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If Google could detect this behavior, wouldn't they kick the culprit out of AdSense?

walshemj 13y ago
Not always - they let doddgy "helper" sites that charge a fee for things available for free from government sites e.g. passport applications back in after they added some minor tiny text to their site. http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/apr/15/passport-application-online-service-taken-ride http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/apr/15/passport-applic...
- walshemj 13y ago
  I see the google fanbois are out in force
birken 13y ago
Being able to be part of Adsense and ranking for search terms are completely different things. And even if everything were integrated, the bar for kicking somebody out of Adsense would be much higher than demoting somebody in the rankings. Kicking people out of Adsense also is much more permanent, because Google has all of the person's information so they can easily block future attempts to signup if they kick you out. The #1 thing Google is concerned about for search is webspam. The #1 thing they are concerned with for Adsense is click fraud. So in this situation, we probably have a) a site which gets little traffic because google search has detected it is webspam and b) a site which makes little money because it gets little traffic, and c) doesn't engage in click fraud. Therefore, it still is a member of Adsense, but gets no search traffic in google search.
moultano 13y ago
Ads and Search are kept very far apart from each other organizationally, so things that search knows about a site may not always get over the firewall to Ads. This is an unfortunate consequence of the sort of Church/State separation we've set up that is in most ways very beneficial.
- blakeley 13y ago
  Purportedly, Google has recently started banning YouTube accounts that are associated through common linkage in Adsense to other YouTube accounts which were banned. So this firewall you mention is not as strong as it may have once been.
  - vdaniuk 13y ago
    Youtube doesnt belong organizationally to Search AFAIK.

Not always - they let doddgy "helper" sites that charge a fee for things available for free from government sites e.g. passport applications back in after they added some minor tiny text to their site. http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/apr/15/passport-application-online-service-taken-ride http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/apr/15/passport-applic...

walshemj 13y ago
I see the google fanbois are out in force

birken 13y ago

Being able to be part of Adsense and ranking for search terms are completely different things. And even if everything were integrated, the bar for kicking somebody out of Adsense would be much higher than demoting somebody in the rankings. Kicking people out of Adsense also is much more permanent, because Google has all of the person's information so they can easily block future attempts to signup if they kick you out. The #1 thing Google is concerned about for search is webspam. The #1 thing they are concerned with for Adsense is click fraud. So in this situation, we probably have a) a site which gets little traffic because google search has detected it is webspam and b) a site which makes little money because it gets little traffic, and c) doesn't engage in click fraud. Therefore, it still is a member of Adsense, but gets no search traffic in google search.

moultano 13y ago

Ads and Search are kept very far apart from each other organizationally, so things that search knows about a site may not always get over the firewall to Ads. This is an unfortunate consequence of the sort of Church/State separation we've set up that is in most ways very beneficial.

blakeley 13y ago
Purportedly, Google has recently started banning YouTube accounts that are associated through common linkage in Adsense to other YouTube accounts which were banned. So this firewall you mention is not as strong as it may have once been.
- vdaniuk 13y ago
  Youtube doesnt belong organizationally to Search AFAIK.