Google: No AdSense Ads Below Blog Title

Filed in: Adsense Tips, Make Money Online — August 28th, 2008

By referring to Google AdSense placement heat map, we put Google AdSense ads above blog content (below post title) for better performance. But Google AdSense team does not quite agree with the ads placement.

no adsense ads below blog titleQuickOnlineTips received an email from Google AdSense support pointing out the issue on their site.

In fact, Google Adsense Blog published 2 guidelines earlier and one of them is “ads shouldn’t be placed under a title or section heading in a way that implies that the ads are not ads.”

I didn’t take much attention to the guideline because I thought mine is different than the example. My AdSense ads was separated by categories and date. But it seems AdSense team think the different.
AdSense team advised QuickOnlineTips that:

“publishers may not label the Google ads with text other than ‘sponsored links’ or ‘advertisements’.”

As a result, QuickOnlineTips now put a “ADVERTISEMENT” word above the AdSense ads.

put google adsense ads below title

I also made the change to add “advertisement” image above my AdSense ads, although I haven’t received any email from Google AdSense about matter.

I know many AdSense publishers used put AdSense ads below post title (it’s really a heat spot!), so make the required changes before too late!

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  • http://homebiss.blogspot.com/ Home Biss

    Liew,

    I’m surprised to hear that you just got to know about this little issue with AdSense placement. I thought you already knew about this.

    That’s ok, knowing later is better than not knowing at all.

  • http://homebiss.blogspot.com/ Home Biss

    Liew,

    I’m surprised to hear that you just got to know about this little issue with AdSense placement. I thought you already knew about this.

    That’s ok, knowing later is better than not knowing at all.

  • http://www.mohdrazif.com/ OC

    Thanks for notice us..

  • http://www.mohdrazif.com OC

    Thanks for notice us..

  • LcF

    well, I knew it as soon as Google AdSense blog published about it. Just that I didn’t take the immediate action.

  • LcF

    well, I knew it as soon as Google AdSense blog published about it. Just that I didn’t take the immediate action.

  • http://www.aboutinternetgoodies.blogspot.com/ locoman

    Thanks for alerting me,i will check if my blogsite crossing adsense rule!!

  • http://www.aboutinternetgoodies.blogspot.com locoman

    Thanks for alerting me,i will check if my blogsite crossing adsense rule!!

  • http://samdaddycool.blogspot.com/ samdaddycool

    Another knowledge learned today… (I didn’t know at all).. thanks bro!

  • http://samdaddycool.blogspot.com samdaddycool

    Another knowledge learned today… (I didn’t know at all).. thanks bro!

  • http://www.freesoftwareworkshop.com/ Free Software Downloads

    Hello,

    I was wondering if I can take the advertisement.gif photo from you post and use it on my blog. :) May I use it? (this is the photo: http://www.liewcf.com/blog/wp-content/themes/three-col-kubrick/images/advertisement.gif).

    Thank you and please reply.

    Nicholas

  • http://www.freesoftwareworkshop.com Free Software Downloads

    Hello,

    I was wondering if I can take the advertisement.gif photo from you post and use it on my blog. :) May I use it? (this is the photo: http://www.liewcf.com/blog/wp-content/themes/three-col-kubrick/images/advertisement.gif).

    Thank you and please reply.

    Nicholas

  • LcF

    @Free Software Downloads: yes, you can save the “advertisement.gif” image on your site and use it. Please do not hotlink to the image.

  • LcF

    @Free Software Downloads: yes, you can save the “advertisement.gif” image on your site and use it. Please do not hotlink to the image.

  • http://apregnantpause.net/ KittyCat

    Thanks for sharing this! Lucky for me, I don’t have the tech know-how how to fiddle with the titles etc LOL

    I place my ads below my blog title…will that be OK?

  • http://apregnantpause.net KittyCat

    Thanks for sharing this! Lucky for me, I don’t have the tech know-how how to fiddle with the titles etc LOL

    I place my ads below my blog title…will that be OK?

  • http://www.ahpen-blog.co.cc/ cautionsign

    Then I need to change mine as well…thanks to share with us.

  • http://www.ahpen-blog.co.cc cautionsign

    Then I need to change mine as well…thanks to share with us.

  • http://www.HotOnBlog.com/ Shally

    Thanks dude..good info..

  • http://www.HotOnBlog.com Shally

    Thanks dude..good info..

  • http://webgrrrl.net/ Lorna

    5xmom mentioned this a long time ago. Thank goodness your site wasn’t affected by Google by putting ads under your header for a while.

  • http://webgrrrl.net/ Lorna

    5xmom mentioned this a long time ago. Thank goodness your site wasn’t affected by Google by putting ads under your header for a while.

