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google_rocks
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:32 pm
Post subject: Hiding "Ads by google"
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I have noticed many people hide "Ads by google" by changing the colors or ...
is it accepted by google?
how come they don't get blocked if it is not!
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:25 pm
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| There is nothing in the Terms & Conditions that address this. As long as you are not modifying the code that Google gives you when you select your colors, you're fine. |
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:49 pm
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Actually you can't hide the Ads by Google part at all. That is set by Google based on the border color you pick so anytime it becomes hard to read it's them.
You could, at one point, hide the url by using the same colors, however, Google has now made that a violation of the terms. So you have to show the url.
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:58 pm
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Hi Debs,
| Debs wrote: | | Actually you can't hide the Ads by Google part at all. That is set by Google based on the border color you pick so anytime it becomes hard to read it's them. |
This was true until a few days ago, where Google selected a black font for the "Ads by Google" text if the bordercolor was light. Currently, the text font is white, no matter what choice.
Personally, I don't mind the "Ads by Google" text at all. I certainly didn't choose it to hide the text. But I do like the white border, since it breaks up the ads in nice chunks, making it less "solid"...
I view the "hardcoded" white font as a mistake by Google, which they will correct.
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:08 pm
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I would have to agree with you Erwin about it being a mistake and likely corrected soon.
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:56 pm
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| Debs wrote: | You could, at one point, hide the url by using the same colors, however, Google has now made that a violation of the terms. So you have to show the url.
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Debs, where are you seeing this in the Terms? I don't see it addressed at all.
Google does not require their Premium Publishers to indicate Ads by Google, so it's not unrealistic to assume that there was a reason behind this recent change rather than it being an oversight. |
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:39 am
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https://www.google.com/adsense/policies
| Quote: | Ad Placement
Only one ad unit may be placed on each web page.
Ads must not be displayed on any domain parking websites, pop-ups, pop-unders, error, registration, or "thank you " pages, search results pages, or in any email.
Ads may not be placed on pages published specifically for the purpose of showing ads, whether or not the page content is relevant.
Elements on a page must not obscure any portion of the ads, and the ad colors must be such that the ad text and URL are visible. |
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:58 am
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Debs, "Ads by Google" is not ad text or a URL, so there's no violation of the Terms.
I find it interesting that the Program Policies indicate that the URL must be visible because the Leaderboard and the Banner have never displayed the advertiser's URL when the Leaderboard displayed 4 ads or when the Banner displayed 2 ads, and this is when the ad code is copied directly from the Adsense tool, without modification. OTOH, if the Leaderboard displays fewer than 4 ads or if the banner displays a single ad, the advertiser's URL is displayed.
So anyway, the bottom line is that as long as you use the Adsense tool to generate your ad code and do not modify it any way, you are not in violation of any Adsense rule. |
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:28 am
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| Quote: | | Debs, "Ads by Google" is not ad text or a URL, so there's no violation of the Terms. |
Guest, I wasn't referring to the Ads in my reply, my reply was re: urls, and the question from you :
| Quote: | Debs wrote:
You could, at one point, hide the url by using the same colors, however, Google has now made that a violation of the terms. So you have to show the url.
Debs
Debs, where are you seeing this in the Terms? I don't see it addressed at all.
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:45 am
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| You are absolutely right, Debs. Sorry for confusing the matter. |
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:45 am
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No problem. As far as confusing, I think I did that by mentioning the urls myself to begin with lol
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n-music
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 1:49 am
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Though I can't think of one at the moment, I've also noticed the "Ads by Google" text not being displayed on bigger sites that are using Adsense. 
I'm pretty sure it's Adsense anyway - exactly the same minus the text credit. |
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 3:31 am
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n-music,
It might be, it might not  TribalBurst and FastClick also offer content text ads which look a lot like Google's leaderboard style. Google's premium publishers (those with like 2 million page views a month) also have more options than do we lowly publishers So yes, they could be, but then again, maybe not lol
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 4:16 am
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If you right click on the ad and select Properties, you'll see the full URL of the ad. If it includes googlesyndication or googleadservices, it's an AdSense ad.
Premium publishers are those who have 20 million or more page views per month and are subject to very different (non-public) rules than those who participate in the standard AdSense program. They are allowed to do some things that are strictly prohibited through the standard program. |
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Debs
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 1:53 pm
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Guest, absolutely correct. Here I thought it was 2mil and you now tell me 20! Oh well, I guess it really will be quite a while before I hit that mark lol
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