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Buying traffic from Outbrain, Adsense safe?

by cesarian
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Hi,

I know Adsense allow people to buy traffic as long as it's legit and not traffic like pay to view or traffic where you tell users to click on ads.

I am wondering if Outbrain will be allowed. If I buy traffic from Outbrain, stories from my blog is placed in news site like CNN, TechRadar, PC Magazine etc. You can see the link with the sotry title at sections like "Around the web".

So it's basically a normal legit PPC. User click on the link if they are interested. And they don't have any obligations at all.

I belive this traffic is safe for adsense but I would like to your opinion.

Thanks in advance.
#adsense #buying #outbrain #safe #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    It might be safe for adsense, but it's a losing proposition. You
    would probably need to redo many pages to fit their guidelines,
    and there would be lesser chance to get an adsense click.

    Just because PPC is okay, does not make it feasible.

    The cost would be more than revenue generated.

    Every adsense user that gets the free adwords coupons should
    try that first. That way you can see if it makes sense.

    It looks like outbrain has a more onerous landing page TOS than
    adwords. Just check these out:

    Outbrain reserves the right to reject content for the following quality and tonality infractions:

    Grammatical errors
    Improper spelling
    Incorrect language use
    Incoherent passages or structure
    Lack of authenticity
    Illustrates a lack of understanding of the intended subject matter
    Misleads or deceives
    Is overly self-promotional or advertorial*
    Possesses no useful information or entertainment value
    Lack of timeliness
    News content older than 14 days cannot be added to our network.
    Other forms of content can be added or rejected at Outbrain's discretion based on timeliness.
    Poor Design
    Grainy images
    Graphically violent or pornographic imagery
    Illegible fonts
    Dark copy on dark backgrounds or light copy on light backgrounds
    Inaccurate or Misleading Headlines
    Does not depict landing page content
    Exaggerates or embellishes landing page content
    Calls-to-Action in Headlines
    Registration pleas
    Prize offers
    Promotions or sales
    Urges customer calls or emails
    Shocking or sensational
    SEO-Focused Content
    Link-backs to low-quality content to boost SEO
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    Hidden links
    99.99999% of "adsense" sites would probably be rejected...

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post


      99.99999% of "adsense" sites would probably be rejected...

      Paul
      99.99999999999999% of the internet would get rejected from that list
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    • Profile picture of the author cesarian
      Well then it seems I will be able to use it as my blog is already approved. I am already receiving traffic from Outbrain but I haven't put adsense on it, that why I am wondering if I can put adsense.

      My site is just a normal blog and not an special "adsense site". So I think that's why I was accepted. Thanks for your opinion.

      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      It might be safe for adsense, but it's a losing proposition. You
      would probably need to redo many pages to fit their guidelines,
      and there would be lesser chance to get an adsense click.

      Just because PPC is okay, does not make it feasible.

      The cost would be more than revenue generated.

      Every adsense user that gets the free adwords coupons should
      try that first. That way you can see if it makes sense.

      It looks like outbrain has a more onerous landing page TOS than
      adwords. Just check these out:



      99.99999% of "adsense" sites would probably be rejected...

      Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author MeMing
    I've run some campaigns on outbrain to bring traffic to my adsense sites and so far, still barely breaking even.

    Another challenge is how to track the effects of the campaign on earnings especially since earnings in my network is quite erratic and I have staff working round the clock on marketing them as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author ibarena
    I would like to know the odds of % Adsense profit considering you pay for traffic in this case. IMO
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  • Profile picture of the author seoschool
    buying seo services is much better than Buying traffic, specific targeted traffic will come if u buy traffic, but through seo service u can build a friendly seo website and all over the world visitors may come without paying anymore, and u can also earn through adsense.
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