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What's crap is that AdSense's TOS say that you can't run someone else's context- or content-sensitive ads. So you can't run both AdSense and whatever Yahoo/Bin

What's crap is that AdSense's TOS say that you can't run someone else's context- or content-sensitive ads. So you can't run both AdSense and whatever Yahoo/Bing/whoever has. If you could, stuff like this would be a great boon, not an automatic circuit breaker that cut you off.

jacquesm 17y ago
My favorite term from the TOS is the one where they forbid you to talk about your accounts statistics: " Confidentiality. You agree not to disclose Google Confidential Information without Google's prior written consent. "Google Confidential Information" includes without limitation: (a) all Google software, technology, programming, specifications, materials, guidelines and documentation relating to the Program; (b) click-through rates or other statistics relating to Property performance in the Program provided to You by Google; and (c) any other information designated in writing by Google as "Confidential" or an equivalent designation. However, You may accurately disclose the amount of Google’s gross payments to You pursuant to the Program. Google Confidential Information does not include information that has become publicly known through no breach by You or Google, or information that has been (i) independently developed without access to Google Confidential Information, as evidenced in writing; (ii) rightfully received by You from a third party; or (iii) required to be disclosed by law or by a governmental authority. " For the whole thing see here: https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms
- pbhjpbhj 17y ago
  You can bet they wanted to write "The first rule of adsense is ..."
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    That's definitely what it feels like. My main issue with this part of the TOS is this: Google is extremely lacking in transparency, the only way to puncture that is to team up with other publishers/advertisers and compare notes. Right now the feeling is simply that you're being screwed and you can't even talk about that feeling or verify it. At the risk of getting my adsense account blocked, and because I'm not going to let the big G muzzle me I'm going to post my adsense stats for July. edit: they're up: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=791158 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=791158

jacquesm 17y ago

My favorite term from the TOS is the one where they forbid you to talk about your accounts statistics: " Confidentiality. You agree not to disclose Google Confidential Information without Google's prior written consent. "Google Confidential Information" includes without limitation: (a) all Google software, technology, programming, specifications, materials, guidelines and documentation relating to the Program; (b) click-through rates or other statistics relating to Property performance in the Program provided to You by Google; and (c) any other information designated in writing by Google as "Confidential" or an equivalent designation. However, You may accurately disclose the amount of Google’s gross payments to You pursuant to the Program. Google Confidential Information does not include information that has become publicly known through no breach by You or Google, or information that has been (i) independently developed without access to Google Confidential Information, as evidenced in writing; (ii) rightfully received by You from a third party; or (iii) required to be disclosed by law or by a governmental authority. " For the whole thing see here: https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms

pbhjpbhj 17y ago
You can bet they wanted to write "The first rule of adsense is ..."
- jacquesm 17y ago
  That's definitely what it feels like. My main issue with this part of the TOS is this: Google is extremely lacking in transparency, the only way to puncture that is to team up with other publishers/advertisers and compare notes. Right now the feeling is simply that you're being screwed and you can't even talk about that feeling or verify it. At the risk of getting my adsense account blocked, and because I'm not going to let the big G muzzle me I'm going to post my adsense stats for July. edit: they're up: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=791158 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=791158