You could have noticed that lot of publishers are trying to make more money from Google Adsense by mixing their content with the ads in a way which can be bit difficult for the readers to differentiate between the two. But, this may not continue any longer as Google is making efforts to put an end to this kind of ad placements. In their recent Blog entry, Google has given the following two guidelines for all the Adsense Publishers,
Well, the purpose of both the guidelines almost seems to be same. That is,there should not be any confusion for the readers & they should be in a position to differentiate between the actual content & the ads.
I doubt whether Google itself is following these guidelines or not. Why because, whenever we search Google for something, first one or two results will be sponsored results & they look exactly similar to the other non-sponsored search results. I think this is totally against their 2nd guideline.
So, my question is, if Google can make money by creating a false illusion among the readers why can’t the poor publishers ?
I welcome all your thoughts on the same.
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Well my “sense” is that these guides are aimed at the adsense only pages that Google refuses to ban (since they make money on the adwords side AND the adsense side). But I don’t think they’re going to come after the “little guys.”
I blend with text font (size and color) and most normal people do too. It’s just the adsense only villans that TRY to hide what they’re doing from a regular surfer. As far as I’m concerned regular people’s biggest challenge is getting ads to match,
Thanks for information. I’m new to adsense and this will really help in not getting banned by Google.