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   Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years ago

   The notice was about this page: http://chuck-bluestein.hubpages.com/hub … s-End-Endo
   
   Here is the notice:
   
   Hello,
   This is a warning message to alert you that there is action required to bring your AdSense account into compliance with our AdSense program policies. We’ve provided additional details below, along with the actions to be taken on your part.
   
   Affected website: chuck-bluestein.hubpages.com
   
   Example page where violation occurred: http://chuck-bluestein.hubpages.com/hub … s-End-Endo
   
   Action required: Please make changes to your site within 3 business days.
   
   Current account status: Active
   
   
   Violation explanation
   
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   UNNATURAL ATTENTION: Publishers are not permitted to encourage users to click on Google ads or bring excessive attention to ad units. For example, your site may not use symbols such as graphics, arrows, or misleading images that direct attention to the ads. This also includes placing Google ads in floating box scripts. More information about this policy can be found in our help center ( https://www.google.com/adsense/support/ … wer=115985 ).
   
   How to resolve:
   If you received a notification in regard to page content, please either remove the content from your site or remove ads from the violating pages. If you received a notification in regards to the way ads are implemented on your site, please make the necessary changes to your implementation. You do not need to contact us if you make changes. Please be aware that if changes are not made within the required time frame, ad serving may be disabled to the affected website listed above.
   
   Additionally, please be aware that the URL above is just an example and that the same violations may exist on other pages of this website or other sites that you own. To reduce the likelihood of future warnings from us, we suggest that you review all your sites for compliance. For more information regarding our policy warning notifications, visit our Help Center: https://support.google.com/adsense/answ … ctx=topic.
   
   We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
   
   Sincerely,
   
   The Google AdSense Team
   
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      Writer Foxposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      This happened to someone else two weeks ago.  Read this forum thread and send Paul E. an email from his Profile (click on FanMail):
      http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/128410

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      Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Writer Fox, SmartAndFun, and  calculus-geometry have provided good information.
      
      We do have a special arrangement with Google AdSense for the ad layout we use.
      http://hubpages.com/forum/post/2703760
      
      Your Hub does ask people to click ads, which violates the policy The text in your Hub says Just click on the ad
      Please address this issue.
      You can email us if you have any further questions.
      team at hubpages dot com

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         Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for pointing that out. I have removed that sentence. I put that in under the description of a specific Amazon product. My ads are disabled on this hub. Maybe they will review this hub and enable the ads. To be on the safe side, I did a search of the hub for "click" and "ad" to see if I did it again and saw that there words are not on it. To others seeing this, I do have 169 hubs and have been in HP for 4 years and this is the first time that this has happened.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I know it seems mad, but I think the reason may be adult content.  You repeat the word "breast" a lot, and there are numerous references to female reproductive areas.   Plus you have a picture of a lingerie model.   Google's robots are dumb - they are not good at identifying context, they're just looking for repetition of rude words.

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         Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         There were about 10 times I used the word "breast" and every time it said "breast cancer." I do know that there must be hubs about breast cancer and that word is used a lot. Also maybe someone has a hub about cooking chicken breast. Since you mentioned it there is another meaning of this word-- chest. So men and women have a breast but women also have 2 breasts.

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   SmartAndFunposted 10 years ago

   I didn't read the entire article as it is quite long, but I did take a look at the advertisements and noticed that in the Amazon ad for the Green Energy Bar, you added "just click on the ad" in the product description. I think you were simply directing the reader to more information, but I can certainly see how Google might interpret this as asking people to click on your ads.
   
   I followed that earlier thread and was glad the problem was resolved, but IIRC no one ever mentioned what Google's issue with that hub was. It would be helpful for the rest of to know what to avoid.

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      Sam Montanaposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I looked at the article and didn't see anything wrong with the ads, but we might all see different ads, I'm not sure.
      
      If there was a problem with an Amazon ad, that would not concern Google, would it?

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         SmartAndFunposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         I don't know; it seems reasonable that Google wouldn't care about an Amazon ad. On the other hand, if their bots are finding the words "click on the ad" within the page, it might set off the mechanism that sends out that warning email.
         
         I see the words "click on the ad" in the Amazon product description for Greens+ Energy Bars -- this is the portion of the ad where the author adds their own comments. Chuck Bluestein is instructing readers to go to Amazon to check out the product's ingredients, but nevertheless the copy says "click on the ad."
         
         I am curious to know what the problem was the last time someone started a forum thread with this problem.

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            Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            I did not know before if the description of amazon products was searched by the search bots and now I know that they are.

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         Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         You are not allowed to use words asking visitors to click on ads, no matter what the ad is.  It's possibly because Google's robots can't judge which ad the text falls next to.

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   calculus-geometryposted 10 years ago

   You ought to disable the ads on that particular article in the meantime until you figure out what is wrong.

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   Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years ago

   Yes I did not think that the words in the Amazon ad would bother Google but they also said in addition to their ads. "bring excessive attention to ad units." So I removed it. I was trying to get people to read the ingredients.
   
   I can understand that if you bring attention to other ad units that compete with Google, they may not like it. Thanks!

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   Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years ago

   I have my own website and have had it for 4 years. But I like using HP instead. The filters on this website warn me of different things that may be wrong and this does not happen on my website. Also links between other hubs on the same subject are probably better for search results. On my own I would have never been able to resolve the above issue.

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   colorfuloneposted 10 years ago

   Well, that is a very positive way of looking at the filters. We do not hear things like that everyday in the forums. HubPages is a great place to write and learn, and those filters can help with the learning curve I guess. I am glad you weren't frustrated by it all, but used it as a cool tool instead.

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      Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks! I guess I need to write a hub about how everything that happens to you is the best thing for you.

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         colorfuloneposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Now, that is a hub I would want to read.

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            Chuck Bluesteinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks! I will make that a priority. I think that I will call the article, The 2 Biggest Secrets of Life.

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