We're all about numbers and international launches this week, so we're
excited to tell you that we've recently launched our (sweet) 16th
AdSense Help Forum, this time in
. If you're a Hebrew-speaking publisher, visit the new forum
to ask your questions about the AdSense program or share your advice
with other publishers. You may also see occasional posts from a Google
representative nicknamed AdSensePro.
With the ever-growing number of forums in a wide variety of languages,
now's a great time to join the AdSense community in your language! Our
forums are also available in
As it's becoming easier and easier to embed videos and pictures on
websites, many publishers are now enhancing their current text content
with relevant videos and photos. We wholeheartedly support adding
these different forms of content to improve the user experience on
your site -- hey, we like watching entertaining YouTube videos too!
But here's a friendly reminder about keeping our program policies in
mind when you choose video and image content for your site.
Before posting videos or pictures on a page with Google ads, put
yourself in an advertiser's position and consider whether you would
want to have your ad displayed on the page. If your content might
potentially be seen as offensive or disturbing, an advertiser may not
be comfortable running their ads on that page. Here are a few specific
types of content that you can check for:
- Adult or mature: Includes, but is not limited to, images
and videos containing sexual activity, full nudity, and lewd poses.
Please review this recent post to determine whether your content
might fall into this category.
- Violent or gory: Can include images and videos of
street-fighting, people hurting each other, or gruesome accidents
and their victims.
- Culturally insensitive or hate speech: Includes content
promoting racial intolerance or advocating against a specific
individual, group, or organization.
Also, keep in mind that publishers may not place AdSense ads on
pages involved in the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted
materials. Unauthorized copyrighted materials include music, movies,
images, or any other copyrighted material that the publisher does not
own or license from the copyright owner.
The list above is by no means exhaustive, since there are always some
borderline cases which will feature content that may be tame to one
person but offensive to another. If you're uncertain about specific
pictures or videos, we recommend that you err on the side of caution
and refrain from placing this content on pages containing Google ads.
In addition, if you host a site with user-generated content, we ask
that you continually monitor your network to ensure that ads don't
appear alongside the types of content described here.
Posted by Dan Zilic - AdSense Publisher
Support
Are you currently displaying a referral unit for AdSense on your
website? Then read on, because there are some upcoming changes to
the referral program that you should be aware of. But first let me
clarify that only referral units promoting AdSense will be affected
by this change; referrals to other products and services remain
unaffected at this time. This change to referrals promoting AdSense
will differ depending on your location, regardless of where your
users are located.
- If you're in North America, Latin America, or Japan, the
pricing structure for AdSense referrals is changing.
About a year ago, as an experiment, we changed the pricing structure
for AdSense referrals so that when a user you referred to the
program earned $5 within 180 days of sign-up, you would also earn
$5. When that publisher earned $100 within 180 days and removed all
payment holds, you'd receive $250. We have decided to conclude this
experiment and return to the original pricing structure. As a
result, we'll soon no longer be offering the $5 bonus or $2000
bonus, and the payout for referring a user who generates $100 with
AdSense in the first 180 days will return to $100.
These pricing changes will take place during the last week of
January. A referred user who reaches $100 within 180 days of signing
up and who removes all payments holds before the change occurs will
generate earnings of $250 for the referring publisher. Any referred
user who meets this conversion criteria after the change occurs will
only generate $100 in earnings for the referring publisher. In
addition, the $5 bonus will be removed at that time. Please note
that the date a user was referred will only affect where the 180-day
window is set but not necessarily the payout the referring publisher
receives. For example, it's possible that a user referred in early
January will meet the conversion criteria before a user referred in
early November, and so the resulting payout may differ.
- If you're outside of North America, Latin America, and Japan,
AdSense referrals will be retired.
For publishers not located in any of the three regions detailed
above, we'll soon be retiring referrals promoting AdSense. We've
found that this referral product has not performed as well as we had
hoped in these regions. Again, please keep in mind that you can
still generate referrals for the other products listed under the
'Referrals' section of your AdSense Setup tab.
Soon, you'll no longer see the option to create a referral button
for AdSense in your account, although existing buttons will display
as normal. This specific referral type will then be retired during
the last week of January - any users who meet the conversion
criteria (reaching $100 in earnings within 180 days of sign-up and
removing all payment holds) before the change will generate earnings
of $250 for the referring publishers. Any conversions which occur
after this change is made will not be recorded in your account. You
may wish to begin replacing any existing referrals promoting AdSense
with referrals for another product or an AdSense for content unit.
We appreciate your support of this referral product, and hope it
won't cause you any inconvenience.
Posted by Talia Brodecki - AdSense
Product Marketing