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> In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers participating in the AdSense program may not: > Encourage users to click the Googl
by ryanto 16y ago
> In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers participating in the AdSense program may not:
> Encourage users to click the Google ads using phrases such as "click the ads", "support us", "visit these links" or other similar language.
from: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182 https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#...
I agree with you though, not everything is entirely clear. There is no way Google can make a statement for every case that can possibly happen. They come up with these general rules followed by a 'we can do whatever we want' catch all.
I feel like I am defending Google way too much. I think the could have handled it a lot better, that said - I do think the end result was correct and I am not ready to scream google is evil like most people here seem to be doing.
- rossjudson 16y agoI don't think Google is evil. I do think they exhibit (or have exhibited in the past) a pretty callous disregard for the devastating effects their careless customer service can have on small businesses. If "don't be evil" means anything, it means they have a <i>duty</i> to exhibit proper diligence when applying their policies. It all boils down to automation and cost savings. Google has to operate at an incredible scale. To drive the big bus they've decided they just need to run over people (businesses) some of the time. Back then I would have paid $10 or $20 just to be able to talk for 5 minutes to a human being. They could at least provide that option (and maybe they do, now).