By Nathan Weinberg
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-03-27

So, last week, I wrote a neat site, AdSense Blacklist.com, which helped you figure out which illegitimate sites you should be blocking from displaying in your AdSense ads.

Well, AdSense Blacklist made money with AdSense ads, and they've been kicked out of the AdSense program, as you can read on their site. Why? Because they had AdSense in the name.

I don't get it. Yes, Google wants to protect their trademarks. And yes, Google doesn't want AdSense farms with AdSense in the title gaming the system. But this site was providing a legitimate service to AdSense publishers, so what gives? Is it wrong to have an AdSenseTips.com site, or an AdSenseForum.com site?

Hell, will Google ban sites with Google in the URL?

Like this one?

Anyway, you can now find the very same site, no changes, at AdsBlacklist.com. Enjoy!

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