You are allowed MANY freedoms on this site that you would not be afforded elsewhere. You are allowed to share your articles as much as you like on ANY social media site. You are even allowed to share links to your writing elsewhere with the entire PWG community! Not many sites allow that!
However, there are a couple of things that will NOT be allowed! These are not only things WE do not allow, they are things ADSENSE does not allow. Adsense, in case you are unaware, are the guys who pay us all here. Two things Adsense will not allow are the use of "click generating sites", and "view generating sites", or any other form of unnaturally generating clicks or views.
When you pay, or otherwise compensate a site, or an individual or group to click either articles on this site or ads on this site...THAT is FRAUD. It WILL result in your account being BANNED. It can also result in our SITE being banned, and none of us want that, now do we?
You may share your articles through any social media site you wish, but PLEASE use a little common sense in this regard, as well. Do not SPAM these sites with links either. That is simply bad form, and at worst, will result in the sites themselves not allowing links from our site. At best, people will begin to block YOU on these social networks, and you don't want that, do you?
You must use common sense in all these things. Please, follow these simple rules:
1. No use of click generating sites, or other forms of click fraud will be allowed.
2. No use of view generating sites, or other forms of view fraud will be allowed.
3. Do not spam links all over the internet...period. There is a difference between "sharing" and "spamming".
4. Affiliate links are NOT allowed. We cannot be responsible for where these might send someone. Links promoting your work are fine, but NO AFFILIATE LINKS.
Thank you for adhering to these simply common sense rules. Let's keep the "sense" in "Adsense", it is there for a reason. You owe it not only to yourself, but to the other writers in this community.
Anyone who does not understand Adsense rules can read further here: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/23921?hl=en
I completely agree with this Laurie. I would request all fellow members to consider PWG as their second home. You want your home to be clean and organized at all time. Similarly ensure that PWG is always clean with just interesting and useful posts. It will benefit all of us in the long run and save us from being taken advantage of by other writing sites. We can all work as a team and it can be achieved if we all stay committed to our individual roles.
ReplyDeleteI am still having some trouble with the comments box, so sometimes I have to reply on using the reply box.
DeleteGreat article, Laurie. Thanks for helping make this site one that complies with AdSense. We sure don't want to lose that privilege.
And this is a good time to remind everyone we are here not because we paid, or because someone owes us the privilege of posting on their site. It may be a networking community, but Laurie and Eden and maybe a couple of others I don't know have INVITED us to write here if we follow the rules. If we don't, they have the right and obligation to cut us lose. The FAQs and "How It Works" are at the top for everyone to see and read. I am sure there is some slack for small infractions like not writing at least 150 words, but infractions that could cause the ENTIRE SITE to lose its source of income should not be tolerated.
I am grateful the admins have taken such quick action here. We are just getting started we cannot afford to get our amazing community banned.
ReplyDeleteNice article...informative and to the point. I agree with Jason we are just starting this interesting, knowledgeable, community of writers no need to cause headaches. Simple and easy rules to follow.
ReplyDeleteAt least for those who do not clearly understand how adsense work they can now make their own researches to better understand the rules in pwg. Thumbs up to pwg.
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