The Basic AdSense Rules 2011

AdSense is an advertising tool from Google that offers a good way for people to make money through their websites. It is particularly popular with bloggers who are looking to make some income through their blog. Google AdSense works on a fairly simple principle: you sign up with the scheme and then place ads on your website or blog. When someone clicks on one of the links placed there, you earn money from it.

This means that AdSense can be a nice, easy way of earning some extra cash, but there are a few rules to follow if you want to make sure you get the most out of it. Read on to find out more.

Don’t inflate the number of clicks

The number one rule of AdSense is that all of the clicks that occur through your site must be genuine. While it might be really tempting to spend some time clicking on the links yourself in order to boost your earnings, this is one of the things you definitely shouldn’t do. As the owner of the blog or website, you are not allowed to click on the links yourself, even to test they are working.

If you do click on the links, the number of genuine clicks will be harder to determine, which can create issues in itself. A potentially bigger issue, however, is the fact that if you artificially increase the number of clicks, this will be considered to be spam and you’ll most likely get banned from AdSense.

Don’t forget your content

Another basic rule of AdSense is that your website’s content must come first. This means that it is a big no-no to have a page that is simply full of adverts. If you have a page that is just covered in AdSense ads, this is highly likely to get picked up as spam, which will be detrimental for your search rankings and could also get you banned from the scheme.

As a rule, you should make sure you have more original content on your page than adverts. This will help to keep the focus of your page and maintain a high standard of user experience. You should also never have more than the allowed number of AdSense adverts per page. Before you start displaying ads, you should check the rules of Google AdSense to find out about how many adverts you are allowed to display on any webpage.

Don’t disguise the ads

If you’re trying to make money through your blog, you might be tempted to disguise the AdSense ads, such as by hiding them as links in your text. This isn’t allowed so don’t do this. Google rules state that your adverts must be clear at all times; you should never fool people into clicking on a link that’s actually an advert.

Only have one account

Another basic rule of AdSense 2011 is to only ever have one AdSense account. While you are allowed to add multiple blogs or sites to your AdSense account, to have more than one account is a violation of Google policies.