Will i get banned for this?

by steeltape

Posted: 12 years ago 9 replies

every external links will go through a page telling them that they're leaving my site and i put adsense below those words ..

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just wondering if this is consider breaching adsense TOS

#banned

risingrank 12 years ago

I think it is kind of gray area.
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steeltape 12 years ago

i suppose gray area means not really safe not really unsafe eh?
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dadamson 12 years ago

I don't think the TOS directly specify this activity so you should be ok.

But on another note, the user has already clicked on an external link, to rely on AdChoices to change the mind of your visitor in a matter of a few seconds before they are redirected might be a big step.

I would say your click-through-rate is going to be very low.
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steeltape 12 years ago

to be honest I gained a lot more just after few hours of using this script.
But who knows maybe tomorrow i'll have lesser ctr
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- dadamson 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by steeltape
  
  to be honest I gained a lot more just after few hours of using this script.
  But who knows maybe tomorrow i'll have lesser ctr
  
  Wow, where was your previous adsense code added then? :-/
  
  Is you website mainly based around directing visitors to external website links? If so, then that is understandable.
  
  I believe as you are not saying 'hey- click on this link to be redirected to the page you are after' then you will be fine as far as the Google TOS go
  
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  steeltape 12 years ago
  
  but I'm worried if adsense would think my placement is too close at
  "click here " if you're not redirected.
  I'm pretty sure that's the reason why I got so many clicks yesterday
  so many of them accidentally clicked it.
  
  my site offers downloadable stuff ..
  using wordpress I set every file to attachment type.
  Whenever they clicked download they'll be redirected to file attachment page
  but some of the files i am not allowed to upload and need to redirect to owner's site.
  which means i'm not gaining anything and this is where this plugin is useful..
  
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jeffreydale 12 years ago

I would remove the telling them to click on the external link etc.. you're pretty much telling them and begging them to click on your ads. Besides breaching TOS it also makes you look desperate..

I would simply say "You are about to leave X.com, if you wish to return to site click here."

Nice and simple. And don't worry about it being too close, it's a very common and tactile technique that a lot of people use.. it's common knowledge to put ads near and around areas that have those most clicks (like a popular link that people naturally already click on a lot while on the site... "next page >>" etc.. kinda thing)

I'd do that.. but that's just me. Good luck.
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ronaldec 12 years ago

I would not do it.
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Linerider 12 years ago

Disable that advert temporarily, then post your question on the Google Help Forum

They are so finicky and it's not worth risking your account over.
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