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Text
Advertising Guidelines
We
want you to experience worthwhile results from your text ads
on Profit Clinic web sites, but it's important for us to protect
our visitors from ads that are deceptive or misleading, or which
detract from the quality of our visitors' experience in visiting
our sites.
Two
simple principles underpin our Text Ad service:
- Describe
your site accurately no deceptive or misleading
content or URLs.
- Emphasise
genuine benefits of your product or service
no hype, puffery or unsubstantiated claims.
In
cases where only minor changes are required for an ad to comply,
we may edit your ad. Examples of the type of changes we may
make for you include the following:
- removing
an exclamation point,
- removing
or adding an extra space, and
- fixing
a spelling or grammatical error.
However,
The Profit Clinic will not be responsible in the event
that a change is not made to your ad text and a termination
results. So, please be careful to follow these Text Ad Guidelines
to help ensure that your ads continue running.
Use
clear, direct language and avoid gimmicks.
Use
Standard Punctuation
- No
repeated and/or unnecessary punctuation or symbols.
- Your
title may not contain an exclamation point.
[!]
- Your
ad text may only contain one exclamation point.
Use
Standard Capitalisation
- No
excessive capitalisation such as "FREE" or "THE PROFIT CLINIC."
- Capitalisation
of the first letter of each word within your displayed URL
is permitted.
Avoid
Repetition
- Avoid
gimmicky repetition in your text ad.
Use
Accurate Spelling
- Check
that your spelling is accurate.
Use
Correct Grammar
- Your
ad text must be in logical sentence or phrase form and must
contain grammatically correct spacing.
- The
use of symbols, numbers, or letters must comply with the
true meaning of the symbol.
Be
Concise
- Please
keep the following limits in mind when planning your ads.
We believe that concise ads provide a better user experience
and ultimately contribute to your success.
- Ad
titles are limited to 75 characters.
- The
description lines are limited to 150 characters.
- Your
display URL (that appears in your text ad) is limited
to 35 characters. Remove any unnecessary characters
eg: www to ensure that your display URL
fits the line length of your ad.
Your
text ad must be relevant to your site, products, or services.
Write
Accurate Ad Text
- Your
ad text must directly relate to the content on the landing
page for your ad.
- Your
ad must not be deceptive or misleading in any way.
- If
you offer a local opportunity or product, clearly
indicate your location in your ad text.
Ad
content should be informative, targeted, honest and highlight
your true benefits.
Comple
with our Content Policy
- The
Profit Clinic does not accept ads containing or relating
to certain products or services. We reserve the right to
reject or modify the advertising we accept on our site,
as noted in our advertising terms and conditions. To learn
more about what's acceptable or not, please review
our Content Policy.
Follow
Proper Trademark Usage
- Trademarks
are important business assets that can diminish in value
if they are misused or abused. To learn more about how we
handle trademark issues within the Text Ads Program, review
our trademark
policy.
Affiliate
Policy
- We
allow affiliates to use Text Ads advertising. We will only
accept one ad for affiliates sharing the same Display URL.
We also do not allow the following:
- Redirect
URLs: Ads that contain Display URLs that automatically
redirect to the parent company.
- Bridge
Pages: Ads for web pages that act as an intermediary,
whose sole purpose is to link or redirect traffic to
the parent company.
- Framing:
Ads for web pages that replicate the look and feel
of a parent site.
Support
Competitive Claims
- If
your ad text contains competitive language regarding other
companies, support for this claim must be displayed on the
landing page for your Text Ad.
Avoid
Superlatives
- If
your ad contains the comparative or subjective phrases "best,"
"lowest" or "No.1" (or similar), verification by a third
party must be clearly displayed on your web site.
Support
Advertised Prices, Discounts, and Free Offers
No
Unacceptable Phrases
- Your
ad cannot contain universal call-to-action phrases
such as "click here", "link here", "visit this link", "this
site is", or other similar phrases that could apply to any
ad, regardless of content.
- Use
a call-to-action unique to the service or product you provide.
- The
limited text space should be used for concise, informative
language that sets you apart from your competition.
-
Phrases in the description lines of your ad cannot continue
into the Display URL.
No
Inappropriate Language
- Your
ad must not contain offensive or inappropriate language.
Non-Family
Safe & Adult Sexual Content
- Ads
are reviewed and classified as "FamilySafe", "Non-FamilySafe",
or "Adult Sexual Content" on a case-by-case basis.
- After
classification, The Profit Clinic will disallow ads containing
adult themes, such as explicit sexual content.
Your
URLs must meet our standards for accuracy, accessibility and
security.
Display URL Must be Accurate
- Your
Display URL must accurately reflect the URL of your
web site. If your actual destination URL link is too long
for your ad, use a shortened version (such as your homepage)
that meets the character limit for this field (35 characters).
- The
Display URL field cannot be used as another line
of ad text.
- Your
Display URL must include the domain extension, for
example: .com.au, .net, or .org.
Example:
Destination URL: http://www.bestkeptMLMsecret.com.au/answers/qualification.html
Display URL: bestkeptMLMsecret.com.au
Destination
URL Must Work
- Your
Destination URL must work properly. Check spelling
and symbols to make sure you entered the correct URL for
the page you want people to visit.
- Your
Destination URL must link to a working web site.
You cannot link to an email address or a file (eg: an image,
audio, video, or document file that requires another program
or application to open or run it).
- The
landing page for your ad must not be under construction.
We require your Destination URL to link to an actual, working
web page with content relevant to your ad.
Working
Back Button
- Links
to your web site must allow users to enter and exit the
landing page easily and to return to the The Profit Clinic
page by clicking once on the browser's Back button. (For
example, your may not link in such a way that the landing
page for your text ad displays no tool bar or Back button,
or which disables them.)
Site
Security
- Your
site should use a secure server (https://) when collecting
sensitive information from our visitors.
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