[wp-hackers] Advertising on Plugin Option Pages

[Simon Prosser]

Do the ads even work inside a protected area?

On 8 September 2011 20:36, Mika A. Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:
> Asking for donations is fine.  Even a call to action, so long as it keeps
> itself to the plugin admin page (i.e. it's not all over the main dashboard
> and doesn't interfere with normal WP usage).
>
> The AdSense thing would be worthy of a Spock Eyebrow and a note to
> plugins at wordpress.org, IMO.  We are not the Google Police, but that ain't
> right.
>
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:32:11 -0400, Jackson Whelan wrote:
>>
>> Howdy Hackers,
>>
>> I stumbled across a plugin from the repository today with Google
>> AdSense banners on the options page. With a call to action above it -
>> 'Click here if you like this plugin.' - to boot!
>>
>> Obviously this is a little tacky (aside from violating AdSense's
>> TOS), but I was just wondering if there's a policy here? Or maybe this
>> is more common than I realize.
>>
>> Not trying to rat anyone out, just genuinely curious.
>>
>> Thanks - Jackson
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