Adsense TOS: How do you read this blog post?

I've read that blog post as well and came to WF to see what other members thought of it.

Personally i think that google just wants to get publishers to write more original content. This is because that almost the whole of the net is filled with duplicate content. That's something that will exist forever.

I don't think it's much to worry about. However there's this tingly feeling at the back of my head that slightly worries me but thinking logically, how can google stop what is happening on the internet which is content will be used elsewhere (like it or not).

It's saying if you have an autoblog, and they catch you, then your account will get banned. Pretty simple as that, plr or content that you have rights to is completely different (hence you have the rights to republish it).

I am really confused after reading this blog. I am afraid I should remove my adsense code from third pary bloging sites. But it was working fine for last couple of months.

I think Google talks from their butt much of the time. For example, take a look at EZA. They publish articles that have already been published on numerous sites. I know this from personal experience. They do it with my articles. Ususally, they are the last directory to approve it...and...they have Adsense ads plastered all over their pages, so Google apparently doesn't strictly enforce this. However, what it does allow them to do is deindex any site they don't "like" or that pisses them off on a whim. Then they can just say: "Oh, you violated our terms of service...sorry...go cry somewhere else."

I think they are meaning to imply if not actually imply, that it is the "Junk" scraper sites that they don't want running adsense

I read those 2 statements as:

1. Don't use scraped content.
2. Don't use content that you don't own.
3. Especially don't scrape content that you don't own and make it appear like you do own it.

I guess it is a matter of who they think owns the original content.

Reading the whole post though I think they are taking a dig at the (mediocre) autoblog sites that are ripping off other peoples work on a mass level and profiting. The BH sites are full of people doing this.

There are guys who will do it over a range of subdomains hoping to get a little bit from each with no credit to the original articles. This is a breach of copyright so these guys shouldn't be suprised that Google is booting them out.

Edit: The comments are gold!

It seems pretty clear to me, not a lot of grey area there... Unless you're not seeing the part that says "fiction" meaning its not true...

I think that google if they target anything are going to be going after autoblogs which scrape content from other sites without permission and claim it as their own.

If you build sites with content from sites that permit you to share content like articlesbase as long as you attribute that content to them in the form of a backlink I can't see google having a problem with it.

If is is the non unique stuff they are after then they are going to lose 80+ percent of the pages they have their ads on. I can't see them doing that somehow.

If you autoblog ethically ie always include any original links back to the source I think it will be ok for now.

I dare say we shall be inundated with linkbait over the next few weeks with wannabee gurus claiming autoblogging is dead and then releasing some kind of alternative course, happens every time google send out messages.

I'd also put money on whoever it is knowing absolutely nothing about autoblogging and just playing on newbie marketers fears to make a buck, par for the course unfortunately.

Anyway when it happens can someone post a link so I can make sure it goes viral, panic = less competition for me