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Are WordPress snippets against AdSense rules?

by Bulldozer
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If you have a blog roll with post snippets (excerpts from posts) in it, over the time as you add more and more posts with AdSense in them, your blogroll starts to look like a long page that has many AdSense block-containing snippets in it.
AdSense allows no more than 3 ad blocks per page.
But what if your blog roll page contains, say, 10 snippets from different posts?

I know that AdSense will show only the first three blocks but it will detect that you are trying to show much more than that.
Will you get your ass banned because of this WordPress glitch?


Also, if you set up your blog/site in a way that shows only 1 snippet on the blogroll page, could this be a problem too because snippets are short?
They rarely have more than 80-100 words in them.
Isn't this also against the AdSense rules?
Isn't it prohibited to place AdSense blocks on pages that have almost no content in them?


And finally: do snippets create Duplicate Content and drag your site down in the SERPs because they are excerpts from your posts and if yes, how do you deal with this?
#adsense #rules #snippets #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Bulldozer
    Anyone?
    This is an important topic. Would be nice to see some replies.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by Bulldozer View Post

    If you have a blog roll with post snippets (excerpts from posts) in it, over the time as you add more and more posts with AdSense in them, your blogroll starts to look like a long page that has many AdSense block-containing snippets in it.
    AdSense allows no more than 3 ad blocks per page.
    But what is your blog roll page contains, say, 10 snippets from different posts?

    I know that AdSense will show only the first three blocks but it will detect that you are trying to show much more than that.
    Will you get your ass banned because of this WordPress glitch?
    Why is it a WP glitch? Your the webmaster you have 100% control over your site/code.


    Originally Posted by Bulldozer View Post

    Also, if you set up your blog/site in a way that shows only 1 snippet on the blogroll page, could this be a problem too because snippets are short?
    They rarely have more than 80-100 words in them.
    Isn't this also against the AdSense rules?
    I have thousands of pages that contain maybe 10 words, .zip files & a single image per page, that's my content (downloads). Content isn't only text/articles.


    Originally Posted by Bulldozer View Post

    Isn't it prohibited to place AdSense blocks on pages that have almost no content in them?
    Again, content does not mean only text/articles, however I wouldn't have a single image on a page & leave it at that.


    Originally Posted by Bulldozer View Post

    And finally: do snippets create Duplicate Content and drag your site down in the SERPs because they are excerpts from your posts and if yes, how do you deal with this?
    Your the webmaster, keep the snippet very short (one sentence) & interesting.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bulldozer
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Why is it a WP glitch? Your the webmaster you have 100% control over your site/code.

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      Your the webmaster, keep the snippet very short (one sentence) & interesting.
      Yes, it is true that I am the webmaster and I can change all of this if I take my time to do so.
      However, about 90% of all people who run blogs or Wordpress-based sites, have no clue about all of this, and they just use whatever default settings are there in their Wordpress theme.
      The ordinary bloggers / site owner just slap an AdSense block or two in their articles, just for good measures, and call it a day.

      This is why I consider the WordPress blogroll page a "glitch" - by default it creates a bunch of contradictions with the AdSense rules.

      I understand that the majority of WordPress themes are not created for use with AdSense, but in the end of the day, even an ordinary blogger who doesn't give a damn about SEO would like to place an ad or two on his blog to get a few bucks monthly.
      And if blogroll pages are indeed against the AdSense rules, the guy may end up banned from AdSense just because he relied on the default WordPress settings and didn't optimize them.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        So put the blogroll in the WP-Sidebar (like most sites do).




        Originally Posted by Bulldozer View Post

        Yes, it is true that I am the webmaster and I can change all of this if I take my time to do so.
        However, about 90% of all people who run blogs or Wordpress-based sites, have no clue about all of this, and they just use whatever default settings are there in their Wordpress theme.
        The ordinary bloggers / site owner just slap an AdSense block or two in their articles, just for good measures, and call it a day.

        This is why I consider the WordPress blogroll page a "glitch" - by default it creates a bunch of contradictions with the AdSense rules.

        I understand that the majority of WordPress themes are not created for use with AdSense, but in the end of the day, even an ordinary blogger who doesn't give a damn about SEO would like to place an ad or two on his blog to get a few bucks monthly.
        And if blogroll pages are indeed against the AdSense rules, the guy may end up banned from AdSense just because he relied on the default WordPress settings and didn't optimize them.
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  • Profile picture of the author msafi
    There's a maximum number of AdSense blocks you can display. If you exceed that limit, the ads would simply not show up. It's not like you go to jail or anything...
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