Our policy regarding adult or mature content may include any material that is not appropriate for all audiences. While this obviously includes full nudity or sexual activity, it may also include textually explicit sexual content, image or video content containing lewd or provocative poses, strategically covered nudity, see-through or sheer clothing, and close-ups of anatomy that would be inappropriate if shown nude. Additionally, topics such as sexual health and sex tips may be held to a higher standard of professionalism than content that isn't bordering on mature.
While it's not a sure test, we sometimes suggest that publishers ask themselves the following questions to determine if content is family-safe: Would I be comfortable viewing this content with my parents or children in the same room? Would I feel comfortable viewing this content if my boss walked up behind me while I had this content on my screen? If the answer to either of these questions is no, then it is likely that some advertisers would not be comfortable showing their ads on such content and we might consider it mature.
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thank you for the clear up on this, and you just need to have common sense: do i think 10 year olds should see this? =)
Censorship is never the answer. If you want people to turn elsewhere for advertisers for their sites, this type of ridiculous nonsense is a good start. I understand this type of policy where outright porn is concerned, but with material that wouldn't even be considered R-rated? There's just no defense for that type of prudish stance. In case Google didn't notice (and with data mining of their search engine use I can't believe they haven't) sexually related material is pretty much one of the most common topics of interest on the Internet, and this has been the case since the Web was born.
Frankly, I'm still unsure of its actual definition of "adult/mature or family-safe" content.
How about this post found in cracked.com. It is in its blog under the "sex" category:
http://www.cracked.com/article_16032_25-most-disturbing-sex-toys.html
It features images of kinky sex toys, and even mentioned "fisting", etc.
Please clarify, so I can have a better understanding and not contravene Adsense rules and regulations in the future.
I really think that a) Google should speak clear and define which body parts offends its costumers and b) Google should pair costumers that don't mind reasonable non-sexual nudity with sites that focuses on more mature markets.
When will AdSense make an adult ad blocker? One definition is very simple: If you click on an ad and the site says "You must be 18 or over", what does this tell you?
Well if you goto myspace, half of that site is "sex" and they have google ads everywhere
I run an education website that is accessed by students, teachers and parents. On my cartooning page, there was an ad called "Dirty Cartoons" which went to a porn site. I can't have this happen. Why was this site allowed to play on my site?
We publish a site about nude beaches - http://beachnude.org. There was a brief time when Google allowed me to place Google ad code on the site. No more, even though there are only a few images, and those of bare breasted women. Okay, so Google thinks this is adult content. Then, the other day, on our site about beach hotels -http://beachesbeaches.com, I searched on the Google search box I have on the site for "nude beaches." Four ads came up for sites promoting nudist resorts. If those sites can advertise on our "family oriented" site, why can't they advertise on our nude beach site?
I can't find Google Adsense for Search (CSE) policy. Can I create custom search engine for adult-oriented website?
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