Encouraging Clicks

Hey! I have been running a blog for an hour and a half now... and it's time to get paid! Well sort of... did you know that if you start a blog, and people click on the advertisements on your page you get mailed a check! Amazing!!

What a revelation-- I have already quit my day job!

Anyhow, in pursuance to google policy, I don't want to direct you to the ads unless you are genuinely interested in clicking them (*wink*). I will not tell you to click anything that might possibly be to the immediate right of this post (*wink*) unless you are really, absolutely, without a doubt, interested in a random piece of something (*wink*).

I repeat do not click on anything that would compensate your hard-working, caring friend who labors long hours to post on his blog

For the details on how I cannot encourage you to click the links, I have pasted the guidance below.

Encouraging Clicks

In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers may not request that users click the ads on their sites or rely on deceptive implementation methods to obtain clicks. Publishers participating in the AdSense program:

• May not encourage users to click the Google ads by using phrases such as "click the ads," "support us," "visit these links," or other similar language
• May not direct user attention to the ads via arrows or other graphical gimmicks
  May not place misleading images alongside individual ads
• May not promote sites displaying ads through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites
• May not compensate users for viewing ads or performing searches, or promise compensation to a third party for such behavior
• May not place misleading labels above Google ad units - for instance, ads may be labeled "Sponsored Links" but not "Favorite Sites"