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Google ads beside contests or incentive offers

is it ok to place google ads beside contests or incentive offers

         

togaru

2:19 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

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We have a website that gets 3 million pageviews a month.Recently our adsense account was approved. Our website is about incentives (users get some free incentive when they buy something on other websites) and there are some contests too.

Please answer my two questions if somebody has any experience or information

1) Can we place google ads on pages where we give incentives to our users for buying some thing. Does google accept it since the incentive is not at all for generating clicks on google ads.


2) Can we place google ads on pages where there are prizes for contests. Here also, the incentive or prize won in a contest is nothing to do with clicking google ads. Does google accept it.

Lame_Wolf

2:24 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Best to ask Google... adsense-support@google.com
Even show them a page or two where you want to place them.

HuskyPup

3:07 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0)



Best to ask Google


And if they say yes ensure you keep that e-mail safe just in case they ever (or whenever) they change their T&Cs.

In my experience when I asked about something I was unsure about they answered reasonably quickly what was acceptable and, to be honest, their suggestion was better than my idea to start off with!

togaru

4:10 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Thank you Lame_Wolf and HuskyPup. I will mail them and if i receive any reply, will post it here.

HuskyPup

4:52 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0)



Oh...apologies, welcome to WebmasterWorld togaru

incrediBILL

5:48 pm on Feb 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

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As long as you aren't asking users to click the ads, I'm not sure I see the problem.

However, if you're buying traffic with incentives for users to view webpages or click on ads, they'll say it will result in activity that is harmful to our advertisers.

I will mail them and if i receive any reply, will post it here.


You can paraphrase what Google said, but you can't post the exact reply, posting emails isn't allowed.