What do you do with AdSense policy violations for Dangerous or derogatory content?

[HJW]

I seem to get a dozen a day and I try to fix the ones that google marks as must fix but quite often there's nothing that I can identify as a policy violation. Sometimes these are resolved with a request review and other times not. There's certain words I know adsense doesn't like so delete posts with these.

When you fix them it can often take a week for them to disappear and it claims to still have found them everyday.

Should I be so concerned about these? Will you be kicked out of adsense if you get too many of these? It automatically stops serving ads on these pages which is fine, so why is it still a "must fix"?

It's a shame it doesn't highlight what exactly on the page is an issue.

If anybody knows any more about this please do share

 

[GPA-R]

Google never "exposes" their algorithm, meaning it will not tell you exactly where the problem lies. Most of their warnings are generic.

 

[Kirby]

We usually don't bother looking into the content and just disable all Google advertising technology on those URLs.

 

[HJW]

Google never "exposes" their algorithm, meaning it will not tell you exactly where the problem lies. Most of their warnings are generic.

Yeah I guess I was being optimistic that it would tell you what the issue is. So many more posts have been identified now people are talking about black lives matter.

We usually don't bother looking into the content and just disable all Google advertising technology on those URLs.

Do you do that with auto ads or another way?

My ads are all inserted on the post macros

 

[Kirby]

We use a custom Ad-Management Add-on to inject ad tags, this Add-on has various blacklist features (by URL, by content type & content id, etc.) and we just blacklist the content or URL.

 

[HJW]

We use a custom Ad-Management Add-on to inject ad tags, this Add-on has various blacklist features (by URL, by content type & content id, etc.) and we just blacklist the content or URL.

Ah thanks, so not an ad in plugin available to buy here?

 

[Mr Lucky]

We usually don't bother looking into the content and just disable all Google advertising technology on those URLs.

That can be easier said then done if it is a thread.

 

[djbaxter]

There's certain words I know adsense doesn't like so delete posts with these.

Use the Xenforo censor to prevent those words from displaying.

Should I be so concerned about these? Will you be kicked out of adsense if you get too many of these? It automatically stops serving ads on these pages which is fine, so why is it still a "must fix"?

If these are occurring regularly in certain forums/nodes, make those nodes private/not visible to Guests.

Years ago, on a mental health support forum, we had a forum/node called Sex and Sexuality. It wasn't porn, the farthest thing from that in fact. It was just member questions about various aspects of sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation. Google called that a content violation. We already had a Members Only section for member privacy reasons, not visible to Guests, so I just moved that forum there. Google indicated the problem was fixed.

If Guests can't see them, neither can Google. You likely won't get ads on those pages but you won't lose your AdSense account either.

 

[drastic]

you can add url exclusions on the auto ad screen now. bottom right, after you click on your domain and it's doing that "scan" thing to determine where ads can go.

 

[djbaxter]

you can add url exclusions on the auto ad screen now. bottom right, after you click on your domain and it's doing that "scan" thing to determine where ads can go.

If Google is citing concerns about content, that won't help. Problematic content (that Google can see) anywhere on the site could be grounds for closing your AdSense account.

 

[motowebmaster]

I abide by Google's complaints and remove whatever they are upset about, keeping a clean record without violations. Receive a few reports every month, and they go away after my edits and review requests.

A few threads end up being moved to the private forum, which doesn't display adsense code. I submit them for review afterward as well, with the same removal result.

I run a motorcycle forum, used primarily by riders over 50 years old. Rules against discrimination, nudity, or political conversations is difficult for the community, but they usually abide by it. Spirited discussions and pretty girls are cool today, but rarely matter to new visitors tomorrow.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I run a motorcycle forum, used primarily by riders over 50 years old. Rules against discrimination, nudity, or political conversations...

I can see a niche opportunity opening up for an over 50s naked red neck biker forum

 

[Chromaniac]

One of the warnings I got few weeks ago was so strange. There was nothing offensive on the thread page. Someone then noticed that one of the members had an anime avatar that was sexual in nature. Got him to change it.

For actual content I have two nodes. One is blocked from guests. One is public but with no ad code. Depending upon the content I move it to one of these two nodes.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Someone then noticed that one of the members had an anime avatar that was sexual in nature.

There you go. A lot of anime is basically pedophilia.

 

[RobParker]

One of the warnings I got few weeks ago was so strange. There was nothing offensive on the thread page. Someone then noticed that one of the members had an anime avatar that was sexual in nature. Got him to change it.

For actual content I have two nodes. One is blocked from guests. One is public but with no ad code. Depending upon the content I move it to one of these two nodes.

Yep, we get loads of these. It's nearly always for an avatar and anything "tame" like a woman in a bikini or similar would flag it.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Someone here who posted a lot had a woman in a bikini as avatar. I always thought it was a bit wrong.

 

[HJW]

Receive a few reports every month

Gosh I wish I had that few, it's a handful every day.

Often get reports for navigation behaviour and I run XF with the default style, sometimes even with a review they stay for a few weeks.

 

[drastic]

be mindful of your comment sections and other ad networks. Both can be mistaken for content and hit with a violation.

even on other systems, like disqus comments, I use the word filters.