{"id":30014,"date":"2017-05-18T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T10:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=30014"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:21:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:21:02","slug":"google-making-adsense-transparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-making-adsense-transparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover AdSense&#8217;s New Transparency Features by Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who <strong>rely on Google\u2019s AdSense<\/strong> are probably well aware that the platform itself isn\u2019t very forthcoming when it comes to dealing with violations. In fact, AdSense has been rather <strong>infamous for pulling all ads from a website when the page incurs a policy violation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, Google is looking to rectify those problems by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/google-news-initiative\/more-ads-transparency-publishers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>introducing two new changes<\/strong><\/a> to the AdSense platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/ga-alternatives\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 10 Best Alternatives For Google AdSense\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Best Alternatives For Google AdSense<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/ga-alternatives.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16637 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/ga-alternatives.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">10 Best Alternatives For Google AdSense<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGoogle AdSense \u2014 most probably \u2014 is the first name that pops up in anyone's mind when one...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>First <strong>change that Google is looking to implement into AdSense<\/strong> is page level policy actions. Unlike the current method of removing all ads from a webpage, Google is <strong>fine-tuning AdSense so that it may remove ads on selected pages<\/strong> that have incurred a policy violation. Pages that do not have any violations will be able to <strong>continue serving their ads as per normal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/en_03c_page_level_details.png\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-making-adsense-transparent\/01-remove-pages.jpg\" width=\"961\" height=\"721\" alt=\"remove pages\"><\/a><figcaption><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/en_03c_page_level_details.png\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">VentureBeat<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Site-level ad removals will still be present in the platform<\/strong>, although those will only be reserved for severe violations. Finally, Google has also mentioned that they will <strong>terminate publishers that constantly violate AdSense\u2019s policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-making-adsense-transparent\/02-terminate-publisers.jpg\" width=\"1003\" height=\"250\" alt=\"terminate publishers\"><\/figure>\n<p>Moving on to the second change, Google has announced that the company will be <strong>launching a new Policy Center within the coming weeks<\/strong>. The Policy Center will make AdSense more transparent, giving AdSense publishers access to information such as page-level action data as well as <strong>step-by-step instructions on how to resolve policy violation-related issues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, Google has also mentioned that the Policy Center will also be <strong>made available on other publisher platforms<\/strong>, although the company did not specify which ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/build-passive-income-designers\/\">5 Ways to Make Passive Income For Freelance Designers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who rely on Google\u2019s AdSense are probably well aware that the platform itself isn\u2019t very forthcoming when it comes to dealing with violations. 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