A member of the BANS forum has had his adsense account disabled and received this in an email form Google
"Specifically your sites do not violate any particular set of guidelines as outlined in the Google’s webmaster quality guidelines.
However after reviewing a number of your network sites the feel of the sites is that substantial content is built around and to support an automated script promoting a web affiliate.
Google Adsense is also deployed around this script.
If you are willing to remove the scripts or remove the AdSense code from these sites your account can be reinstated in 30 days."
So, although they admit that the site does not violate any of the guidelines they are disabling his adsense account for using adsense with BANS sites.
I do not use adsense with my affiliate sites as I want visitors to click on my affiliate links rather than the much lower paying adsense ads but if you have adsense on affiliate sites (BANS, WordBay, Phpbay etc) look out for Google to disable your account!
I’ve been an affiliate of eBay for about 10 months now. as you will know if you have read my previous reports I started by using BANS but I have now moved to using WordPress with WordBay plugin. I find this to be much easier to use and better for adding content than BANS. All the plugins available for WordPress make it much more flexible. However for someone who is not experience in using WordPress it is probably easier to start with BANS as it is easy to setup.
To date I have made almost $4000. This is net, I have not added up the expenses but these include domain purchase (about $300) hosting (about $150) paid for directory submissions (about $300) and some advertising on USFreeads (about $50). I have not any used any ppc. Roughly about $1000 in expenses.
My earnings have increased every month from $200 in January to $750 this month. I continue to work on the sites, adding content and backlinks, adding to Kaboodle (free), USfreeads and social bookmarking.
One of the things I have found effective is buying aged domains. You can find then at tdnam. Closeouts are just $5. Look for domains that have been registered for over a year (preferably longer) and check that they show up in Google by doing a site:domain.com search. you don’t want to buy deindexed domains! You can also check with Wayback machine that they haven’t been used for shady purposes.
It has been a lot of work! Don’t believe all those ‘make $10000’s in no time’ ads. There is no way to instantly, with no work, make a lot of money in internet marketing. The only people who make money that way are the ones selling the ‘instant make money programs/guides’
One thing I would add. Google seems to be targeting ‘thin affiliate sites’. That is sites with affiliate ads and very little content. So add lots of unique content and try to make as many content pages as ads pages.
BANS progress report 1
BANS progress report2
As you all know from my previous posts I’ve been experimenting with BANS (Build a Niche Store) recently. I must admit it’s very addictive! So don’t get into it if you haven’t got the time to spend.
This is a post to let you know how it’s going and to tell you if I’m rich yet!
I have put together 6 stores so far and am working on a 7th. I’m learning all the time and realise that 2 of the stores are in a much too narrow niche. All the advice on the forum is to narrow your niche down so that you can target long-tailed key words but I believe they emphasise this too much and influence people to narrow down too much. Continue reading ‘BANS - My Progress Report’
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