is this allowed?? hinting google to display ads about loans?

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by libertygone, Sep 21, 2006.

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    i was browsing some websites when i cam across a myspace site called mynicespace.com...

    i realized that most of his ads were about loans so i clicked view source and found this in his code:

    google_ad_client = "pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
    google_hints = "consolidate student loan loans consolidation consolidating";
    google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.mynicespace.com/adv/alt-300x250.html";
    google_ad_width = 300;
    google_ad_height = 250;
    google_ad_format = "300x250_as";
    google_ad_type = "text_image";
    google_ad_channel ="0061990775";
    google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
    google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
    google_color_link = "0000FF";
    google_color_url = "000000";
    google_color_text = "000000";

    is that allowed? ive never seen it before...
     
    libertygone, Sep 21, 2006 IP
  2. frisby

    frisby Well-Known Member

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    You know, that this isn't allowed. ;)

     
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  3. libertygone

    libertygone Active Member

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  4. phillip

    phillip Active Member

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    theres pros and cons to that..

    pro is you can make more per click
    con is it doesnt related to your site so your gonna recieve less clicks
     
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  5. libertygone

    libertygone Active Member

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    VERY true. if google says that it is allowed then i will try it out and see how it goes!
     
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    wissam Well-Known Member

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    I will try it also it sounds cool, but let's wait for father google to respond first .
     
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  7. Lordo

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    Be careful though!
     
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    MrX Well-Known Member

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    That's a reply from Google to someone who e-mailed them about this. Here's the whole blog.
     
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    frisby Well-Known Member

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    They will probably send you copy/paste of the answer on link by MrX. ;)
     
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    huh, why would google actually have an identifier called "google_hints" if it was not legal? it must be OK to use it since they implemented that variable in their javascript code, no?
     
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    Google offers many features to premium publishers only.
     
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    Sounds a bit like what YPN does -- ad targeting, whereby you can indicate which category best fits your site down to the page, so you ensure you only get ads (mostly) from that category.
     
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