Things you should NOT do with Google Adsense

After you joined Google Adsense, make sure you follow rules below. If you do, you may secure your way to earn from Adsense. If you don't Google - sooner or later - will kick you out of the programme. And once you out, you can't go back easily. So here they are:

1. DO NOT use fake information when opening your Google AdSense account.
If Google find out any of these, Google will cut your account off and keep all the money you may have earned. Besides, trying to hide your true identity can cause serious problems with the I.R.S. or whoever your tax authority is.

2. DO NOT hack or modify Google AdSense code other than to change the parameters that Google authorizes you to change.
You may have brain as genius as Einstein, but any attempt to bypass Google’s built-in algorithms not only poses a danger to the integrity of the network, but it threatens the financial modle that Google operates under.

3. DO NOT click on the ads running on your own site, whatever the reason.
You may tempted to do this, but Google will know and cut your account. You may accidentally click your account once, you don't have to worry, Google understand this. But FRAUD clicks will get you kicked out from Adsense.

4. DO NOT ask someone to click your ads or provide any incentive for clicking on your Google AdSense ads.
This means don't use arrows image, words like “help keep my site running by clicking on our sponsor’s ads” in your website. Or asking your friends, relatives, spouse to click your ads.

5. DO NOT write content on Google's prohibited items list.
For example: hacking/cracking content, porn, illegal drugs, gambling sites, beer or hard alcohol, weapons, and the other usual stuff.

6. DO NOT put AdSense code in any of non-content pages, for example your registration, confirmation, and all "thank you" pages.
It makes sense to me that those would be un-proper location to place ads. Placing ads in those pages is a hanging offense according to their Terms of Service. If your page has other content beside registration, confirmation, or thank you pages (for example your registration is just a small box in the corner, along with other content) I think it is still possible to place ads there.

7. Do NOT display AdSense ads and a competitor's ads on the same page at the same time.
Imagine your spouse is having a romance with somebody else in front of you, what do you do? The same condition applies here

8. DO NOT mislead visitor
Google Terms of Service state: “Publishers may not label the ads with text other than ‘sponsored links’ or ‘advertisements.’ This includes any text directly above our ads that could be confused with, or attempt to be associated with Google ads.”

9. DO NOT use keyword spamming and other divisive tricks
These fraud behavior include:
- using excessive amount of keywords (not a meaningful content, just keywords)
- ”Sneaky” page redirects that send a visitor off to a different site then they were expecting to visit.
- Multiple sites, domains, pages, etc. which have substantially duplicate content.
- Hidden text or links of any type.
- Excessive outbound links on any page. Google recommends no more than 100.
- Links to "bad neighborhoods" (for example warez). Your website may be affected adversely by those links.

10. DO NOT give up
You may find it difficult, even frustating, to get revenue from Google Adsense. Trully, Pay Per Click advertising like Adsense is not going to get you rich in a night. It takes time, commitment, and hard work.