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New publisher application process
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
We’re continually evaluating our AdSense application process in order to ensure the safest possible network for our advertisers, as well as the best possible experience for you, our publishers. With that in mind, we’ve now implemented a change to our initial review process that will result in a stronger AdSense network. Improving the quality of the network will drive more interest and demand from advertisers, increasing the earning potential for all of our publishers.
Starting today, we’ll begin adding a new step to the review process and sending notifications at two key points. After a new application is submitted, we’ll begin with preliminary checks on the site and the applicant’s submitted details. If the application passes through this first stage, we’ll notify the applicant by email, grant them account access, and provide them with ad code to place on their submitted site. It’s essential at this stage for the applicant to place the ad code on their site, as the review process can’t be completed until the ad code is implemented.
However, live ads won’t immediately appear once the ad code has been placed on the submitted site. Since the application hasn’t been fully approved yet, temporary “blank ads” will be shown instead. These blank ads will blend in with the background of the page, so users won’t see them and the user experience won’t be impacted. As a result, there’s nothing to click on and thus revenue can’t yet be generated. If the applicant
logs into their AdSense account
at this stage of the review process, they’ll see a reminder that their account is still under review.
Soon after the ad code has been added to the submitted site, a final approval decision will be made and the applicant will be notified by email. Newly approved publishers will see live ads automatically appear in the existing ad units on their pages. These publishers are then welcome (and encouraged!) to
add more ad units
to their submitted site and to any other
policy-compliant
sites they own. We also encourage new publishers to ensure their sites are
available to be crawled by the AdSense robot
(Mediapartners-Google), and also to use our
best-performing ad formats
.
If you’d like more information about this new approval process, please visit our
Help Center
or feel free to post questions about this topic in our
Help Forum
.
Thanks for being a valuable member of AdSense as we continue to improve the quality of our network.
Posted by Max Cohen, Product Manager
Doing more with the +1 button, more than 4 billion times a day
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
(Cross posted to the
Official Google Blog
and the
Inside AdWords Blog
)
In June we launched the
+1 button for websites
, making it easier to recommend content across the web. In July, the +1 button crossed
2 billion daily views
, and we also made it
a lot faster
. Today the +1 button appears on more than a million sites, with over 4 billion daily views, and we're extremely excited about this momentum.
It's just the beginning, however, and today we're launching two more features that make +1 buttons more useful for users and publishers alike.
Sharing with your circles on Google+
Clicking the +1 button is a great way to highlight content for others when they search on Google. But sometimes you want to start a conversation right away—at least with certain groups of friends. So beginning today, we're making it easy for Google+ users to share webpages with their circles, directly from the +1 button. Just +1 a page as usual and look for the new "Share on Google+" option. From there you can comment, choose a circle and share.
The new +1 button on
Rotten Tomatoes
+Snippets
When you share content from the +1 button, you’ll notice that we automatically include a link, an image and a description in the sharebox. We call these "+snippets," and they're a great way to jumpstart conversations with the people you care about.
Of course: publishers can benefit from +snippets as well. With just a few changes to their webpages, publishers can actually customize their +snippets and encourage more sharing of their content on Google+. More details are available on the
Google Webmaster blog
.
We're rolling out sharing and +snippets globally over the next week, but if you’d like to try the new +1 button now, you can join our
Google+ Platform Preview
. Once you're part of the Preview, just visit a site with the +1 button (like
Rotten Tomatoes
) and +1 the page. Thanks for all of your feedback so far, and stay tuned for more features in the weeks and months ahead!
Posted by
Vic Gundotra
, Senior Vice President of Engineering
Policy Tips - Keeping the network family-safe
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
If you’re an avid blog reader, you probably remember blog series like
AdSense Facts & Fiction
and
Newbie Fridays
. After much demand, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be delivering more frequent policy posts. Every month, we’ll be taking a closer look at our policies to provide clarifications, best practices, and tips.
This week, we’d like to revisit one of our longest standing and most asked about policies: adult content. As every AdSense publisher should know, ads may only be placed on family-safe content. Because the label “family-safe” is a general term that differs among all countries and cultures, we often receive questions asking for clarification on what we consider adult content.
Prohibiting sexually explicit pornographic images is straightforward, but publishers often unknowingly overlook some of the more subtle content that can be intended for a mature audience. Examples can include adult toys or fetish sites, sheer/see-through clothing, and lewd or provocative poses (even if clothed) that have sexually gratifying overtones. This rule applies to links or ads that drive traffic to adult or mature content too.
Something else to keep in mind is that images are not the only elements that are considered adult. Text that is sexual in nature is considered adult content as well. Some examples include articles with sexual health tips (including medical-related advice), erotic stories, and comment spam with adult keywords (most commonly found on sites with
user-generated-content
).
When in doubt about whether an image or text might be construed as adult content, our rule of thumb is this: if you wouldn’t want a child to see the content or if you would be embarrassed to view the page in front of colleagues, then it’s probably not family-safe and you shouldn’t place AdSense ad code on it. We appreciate your help in making the network a balanced ecosystem where users, publishers, and advertisers can grow and thrive together.
Cecelia Choi, AdSense Policy team
Did you find this policy blog post helpful? You can share your feedback or tell us about a specific policy topic you'd like to learn more about
here
.
View domain level performance data easily with the sites report
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Are you using URL channels to track the performance of specific domains and subdomains where you’re showing ads? If so, we’re happy let you know that this information will now be tracked automatically in the new interface, within the sites report. (If you participated in the beta test for the new AdSense interface, you may have tried an initial version of the sites report. Thanks to your feedback, we’ve improved the report and are now making it available to all publishers.)
With the new sites report, you’ll no longer need to manually create a new URL channel to track each new domain or subdomain where you’ve placed your ads. This will help ensure that you have more detailed data about your ad performance from the get-go, without any additional effort required on your part.
Also, instead of creating URL channels, you can start using more of the 200 channels available in your account to create
custom channels
. These allow you to track and group your ad units on an even more granular level. (And don’t forget to turn those custom channels into
ad placements
, so advertisers can find and target them!)
The sites report tracks performance data for your content, mobile content, feeds and domains data. You’ll also be able to use the
multi-dimension reporting
feature to analyze your site's performance by ad type, targeting type,
platform
, and more. Please note that your sites report will only contain historical data beginning in late June 2011. In addition, there are a few limitations to this report for publishers with an extensive number of domains -- more information is available in our
Help Center
.
To get started with the new sites report,
sign in
to the new AdSense interface and navigate to the
Performance reports
tab. Choose
Sites
in the left navigation.
We hope this new report helps you view your data more quickly and easily -- feel free to share your comments and thoughts below.
Posted by Guillaume Ryder - AdSense Engineering
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