Comments on: “MFA” Made for Adsense does NOT Equal “Black Hat”

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:27:03 +0000

I know this comment is to an old post of yours Josh and maybe you are not going to allow this comment but in my opinion in the TOS that you mentioned here…Google is an absolute hypocrite. A self-serving one at that.

Why?

Their TOS makes having a motivation to make money from a site as something akin to evil. That should not motivate anyone.

They expect through the literal reading of their TOS that everyone have this ultruistic motivation to create great content just for the enjoyment of it or some other motive.

But I ask..what is THEIR motive? If not to make bucketfuls of money.

So they decry such a motivation on the part of Adsense publishers but they engage in the very motivation that they look down upon in them.

They become judges of the motives of our hearts. They set themselves up to be God and jury.

Let’s add pride to their hypocrisy while we are at it.

No one should set themselves to be a judge of our motivations if they themselves are walking in the same motivation they condemn in others.

I understand as you rightly point out why they felt a need to protect their turf from “spammers” but to paint everyone who wants to make money from their sites as spammers because they have that as their motive is painting everyone with such a wide brush that their own hearts in turn are condemned as “spammers”. By their own words.

Carlos

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:57:47 +0000

@ Matt Wood – Yep, but that’s a whole other story

@ Michael Darrell – Congrats! Keep up the good work.

@ Hendry Lee – Very true. btw, my name is Josh, not Jason

@ Dennis Edell – Well I would hope they can or their search engine is going to go down the tubes real quick It’s very easy to see. These spam sites either contain no real content at all or the content is 100% scraped from other sites. That’s why they use algorithms. Programs are smart

@ Cath – You’re not alone. I was on my way to $2,000/month just through Adsense and I’m not lucky hit $1k For me it’s because I haven’t been building any mini-sites for the past few months or maintaining my others really. Plus I lost a competitive top 10 ranking.

@ Cash Kid – No kidding! Most of the spam on the net comes from Googles own; Blogger. They should really do something about that. They’re fighting themselves.

By: Cash Kid UP North

Cash Kid UP North — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:11:21 +0000

Just take a look around blogger if you want to see some MFAs. Google hasn’t banned them but people should still watch out. Really all you have to do is make sure you’re putting out original content.

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:31:13 +0000

Hi Josh – If they contain good content I don’t see the problem. I’ve experimented with them. The ones that work best weren’t deliberately made for adsense – adsense just seemed to work well on them.

My adsense revenue has really plummeted recently though – I’m getting less in a week than I was in a day. I haven’t really had time to look into it yet – but I hope I’m not being penalised by Google.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:54:51 +0000

This set me straight a bit, but I still don’t see how one can always be absolutely sure the Google bots (or over-zealous Google humans) can always tell the difference.

By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:31:48 +0000

For some reasons, MFA actually has a bad reputation. People think that if you blog or create content-rich site to monetize on AdSense, that is not MFA.

But I agree, Jason, that term is used inappropriately.

By: Michael Darrell

Michael Darrell — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:59:24 +0000

Josh
great post as always, oh and by the way I have made it to page 13 on google with your help and â€œThe $5 Mini-Site Formulaâ€ The formula works.
Thanks
Michael Darrell

By: Rika Susan - Want Some Adsense Secrets?

Rika Susan - Want Some Adsense Secrets? — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:46:49 +0000

Interesting post as always, Josh. Thanks. I enjoy your content. In the end it is all about good quality content. If you give your visitors what they are searching for, you will be happy with the results – and Google will be happy.

By: Step-by-Step Affiliate Marketing Guides

Step-by-Step Affiliate Marketing Guides — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:16:28 +0000

You make some great points Josh, content is always the key in all IM strategies, some of the best niche info sites are built with the goal of making money of Adsense and they are quite successful because the content is good.

By: Mayank - Google Nemesis

Mayank - Google Nemesis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:17:15 +0000

I agree. MFA sites that Google doesn’t like would be scraped sites without any unique content.
As long as the content on our site is good and unique, there is no need to fear the big G.