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Stolen Adsense Code used to give Adsense Advertisers a bad name?

Can someone steal your specific Adsense code, paste it into a junk website and give your Adsense account a bad reputation… or worse, get it banned?

It seems like it’s a possibility because why else would Google set up a system letting Adsense Account owners specify which websites their ads can run on?

“We’ve learned through your feedback that some AdSense publishers are concerned about potentially malicious behavior on the web, such as having their ad code stolen, to be placed on an inappropriate site. To give you more control and security concerning ad code, we’ve recently launched the Allowed Sites list.

The Allowed Sites list, which you’ll find by clicking the Allowed Sites link under your AdSense Setup tab, is the place for you to list sites or URLs where you want to allow your ads to appear. Sites that aren’t on your list can still display ads using your ad code; however, impressions and clicks for these sites won’t appear in your reports, advertisers won’t be charged, and you won’t receive any earnings from them.”

Fir further details, read the blog post, here.

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6 Responses to “Stolen Adsense Code used to give Adsense Advertisers a bad name?”

  1. Mike White Says:
    September 10th, 2007 at 5:19 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    Thanks for this information. I had no idea I needed to do that.

  2. Neil_Shearing Says:
    September 10th, 2007 at 7:40 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Mike,

    It’s optional…. at the moment. :-)

    Neil.

  3. Mike White Says:
    September 11th, 2007 at 1:44 am MyAvatars 0.2

    Did you happen to get my e-mail? Sometimes it gets lost in spam because of the address.

  4. Neil_Shearing Says:
    September 11th, 2007 at 8:46 am MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Mike,

    Yes, thanks. I’m working my way back to the top of my inbox… as ever. ;-)

    Neil.

  5. Mike White Says:
    September 11th, 2007 at 5:22 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    I figured it was something like that. Some people have told me they are not getting my e-mails because their ISP spams out GMail accounts. So I just wanted to make sure.

    I know you’re a busy man. I still remember how busy you were 7 years ago. You’ve always been one of the best marketers on the Internet in my opinion.

    Speaking of memory lane, I actually came across files for the old theebs web site on my hard drive, including those free tools I used to offer. I’m thinking about making them available again, at least the still relevant ones, on my new site.

    Oh, and I still owe you some graphics, so feel free to ask for them whenever.