AdSense Beautifier no longer Compliant with Adsense TOS

Looks like a bad news for me. According to Inside AdSense about Ad and Image Placement Policy, is AdSense Beautifier no longer compliant with Adsense Terms of Service? Let’s take a look about this.

We ask that publishers not line up images and ads in a way that suggests a relationship between the images and the ads. 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.

Publishers should also be careful to avoid similar implementations that people could find misleading. For instance, if your site contains a directory of Flash games, you should not format the ads to mimic the game descriptions.

AdSense beautifier comes with general images. That’s the reason why I always pending to show images relate to post’s keywords I always use general images to avoid mislead or confuse my visitors.

What if I place a space or a line between my images and my ads? Would that work?

No. If the ads and the images appear to be associated, inserting a small space or a line between the images and ads will not make the implementation compliant.

AdSense beautifier places a space or a line between images and ads and comes with general images that does not appear to be associated with ads.

Does this mean I can’t place ads on pages with images?

You can definitely place Google ads on pages containing images — just make sure that the ads and images are not arranged in a way that could easily mislead or confuse your visitors. For example, if you run a stock photography site with a catalog of thumbnail images, don’t line the ads up with the thumbnails in a way that could be misleading. Consider using a full border around your ads or changing your ad colors, for example.

As It says, you can use AdSense Beautifier — just make sure that the ads and images are not arranged in a way that could easily mislead or confuse your visitors. It’s depends on your images. You should use general images that does not appear to be associated with ads.

But You should always contact Google AdSense team to make sure your ads always compliants with Adsense Terms of Service. You should use AdSense Beautifier with your own risk as always I said

Have a great day and good luck!

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December 19th, 2006 34 Comments Adsense, Article, Google

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1 Tobias on Dec 19th, 2006 said:

okay, thats better
2 Hariadi on Dec 19th, 2006 said:

I ask Google Team fif my site (http://loser.sifoorian.com/2006/12/08/10-wordpress-plugin-for-google-adsense/) against Google Adsense term and Service. Just wait for they answer..
3 supriyadisw on Dec 19th, 2006 said:

Thanks Hariadi
4 Obet on Dec 19th, 2006 said:

That sucks. Google should show us some examples that are within the TOS. Thanks for your hard work.
5 Chuck on Dec 20th, 2006 said:

Just curious, is there a simple way to make the adsense beautifier code not display without going through and removing it from every spot I put it in? I can dig through the code but was hoping someone already had a solution.
6 supriyadisw on Dec 20th, 2006 said:

Hi Chuck, you can de-activate AdSense Beautifier from plugin option in WordPress. Your AdSense will display as normally, I means without any images
7 Hariadi on Dec 21st, 2006 said:

I got answer from Google Team and they say my ads do not comply
with Google Team program policies..

..Thanks for your email. Currently the images near your ads do not comply
with our program policies..

and give me tips how to solve..

..Please remove the images or place a visible border around the Google ads..

How I edit the border color at the Adsense Beutifier style? (Maaf ya, ingrisnya belum pas.. ;p)
Thanks
8 supriyadisw on Dec 21st, 2006 said:

Hi Hariadi, don’t be so sad. You can change border color easily:
- open adsenseBeautifier.css file
- find “border-left-color: #000;” and change to “border-left-color: #FFF;” You will change black border to white border. You can choose your own border color but make sure your border is visible to visitor.
- That’s it.
- If you still have any trouble to make change your border color please contact me

Have a great day and gud lak!
9 jhay on Dec 22nd, 2006 said:

The plugin itself is not in violation of the TOS, it’s just that customized images bloggers use to make the plugin blend in with the theme of their blogs that may be at odds with Google.

That’s why I had a hard time picking up new images to use because I just don’t like the default images that comes with Beautifier plugin. Good thing I was struck by an idea.
10 Hariadi on Dec 22nd, 2006 said:

Thanks Supriyadisw!
11 John on Dec 22nd, 2006 said:

Hi,

Do you know if your plugins is compaible with the Ad Flex theme that also comes with a built-in Adsense? I’d like to use both to ensure no dependenties.

Ad Flex: http://www.vklabs.com/wordpress

Thanks.
12 supriyadisw on Dec 23rd, 2006 said:

Thanks John for your information. That’s a great adsense theme
13 tobias on Dec 23rd, 2006 said:

http://adsense.blogspot.com/2006/12/ad-and-image-placement-policy.html
14 John on Dec 23rd, 2006 said:

Yes but I wanted to know if your plug-in can be used with Ad Flex? I suppose I have to check it by just trying on a test server?
15 Rahmat on Jan 7th, 2007 said:

Hi Supriyadi,

So sad. I wanted to install Adsense Beautifier, but it is no longer compliant with Google Adsense TOS now.

Rahmat
16 FreewareList on Jan 9th, 2007 said:

just contact google team…. for sure
some publisher still allowed to put images near ads
17 supriyadisw on Jan 9th, 2007 said:

Hi Rahmat,
Actually you can use Adsense beautifier. Adsense beautifier does not break Adsense TOS, but it’s depends on the images that you use with. FreewareList right, we should contact Google AdSense team to make sure about it. Just like what I said in my post above

Have a great day and gud lak!
18 ankur on Jan 10th, 2007 said:

hey supriyadisw,

i can see that you have stopped using the plugin on you website as well.. can you please review http://www.kyapoocha.com and advice me if the images i am using are fine with the TOS, before i mail google..

thanks in advance !!
19 Seminar Topics on May 23rd, 2007 said:

Some forums suggest that we need not take any action until we recieve a google warning. Whats your suggestion ?
20 retsu782000 on Oct 17th, 2007 said:

can you tell me where to go if you want to get new update about the adsense term? Something like blog catalog/mybloglog is violating adsense terms? Is it true?
21 Lisa on Oct 29th, 2007 said:

I’m so glad you have clarified matters. Adsense Beautifier is not incompatible with Adsense TOS.

I was starting to use your wonderful plug-in months ago and thought to stop using it altogether when the Adsense TOS was modified. But I will try it again, using images unrelated to the ads themselves.

Thanks for clarifying matters, and for the wonderful plug-in