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If you have not yet noticed, I’ve implemented Google’s AdSense(TM) ad service in hopes that it might someday balance out my hosting costs. Now, if I may source a snippet from Google(TM)’s Program Policies:

Incentives

Web pages may not include incentives of any kind for users to click on ads. This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers’ sites as well as drawing any undue attention to the ads. For example, your site cannot contain phrases such as “click here,” “support us,” “visit these links,” or other similar language that could apply to any ad, regardless of content. These activities are strictly prohibited in order to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs. In addition, publishers may not bring unnatural attention to sites displaying ads or referral buttons through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites. Publishers are also not permitted to use deceptive or unnatural means to draw attention to or incite clicks on referral buttons.

And

Prohibited Clicks and Impressions

Any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions is strictly prohibited. These prohibited methods include but are not limited to: repeated manual clicks or impressions, incentives to click or to generate impressions, using robots, automated click and impression generating tools, third-party services that generate clicks or impressions such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, autosurf, and click-exchange programs, or any deceptive software. Please note that clicking on your own ads for any reason is prohibited, to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs.

The other part: “This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers’ sites as well as drawing any undue attention to the ads. For example, your site cannot contain phrases such as “click here,” “support us,” “visit these links,” or other similar language that could apply to any ad, regardless of content.”

Okay, so I suppose I’ve already violated the policies by including a quote from their program policies containing those phrases which I am prohibited to use for my site (I hope I’m being sarcastic enough). Anyway, I can’t tell you where the ads are located on my site also, considering that would be drawing undue attention to them. Nor can I tell you to find said ads as that would be drawing undue attention to them as well.

So I have ads, but I can’t tell you anything about them, nor can I encourage you to click them in any manner. I believe it’s okay to tell you that if you don’t like the ads (o noes, the text ads are going to take over!!!!111!!one!11!eleven!!!), well you can just get this and this and have your browser ignore them! I don’t know if I should be pointing that out >.>

I’ve also incorporated a Google(TM) search page so that you don’t have to leave my site to search the interweb. Also I think it’s prettier than this.
Enjoy!

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