Beginner: Don't Make These AdSense Mistakes

Read the Rules

Google AdSense is a popular income generating tool for a lot webmasters. Its popularity attracts more people to join the program. Some of these new comers are referred by friends or family. In most cases, they sign up Google AdSense program without reading the terms and conditions carefully and completely. The result is they break the rules. They get caught breaking these rules and they are banned.

They don't have a clue why they are banned from the program. They find out the reason by reading the AdSense rules and policies after they are banned from the program. It is too late for that because once you are banned for breaking the rules, there is no way you can get back in again. It is Google policy that any webmaster can have only one AdSense account. 

Common Beginner Mistakes

If you spend enough time reading posts from AdSense forums, you could easily spot a few mistakes done by new comers.

Google AdSense Mistake #1:

Never Disclose Your Click Through Rate (CTR):
It is stated clearly in AdSense terms and conditions item No.7: Confidentiality that you are not allowed to disclose your click-through rates or other statistics relating to site performance provided by Google. You are violating the rules if you post your CTR in the forum.

It is normal that new comers may have a lot of questions regarding CTR. The most common questions you will find in the forums are:

  • My CTR is x%? Is it too high? Will Google banned me for this?
  • I am making $x, 100 clicks out of 1000 impressions. What can I do to increase my AdSense earnings?
  • I got 100 clicks out of 60? How is this possible?
  • 10 clicks out of 60 impression but no earnings, why?

Well, if you spend enough time reading posts from the forum, most of the time you will find the answers to your questions. Most likely someone has already asked the same question as you. However, if you are looking for a quick answer, you should not disclose your actual CTR or other statistics relating to site performance provided by Google in your questions.

Google AdSense Mistake #2:

Using Traffic Exchange Programs:
It is stated clearly in Prohibited Clicks and Impressions section of Google policy that you are not allowed to any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions. Using paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, autosurf programs to generate clicks or impressions will lead to the termination of your AdSense account.

Google AdSense Mistake #3:

Don't Fall for Click-Exchange Program:
To be honest, the is no quick money in AdSense. There are  few AdSense click exchange programs trying to lure new comers to join their membership sites by promising thousands of clicks in return. These websites include:

  • www [dot] clickmonkeys [dot] com
  • www [dot] adsense-xchange [dot] com
  • www[dot]clickmogul[dot]com

Do Not Fall for It! Using click exchange program to generate clicks is strictly prohibited.

Google AdSense Mistake #4:

Don't Use Google Trademarks in Your Domain Name:
If you need to use Google Trademarks, you need to get written permission from them. 

It is a violation to Google policy if publisher places Google ads on sites incorporating Google trademarks in the site URL. Here is why you should not use AdSense in your domain name.



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