What is Web 2.0?

As promised, the first steps will be out shortly so you can begin your work along with us on monetizing web sites with Google AdSense. But first, a short clip on what Web 2.0 has done and is doing. This is brilliant.

How Many Link Blocks Can I Have?

If you create websites specifically for displaying Google AdSense ads, listen up.

Google announced yesterday in their updated Policies, that if you are using their ads on your pages, your pages have to line up with their Landing Page Quality Guidelines. As I've preached, your pages must be of outstanding quality content and very easy to navigate. Anything less, and Google can pull the plug on your "partnership".

Next, they said we can have three link blocks on each page. That's great, because these links often add a lot of revenue on pages that have good content. Naturally, know that when people click the link, they're gone from your site.

Also note that links typically pay less than actual ads.

Joel Comm Leads Us Astray

Unintentional, I am sure, Joel Comm released free Google AdSense templates today which are against Google AdSense Program Policy.

Today, Google's Arlene Lee sets the record straight about having images next to ads, something Joel and others claim was the breakthrough in 2005 for AdSense publishers.

Google gives us these images of ad placement that breaks policy:

















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Granted, Joel's pictures are better; still they are placed near the ad block in a way that, as Google says:

If your visitors believe that the images and the ads are directly associated, or that the advertiser is offering the exact item found in the neighboring image, they may click the ad expecting to find something that isn't actually being offered. That's not a good experience for users or advertisers.

Joel's AdSense template:


















If you're offering this type of page, now might be a good time to clean house.