If I am not wrong, this method is called Paid To Read (Giving some incentive to people to visit your website). If that is the case, it is clearly forbidden.
luthan, I suggest that you ask Google instead of asking here. Google will eventually know what you are doing so you cannot hide it from them anyway. Write them an email, tell them all about what you are doing and ask if its ok. Be sure to say that you will stop the practice immediately if its against he rules. And please post back here their answer.
consider this example: Cycling For Beginners Started Cycling? Stay Informed On Your New Hobby. url of the site So lets say that is an ad for my site which is about cycling. the person goes to my site, reads stuff, and then he sees a google ad for some cycling store. I am not paying anyone to read, nor am i paying them to click. its just an information site And, yes, I will email google with my question and see what they say.
luthan, what did they say? I noticed Google ads were pulled from the sites in your sig. That seems ominous...
i guess i should update my sig since i dont even use those sites anymore. google hasn't said anything yet, still waiting for a reply