  • http://leonalim.com/ Leona

    thanks…didn’t realise this as well, has just done the amendment to that now..

  • http://leonalim.com Leona

    thanks…didn’t realise this as well, has just done the amendment to that now..

  • http://bingkisanneo.blogspot.com/ Andy

    Wooo..that not gud..

  • http://bingkisanneo.blogspot.com Andy

    Wooo..that not gud..

  • http://www.moneyforum.asia/ Asian “how to make money” Foru

    i guess it is time to change the ad format on our blogs too.

  • http://www.moneyforum.asia Asian “how to make money” Forum

    i guess it is time to change the ad format on our blogs too.

  • http://www.techmixer.com/ km

    How about wrapping of text beside ads? Is this allow?

  • http://www.techmixer.com km

    How about wrapping of text beside ads? Is this allow?

  • http://selinaooi.blogspot.com/ Selina Ooi

    wow..OK, thank you. I will inform my deaf bloggers about this. ;)

  • http://selinaooi.blogspot.com Selina Ooi

    wow..OK, thank you. I will inform my deaf bloggers about this. ;)

  • http://eightbiz.com/ costa

    Pardon me, but aren’t the Adsense Ads for this post considered “below” the post’s title?

    Just wondering as I don’t have Adsense.

  • http://eightbiz.com costa

    Pardon me, but aren’t the Adsense Ads for this post considered “below” the post’s title?

    Just wondering as I don’t have Adsense.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/reconditionedapplemaclaptops Chad

    Understood, but wouldn’t it just make more sense for Google to change the “ad’s by google” image placement and put it at the top of the banners or make that an option in the actual adsense setup so that way all you would have to do is select “top” or something like that so that if you have ads placement under a title the ad’s by google image shows at the top. Seems they could’ve made this a bit easier if it was something they were going to enforce.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/reconditionedapplemaclaptops Chad

    Understood, but wouldn’t it just make more sense for Google to change the “ad’s by google” image placement and put it at the top of the banners or make that an option in the actual adsense setup so that way all you would have to do is select “top” or something like that so that if you have ads placement under a title the ad’s by google image shows at the top. Seems they could’ve made this a bit easier if it was something they were going to enforce.

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com/ Ainuddin

    I knew of the issue as early as late 2007 but I was not quick enough to amend about 2500 webpages of my biggest website. My website was no longer allowed to serve adsense ads and I lost almost 70% of my earning from adsense ads. Luckily my account was not closed.

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com Ainuddin

    I knew of the issue as early as late 2007 but I was not quick enough to amend about 2500 webpages of my biggest website. My website was no longer allowed to serve adsense ads and I lost almost 70% of my earning from adsense ads. Luckily my account was not closed.

  • http://ahkong.net/ Deimos Tel`Arin

    I plastered a whole block of text right next it, stating that it is an advertisement, is that okay?

  • http://ahkong.net/ Deimos Tel`Arin

    I plastered a whole block of text right next it, stating that it is an advertisement, is that okay?

  • http://www.RidzuanRichie.com/ Richie

    woooooo..so next time i have to be careful about the placement more..huuuuuu

  • http://www.RidzuanRichie.com Richie

    woooooo..so next time i have to be careful about the placement more..huuuuuu

  • http://www.crocgo.com/ joanne

    good to know now. will faster change them accordiingly, problem is i got too many website with it until i dunno which one got or dont hv…sigh

    anyway thkz for letting us know

  • http://www.crocgo.com joanne

    good to know now. will faster change them accordiingly, problem is i got too many website with it until i dunno which one got or dont hv…sigh

    anyway thkz for letting us know

  • http://internetmarketingtraffic.blogspot.com/ Internet Marketing Traffic

    how about adsense below each post ? is it good ?

  • http://internetmarketingtraffic.blogspot.com Internet Marketing Traffic

    how about adsense below each post ? is it good ?

  • http://www.riceblogger.com/ Rice Blogger

    thanks for the tips on having the advertisements word in between title and ads

    what about setting a clear border?

  • http://www.riceblogger.com Rice Blogger

    thanks for the tips on having the advertisements word in between title and ads

    what about setting a clear border?

  • http://backseatcapitalist.blogspot.com/ Back Seat Capitalist

    Has anyone had success moving their ads yet? % Increase? I’ve been looking for the right combination. I think my site might need some design touches to boot.

  • http://backseatcapitalist.blogspot.com Back Seat Capitalist

    Has anyone had success moving their ads yet? % Increase? I’ve been looking for the right combination. I think my site might need some design touches to boot.

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