When posting an article, there is a box asking whether the hub can be considered commercial. Is it better to tick the box or leave it blank?
Thanks
If you tick it, you'll be on your way to getting Adsense ads.
If your hub is selling anything at all, or has offsite links, it's considered to be commercial.
by Inspirepub 17 years ago
I am still getting full-width Google ads in the middle of my pages, messing up the layout.The impact of this is that it looks like the Hub is only a few paragraphs long, and readers are unlikely to scroll down far enough to find the full-width ad and the text below it.This can't be good for Adsense...
by Robert Kernodle 15 years ago
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by Bonnie Ramsey 17 years ago
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by Robert Kernodle 15 years ago
Hi fellow hubbers,I recently wrote a hub on plastic pollution, and below a tragic picture of a plastic-polluted beach, there are small ads for plastic products.I find this insensitive to the theme of the hub and parasitic on the cause IN A BAD WAY.I assume that I have absolutely NO control over...
by Elizabeth Wilson 10 years ago
Why won't AdSense approve me?I've been a member for over six months. I've posted 22 hubs so far, all featured. I have one editor's choice, and my hubs have lots of pictures, text, and ads. Some even have videos and polls. The other day I applied to AdSense for probably the...
by Eric Graudins 17 years ago
I have a love/hate relationship with Adwords and Adsense.A lot of times it's great - and at other times I think it's just plain dumb to use it. For example, in cases where the ads that will be served up would be in conflict with the purpose of the page on which they appear.One of my hubs discusses...
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