How do People like Joel Comm, Griz, and Marcus Frind NOT get banned by Adsense ??

[discrat]

These guys are always in the spotlight for Adsense Earnings. I admire all of them but to be honest with you it stumps me as to why they have been so openly vocal about their Adsense Earnings. And never banned for it.

I mean Joel Comm has videos and books all over the Web about how he makes $1,000 or more a day with Adsense and he teaches other people how they can do it too.

Griz, gives numerous screenshots throughout his Blog of his Adsense Earnings. Which is against Adsense TOS !! Personally, I think it is not a prudent thing to do. I love his Site and his knowledge but never been able to understand why he brings such attention to his Adsense Success. I even recall a Post in his Blog where he openly admits to 'scraping' from other Blogs just to test whether he would be penalized for it.

Of course everyone knows about Frind and that he makes 10K a day with Adsense at his Plenty of Fish Site.

I dont know how they have flown under the Google Radar without ever getting a Warning or something from the Adsense Police. Maybe, they just have such high Conversion Rates for the Adwords Advertisers, Google just turns the other way.

What do you all think ??

[chawjubs]

i gotta be honest i have seen people banned for less than that, and i have no idea how they pull it off without conflict. i wouldnt mind figuring it out through

[traceye]

It's actually not against the TOS to post your earnings on adsense.

What IS against the terms is to post DETAILS like impressions, CTR, CPC, eCPM, keywords that you use and so forth.

So basically as long as you only show daily earnings or monthly earnings without any other details you aren't breaking the rules.

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[Steve Crooks]

Like Tracy said it is not against the Adsense TOS to publish Adsense earnings but it is to publish the more sensitive information. Joel Comm and the others publish their earnings within the TOS although I have seen some sales pages that sail very close to the edge when it comes to their terms of service.

The big problem is that we all know how easy it is to fake these sorts of things so they aren't worth the bits and bytes they use to be honest. I don't doubt that Joel and the others are legitimate but I pay no attention to it personally.

I have been asked many times why I haven't published my earnings on my sales page or on my blog and it is simply because I am damned if I do and damned if I don't. I prefer to publish traffic stats and other data that can be used to figure out Adsense income. Of course there is a certain level of trust involved but that's life..

[Harry Behrens]

Another thing is that Google is a big believer in the "take care of your star performers" rule.

Normally Google as a company is a blank slate, sometimes cryptic and very unresponsive to people whom they don't know of, or believe to be trying to take advantage of them and their algorithms and TOS. But IF you are someone that generates enough volume and spend enough time and effort doing things "right" that Google as a company actually becomes aware of you, then it's nothing to get someone from the company on the phone and talking to you, let them know what you're going to do ahead of time and get the green light from them, whether its fully within the TOS or a special exception case.

Look at Ezinearticles for example. They get away with stuff that nobody else could because Google knows them as a big player and is willing to give them a lot of wiggle-room in what they do.

[captivereef]

i am sure that these guys cleared any marketing they do with Google and the adsense team.

[mkuba]

The thought has too crossed my mind. I'm thinking that they have a thorough knowledge of the adsense TOS and use it to their advantage.

[ebuyer123]

These people are the "Golden Geeses" for Google Adsense profit.

Are you going to kill your "Golden Geeses"? Of course not, right?