Google clamps down on Made-For-Adsense and Adsense Arbitrage Sites

[mandy]

A WebmasterWorld thread that I have been tracking for a few days now has been getting a lot of attention over the weekend. In short, there are rumors that Google will be shutting down AdSense arbitrageurs.

Arbitrage and AdSense has been an issue basically since the day Google launched AdSense. Arbitrageurs would use Google AdWords and other means to send traffic to their site, and monetize that traffic with Google AdSense...

Well, it seems from the WebmasterWorld thread that those MFAs and AdSense arbitrageurs are being shut down...

full article: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/013557.html

[FiberGuy]

Hmmm...

Wonder how G feels about parked domains that the registrars load up with ads for years on end?

[regic]

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Hmmm...

Wonder how G feels about parked domains that the registrars load up with ads for years on end?
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It welcomes them with open arms. Google has a special Adsense program just for parked domains.  1 million monthly page views from all your parked domains needed to qualify.

http://www.google.com/domainpark/

Q: What is AdSense for domains?
A: AdSense for domains allows domain name registrars and large domain name holders to provide valuable and relevant content on their parked pages. Parked domain pages generally have no content; however, by adding targeted ads, we hope to help users find what they are looking for. Using Google’s semantic technology to analyze and understand the meaning of the domain names, AdSense for domains delivers targeted, conceptually related advertisements to parked domain pages to improve the user experience on these pages.

[regic]

addition to last post: Yahoo/Overture has a similar program for parked domains.