Comments on: Adsense Guidelines – Contextual Ads – Adsense Backgrounds

By: AndyBeard

AndyBeard — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:50:13 +0000

They are there to gain you more clicks – the ads show up as large as you allow within standard advertising sizes.

The arrows appear when there are a lot more advertisers that Google feel are suitable, and they want to make as much money as possible, whilst still providing relevant ads.

If arrows appear, Google's algos probably determine that it will make you more money.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:44:18 +0000

Is it necessary to use the back/forward arrows on Google's AdSense ads? I really want to be able to take that out and let the ads fall vertically. Is this possible?

By: Website Monetization

Website Monetization — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:03:27 +0000

I am a little surprised that you are allowed to use borders/backgrounds on your ad units. They say you can’t have an arrow pointing towards your ads because it draws attention, but doesn’t a frame draw attention too?

I guess an arrow could encourage invalid clicks…

Anyway, thanks for clearing up the ToS.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:06:30 +0000

What happened to the AdSense Backgrounds website? It's closed? Why is that so? I guess your affiliate link to them won't rake in the dough anymore. :-)

By: Pimp Your Adsense To Increase Your CTR with Adsense Background

Pimp Your Adsense To Increase Your CTR with Adsense Background — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:43:05 +0000

[...] Google does not prohibit the use of background images so long as the ads are clearly portrayed as ads, and clearly distinguished from the content. [...]

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Particularizare background pentru anunÅ£urile AdSense : INconstantIN.ro — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:53:21 +0000

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By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:04:36 +0000

A short sentence saying something is free to use isn’t a license. If they are really free to use, provide specific license terms such as GPL, MIT etc.

Package them all up in an archive, and make sure the license is included in the archive.

The copyright clause at the bottom of the page is contradictory to the Free to use you mentioned, and that was only mentioned on one page if you went looking for it.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:34:18 +0000

Andy, what do you mean “until you license them correctly”? they are free images that anyone can use freely.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:04:03 +0000

I am sorry Chris but I wouldn’t go near your backgrounds and code until you license them correctly.

Check us out, look at the code & examples and either use what we gave ya or design your own.

Then at the bottom of the page

Â© Cagintranet Networks

By: Chris Cagle

Chris Cagle — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:45:18 +0000

Google has approved the Adsense backgrounds that I show on my site over at http://adclustr.com/