will come to some kind of agreement. I have, however, did read on webmaster world that certain Premium Publishers were switching from Google to YPN and vice versa - AOL was one of them - why the switch? Why not just keep the two? Interesting topic though
Concerning rather this guy is a premium publisher or not: The site has been listed here before as being a possible TOS violation (anywhere from a few weeks ago to a few months ago) and I'm sure one or two or three people here have reported this "violation" to Google, and the fact that the publisher still has the same ads on his site months later pretty much means he's a premium publisher and that he's made arrangements with Google/Yahoo. Case closed.
Jack well said. Sorry Sniffer - I DO take your points, they make a good argument but this topic gets covered so many times in other threads. The fact is we dont know want Google agrees with its premium guys but what IS abundantly clear is that they get things we mere mortals don't.
When did you become the deciding factor on when a 'case' should be closed ending the discussion? You have changed your tune within 12 days of the above site being first mentioned on DP. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=81075&highlight=pimpmyspace That still isnt enough proof that this guy is a Premium Publisher - once again its just another speculation on your part.
Of course I changed my "tune". I didn't think he was a premium publisher when his site first show up because of the look of his site and I said so, but apparently I was wrong, because weeks later, his ads are still up. What, I'm supposed to be stubborn and keep saying the same thing when it's obvious I was wrong? Don't be so stubborn, turfsniffer. There's no shame to admit when one is wrong.
Jack if you knew me off-line you would probably call me the most stubborn person on the planet, its one of my quirks I suppose As my mother would say “it’s like talking to a brick wall.†I totally agree that there is no shame to admitting when one is wrong and I will say it myself when I know that I am or proven to be. Do I think I am wrong about the Google & YPN on the same page? Of course not and yes I am so bloody stubborn that this site isn’t a case of Premium Publisher Simply because I haven’t seen enough sites implemented both Adsense & YPN on the same page, non from the 'known' Publishers from what I see. If someone can show me a 'well known' Premium Publisher who uses both YPN and Adsense then I will swallow my pride and admit that I am wrong. I don’t believe you are wrong from the other thread because haven’t we seen many sites still serve ads for weeks even after being reported for TOS violation from lots of DP members? Just a note that I am more interested in the Adsense vs YPN on the same page more than this guy violating the TOS……maybe I should start a thread on the subject