10 great things NOT to do with Google AdSense
There is no doubt that you can make a lot of money from Google AdSense, but you are setting yourself up for disaster if you make any of these top 10 mistakes.
1. Do not use false information when opening your Google AdSense account.
Google says it's a no-no and they will cut off your account and take all the money you've earned. Also, trying to hide your true identity can cause serious problems with the I.R.S. or whoever your tax authority is.
2. Do not hack or modify the Google AdSense code other than to change the parameters that Google authorizes you to change.
Any attempt to circumvent Google's built-in algorithms not only poses a danger to the integrity of the network, but threatens the financial model under which Google operates. You're not dealing with a mom and dad company here, and Google has the legal force and deep enough pockets to drag you through every court in the country
3. Keep AdSense ads off your registration, confirmation, and all "thank you" pages.
Don't ask me why you can't place your ads there. It makes sense to me that those are wonderful places. However, Google thinks otherwise, and doing so is a pending offense under its Terms of Service.
4. Don't show AdSense ads and competitor ads (like Overture's) on the same page at the same time.
That makes a lot of sense. Google does not require 100% loyalty to the SITE, but insists that its own ads are not saturated with offers from its competitors.
5. Don't "beg for clicks" or provide any incentive to click on your Google AdSense ads.
This is important and you see that this rule is violated all the time. Any of the "get paid to do things" sites that place Google ads on members' dashboards are walking on the platform and they don't even know it. Even those sites with polite little messages that ask you to "help keep my site up and running by clicking on our sponsor's ads" ask that it be removed if they are Google ads.
6. Never click on the ads that run on your own site, even if you are really interested in the product or service and are thinking of buying it!
Nothing screams FRAUD louder than a webmaster doing his own click count by happily clicking on ads on his own site. The gods of Google can keep track of this activity and it won't be long until you receive a goodbye note from their fraud team.
7. No misleading labeling
Google is very specific about what text can be placed around its ads. Their Terms of Service state: "Publishers may not tag ads with text other than" sponsored links "or" ads. "This includes any text directly above our ads that may be mistaken for or attempt to associate with Google ads. ".
This is to prevent visitors from getting confused and barking up the Google tree when they click on an ad that takes them to a porn site instead of the recipe site they were hoping to visit.
8. Avoid keyword spam and other dividing tricks
You may be tempted to buy one of those "generate thousands of keyword rich pages in seconds" programs that are so popular these days, but I'll tell you this: your days are numbered. Google is wise with such antics and they will be hot on your trail. Other prohibited tricks include:
• "Stealth" page redirects that send a visitor to a different site than the one they expected to visit.
• Multiple sites, domains, pages, etc. that have substantially duplicate content.
• Hidden text or links of any kind.
• Excessive outbound links on any page. Google recommends no more than 100. I would keep it well below that.
• And here's a nugget of wisdom straight from the mouth of Google: "Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or" bad neighborhoods "on the web. web, as your website may be adversely affected by those links.
9. Don't post anything on Google's banned items list.
They are much shorter lists than PayPal or eBay, but include many of the same things, such as hacking / decrypting content, pornography, illegal drugs, gambling sites, beer or strong alcohol (I guess wine is fine), weapons and the rest. usual things.
10. And the 10th dumbest thing NOT to do with Google AdSense is to let the other nine things stop you from running an honest site that is designed to make the most of this opportunity so rentable offered by Google.