Hey guys,

Newbie here lol. Okay, so here's the thing, im just starting out with making sites that make money off of adsense. Given that, I've managed to make a site that is actually fairly successful from the start (in my opinion I suppose hahah) Its exactly three weeks old today and gets about 3000 visitors, usually about 2,500 of those unique and a 0.9 CTR. These were done using all whitehat techniques, mainly just very well thought out link placing/commenting on a few select sites without being spammy, because people want the content that my site directly offers them.

The one thing is that I have links to copyrighted material on my site, mostly software in a particular niche. There are many sites out there that have the exact same niche and content offering as mine does, in fact a lot of the times all the sites directly copy off of each other using rss autoblogers and such. Yet, all the sites I've seen so far have been up and running with adsense fine, some for almost two years now without any problems.

So what I am wondering is, exactly how strict is google with all its adsense Terms of Use? Every day, I see so many new posts here with people complaining about their adsense being banned, yet at the same time, I see so many posts explaining how to use ctr focused themes, seo plugins, blacklink methods etc. etc. some of them cutting it very close to doing things that could cause red flags. Like where is the safe line? What methods/resources should not be used if you want to play it safe? Or is everyone here just winging it and pushing the limits to try and see how far they can go without getting caught?

I know that everything has its risks and I don't mind using blackhat techniques, but I just want to learn and use a method that works and relatively safe to use without really being worried about being banned. Its just that I followed all the advice given here on these forums and applied it to my site, and I exceeded my own expectations in these short three weeks with its growth; it keeps making me wonder if its too good to be true lol. I know this is strange because most newbs come here to ask why their site isnt working hahah, but I guess I just pay attention and follow directions really well. Thanks for the help guys, I learned a lot just from reading all the posts on here and any advice you can give would be great!

Hey what up

This is a solid post and i hope you can get some answers. Would also like to hear from some of the experts.

I'm new and already bought some MNS and started a blog. Mine just has content(not software) that you can get from other sites but i'd say the visitor experience on my site is very solid and easy to maneuver. Hoping to find some targeted forums for my niche and expand from there. I'm kind of slow at IM because I get distracted and keep reading other peoples experiences on here and all. Trying to get a routine down for now.

matter of fact, looking at a couple of competition sites.. they aren't offering anything unique...just adding post from forums and other sites but putting adsense in the post to try and make it blend. Hopefully can outrank them haha

Anyway Good luck with the site, it seems you have something that could potentially be to good to be true but who knows....I honestly hope you make a killing so you can be more inspiration for the forums.

Wishing you much success!! peace

Would love to hear feedback from this too. I've pretty much been soley promoting CB products and would love to have a blast with adsense. however it seems like there is an awful lot of redtape when it comes to their ToS.

I guess it's to protect the advertisers though so it's only proper to play by the rules as, like you say a fair amount of people seem to get their knuckes wrapped....

I've been using all sorts of methods you discussed on adsense sites for years without a problem:

"I see so many posts explaining how to use ctr focused themes, seo plugins, blacklink methods etc. etc. some of them cutting it very close to doing things that could cause red flags."

However, I do not use rss autoblogs; I have wp robot take the legit content and spin it. Sometimes I don't even spin it and still have successful sites. The reason I don't use the rss autoblog function is that one time my hosting co. took down all my sites, not just the infringing one, and after that I decided it wasn't worth the legal hassle.

I think the problems come in when you are just a dumbass. Don't click on your links don't have other people click on your links.

I'm not usually in this adsense section so I'm sure there are a myriad of way to get banned, but be smart about it and you will be fine.

Case Study:
I started an autoblog around a year ago using wp robot. No spinning articles, just grabbing available content from the modules. Additionally, some scrapebox and other stuff. It started off slow, but now $5 a day and I don't even look at the site.

Originally Posted by ephaphtha

Hey guys, The one thing is that I have links to copyrighted material on my site, mostly software in a particular niche. There are many sites out there that have the exact same niche and content offering as mine does, in fact a lot of the times all the sites directly copy off of each other using rss autoblogers and such. Yet, all the sites I've seen so far have been up and running with adsense fine, some for almost two years now without any problems.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this post? Is it links going back to reviews on the software or links to download the software illegally?