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Procrastinating. adsense on sticky sidebar

by watkip
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Hi, I've been googling but still in doubt.

A blog with a sticky sidebar - with just 2 google adsense square's widgets on it.

i.e the sidebar sticks. the blog posts/content scrolls
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In someway it looks 'floating' to me. eventhough its nothing less than a passive sidebar.


Your opinon - Allowed (by google) or not?

Thanks for your input!
#adsense #procrastinating #sidebar #sticky
  • Profile picture of the author blindado
    I'm not sure, but i believe it's considered floating
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    • Profile picture of the author watkip
      Originally Posted by blindado View Post

      I'm not sure, but i believe it's considered floating
      thanks for your reply, feels good to read one! But now i'm even more procrastinating hah!
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  • Profile picture of the author RickCopy
    is the ad moving whatsoever in the sidebar? If it is you should make it stop asap. Adsense clearly states this is a no-no.

    might want to take one of them out of the sidebar and put it within some text so you can actually attempt to get some relevant ads in your posts.
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    • Profile picture of the author watkip
      Originally Posted by RickCopy View Post

      is the ad moving whatsoever in the sidebar? If it is you should make it stop asap. Adsense clearly states this is a no-no.

      might want to take one of them out of the sidebar and put it within some text so you can actually attempt to get some relevant ads in your posts.
      Hi rickycopy! thanks!

      Well that sorta tricky. it depends on how fast the plugin loads.

      It should - just be sticky. not moving at all.

      It often 'lags' and pops/moves back next to the actual content, so its really inbetween.

      i just noticed that 9gag.com is using quite the same but with just one ad at the end of their sidebar.

      still in doubt!
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  • Profile picture of the author watkip
    anyone ?
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  • Profile picture of the author terryd
    9gag.com was worth visiting this thread alone.

    You really would be best to go to an official source instead of relying on peoples opinion on this forum as it's not worth risking your adsense account is it.

    I know exactly what you want to do and I've thought exactly of doing the same thing as I'm sure it will increase CTR but until I know for sure it's not against TOS then I'm not going to risk it.
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  • Profile picture of the author webdevpro
    IMO it should be allowed as far as it is not overlapping or overlapped by the contents of the page.
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    • Profile picture of the author terryd
      Originally Posted by webdevpro View Post

      IMO it should be allowed as far as it is not overlapping or overlapped by the contents of the page.
      Your opinion means nothing unless you work for the google adsense department
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  • Profile picture of the author watkip
    Hi lovely people!

    This question is still haunting in my head, perhaps also in terryd's.

    Opinions do motivate/inspire or enlighten me so they are <------------------------> this much welcome (thats alot)

    Thanks a 1000 times!
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  • Profile picture of the author watkip
    Not giving up! ^_^
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Beware of semantics.

      Ads cannot scroll. Okay. But the ads are not scrolling, the
      background/webpage is.

      Then what, pray tell, do you think google means by no ads
      scrolling? Any plain-jane website has scrolling ads as
      EVERYTHING SCROLLS! So google MUST be referring to
      something else other than normal scrolling of a page.
      AH! There it is! It's not normal scrolling...

      The ads are scrolling in the true sense of the word. They stick
      with your scrolling of the page. Hence, they are scrolling along
      with you. Beware of the words and explanations that are chosen.
      No difference than a floating ad that sticks.

      Look at it this way. Google wants "natural" (I hate that word but
      can't think of anything else) placement. So many people think
      unnatural and that's what gets them in trouble.

      Now maybe gags has a special relation with google. It happens.

      Maybe, just maybe, because the ads don't get stuck until you
      reach the "bottom," perhaps that does not break the TOS.

      Why would anyone risk their account and still debate this?

      Complete nonsense. But, like I have said many times, no wonder
      there are so many adsense ban threads.

      BTW: 9gag has more than one violation. Hardly a site worth
      going to for TOS advice.

      Paul
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