(Picture :The Ten Commandments 1956 )

Google, the Behemoth sized company that it is today has many rules enforced in it’s Adsense system. In certain cases the slightest mistake can mean impending doom and cost you greatly for the potential to monetize your website. This should be taken very seriously because Google does not offer redemption or second chances to reinstate your account 95% of the time.

The chances of your account becoming re-instated is like saying current President George W. Bush is the best president of American History. So I listed here a few of the more important guidelines listed by Google as well as a few others I found while surfing the net.

Things that will get you BANNED from Adsense !
“Thou Shalt follow the Rules !”
1 DO NOT click your own ads (Once your banned , there’s no redemption in Google’s Eyes)
2 DO NOT use more than 3 Google Ad Units (The 4th is usually ignored and will be empty anyway)
3 DO NOT change , modify , spruce up , or add anything to the code. (Google gives you the option of using changing font/background colors when you login) Check it out
4 DO NOT put Google ads on Adult - Oriented Sites or other banned website Content
5 DO NOT force or encourage your users to click on your ads ( ie. of this site here , he actually makes a post about his ads ! )
6 DO NOT blend your ads so that your users can not tell the Difference between advertisement and web-content. I have seen this almost everywhere on the net. Webmasters will use the horizontal Google ad unit and shove it under the Title to make it look like content.Why would you do that ? Sure the user will click it by accident and you will get your .50 cents or whatever the amount may be but in the end you are driving your readers away. No one likes to be deceived so just don’t do it.

(Wrapping images around Adsense is a BIG no-no and will get you banned)
7 DO NOT forget to create a Privacy Policy Page explaining to your users about the Google Adsense network and how data may be collected.
8 DO NOT Pay for traffic services that will artificially inflate your traffic statistics. Google’s Engineer’s are smart and will find out eventually.
9 DO NOT register multiple accounts
10 Finally people please DO NOT tell ANYONE online how much money you make with Adsense on a Click-Through-Rate and Earning-Per-Impression basis.

Recent Policy Changes for 2008′
1 Google requires that any websites participating in Adsense should have / create a privacy policy. (It is very easy to make thanks to Privacy Policy Generators you can find on google like this or this.)
2 Google makes you responsible for wherever you put the Adsense code. If the website’s material is inappropriate you might get banned.
3 Google prohibits the use of “third-party services such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, auto-surf, and click-exchange programs.”

Useful Google Adsense Resources / Optimization Techniques
1 [site]-> Tips on How To Increase Your Adsense Earnings 94% Overnight
2 [site]-> 7 Powerful Ways To Make Money From Adsense Using Only Free Tools
3 [site]-> 10 of the best Adsense Wordpress Plugins
4 [site]-> Google’s Heat Map that shows you the best places to place your ad sorted by effectiveness. You don’t have to place ads in “hot spots” but it’s suggested that you do for top performance.
5 [site]-> Increase your profits by 50% as well as increasing your website’s reputation by NOT linking to MFA (Made-for-Adsense) websites
6 [site]-> Display your Adsense earnings on your Firefox status bar. displays how much money you earned in Adsense
7 [site]-> Learn how to filter out certain words that MFA sites use as well as increasing profits for Adsense. Worth a read !