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Check out the placement on my forum, is this cheating my users?

Discussion in 'Placement / Reviews / Examples' started by huntz, Mar 30, 2006.

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    huntz, Mar 30, 2006 IP
  2. adamjthompson

    adamjthompson Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Why would that be cheating your users?
     
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  3. huntz

    huntz Well-Known Member

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    Not cheating as such.
     
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    Well i fell for it straight away and I was looking for it! :)
     
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    Farkas Well-Known Member

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    I was gonna click on it untill i saw "ads by google".
    I would call it cheating because it says : 893 Topics, 735 Posts.

    Anyway nice forum, like the design.
     
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    It fits pretty well with the color theme and you don't solicit anybody to do anything, so IMO it's pretty nice.
     
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  7. huntz

    huntz Well-Known Member

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    Cool, thanks guys.
     
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    I think it's inspirational. :) The post says what it is. When you read it you know what you're in for. I don't think it's misleading, just cute
     
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    jackburton2006 Peon

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    It's very well blended and everything, but it also falls under the category of "purposeful deceit". Whether Adsense has problems with you deceiving your readers or not, well, my advice would be to ask them.

    Why is it deceit? Because you purposely fake a category (the fake topic and post numbers being the primary evidence of purposeful attempt at deceit) in order to generate clicks.

    Again, I would advise you to seek Google's acceptance, or you might end up in trouble.
     
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    huntz Well-Known Member

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    I have changed the topics/posts and im running it by the adsense team.
     
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    huntz Well-Known Member

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    I do think though that the ads by google is very clearly seen and upon reading the ad you know exactly what you are getting.
     
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    the ads are very well blended. i think this is NOT cheating... its just good designing skills :D
     
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    Don't think that I'm trying to "come down" on you, dude. I'm just offering up some cautionary advice, as Google doesn't care about banning people for the littest of infractions.

    But in any case, if Google tells you it's okay, why don't you underline the rest of your forum headers to even blend them in further with your Google ad?
     
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    huntz Well-Known Member

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    Now we're talking.
     
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    huntz Well-Known Member

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    Underlines added.
     
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    Looks good. Good luck.
     
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    I think it's brilliant blending and I don't think they will have a problem with it now that you have taken down the fake posting numbers. Well done.
     
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    That looks great! Please let us know what google has to say.

    Tim
     
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    Yea... it looks very good. I just wanted to know more about what Google had/has to say so that i can use it in my site also :D
     
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    That is some slick sh#t. well done. I wouldchange it from 'today adsense' to 'today's adsense'.. Cover yourself a bit more
     
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