Google Adsense Against Google TOS?

aZooZa · Dec 29, 2009

Surely this site is against AdSense TOS?

Your own Search Engine

I don't think EPN would like it either.

Comments welcome.

BTW, It's not my site - it's the demo of this:

AdSense Website - Search Engine Script

Not my aff ID either.

Thanks!

nnh · Jan 5, 2010

The google ads and the results links on the demo look very similar, hard to pick them apart and confusing...so yes I think you may have a problem. Why not e-mail google and ask...

aZooZa · Jan 6, 2010

Thanks nnh. I have posed the question on the AdSense forum ages ago but no reply. Anyone else have a take on this? Cheers!

rob · Jan 6, 2010

IMHO it would break the adsense T&C's

Plus, its idiotic as google's CSE product does this and better.

Do a search on buycars.co.uk | Welcome for example of CSE in action, the paid version is even better

aZooZa · Jan 6, 2010

rob said:
IMHO it would break the adsense T&C's

Plus, its idiotic as google's CSE product does this and better.

Do a search on buycars.co.uk | Welcome for example of CSE in action, the paid version is even better

Cheers Rob. Can you pre-form the URLs with CSE with your keywords? Is that okay with G?

Like this using the keyword 'domains':

| Welcome

rob · Jan 6, 2010

Yes - you can have auto searches / preform.

The most powerful aspect of CSE is the ability to have site only searches, and custom url searches. eg. say if you wanted a domain only search, you could make it so it only covers acorn/nominet/icann whatever.

Lots of clever stuff can be done, and quite lucrative as well in the right niches.

Systreg · Jan 6, 2010

I have the Google CSE search set up like that on one my sites so that results open in a page on my site, earnings from clicking ads on the search results page seem to pay better than normal Adsense clicks on my site pages.

aZooZa · Jan 6, 2010

Thanks Kev and Rob. Maybe I'm just having a 'thicko' day but if you wanted to use CSE for parking, are you able to 'stuff' the URL as a basic forward/redirect? As you can see, this kind of thing isn't my forte

So, to accomplish what I'm talking about, could I set up a simple URL redirect that results in a lander? Like this again where I have added the keyword 'domains' to the Google URL gibberish:

http:// www. scam-info-links. info/search.html?cx=partner-pub-5105785360731465%3Aidx923-avig&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=domains&sa=Search#1097

I added spaces so this won't turn into a hot link...

GreyWing · Jan 6, 2010

Nope mate, google tos prevents redirects.

I checked into it and asked them and they said it was a big no no. It will work but if you make too much then they will investigate and pull it.

My experience of G is just to play safe, loads of people have said you get banned and it's not going back in 99% of cases.

A lot of people using that script are in my opinion just a matter of time away from getting banned.

aZooZa · Jan 6, 2010

GreyWing said:
Nope mate, google tos prevents redirects.

I checked into it and asked them and they said it was a big no no. It will work but if you make too much then they will investigate and pull it.

My experience of G is just to play safe, loads of people have said you get banned and it's not going back in 99% of cases.

A lot of people using that script are in my opinion just a matter of time away from getting banned.

Thanks Graeme - it's what I expected really - all too good to be true. Back to the drawing board.