Interpreting Terms and Conditions

Google Crawl into your Privacy-Review New Policy

noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:53:00 +0000

If you are a netizen then you undoubtedly know Google. But you rarely know its policies. But now it is time to take a look of the terms as the internet giant is going to renew its policies with effect from this year.

Google has faced several requests from different countries including including India, China, Germany, France, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States etc during January to June 2011 for removing contents on search engines, Youtube, blogs

and several other products including Ads also. These requests were based on various reasons including obscenity, hurting communal feelings, enmity between classes, hurting religious values, criticising politicians etc among others. Many a times Google declined these requests on reasons which have better backing of its existing content and community standard policies and terms of services.

However, some major setbacks were faced by Google over its service mechanisms from China and India. Recently Indian Courts and Government took a very firm decision against Google, Facebook etc. With such requests, demands, orders, threats etc being received, it has come out with new policies. If you are a regular internet user the most important thing you must look out is the matter of privacy over the internet. When you are Googling in the net, these newer terms will bind you and your actions. Now let us take a brief look at the privacy policy of Google.

First we may refer the privacy principles since Google affirms that they have changed the policies but sticks to their principles remain unchanged. The first principle is to provide its users with valuable products and services. It believes in transparency. It never sells users' personal information. Now based on these principles and new terms of service the privacy policy has been framed.

Google asks for certain information from you while you sign up for its products. This includes personal information like name, phone number etc and also asks in certain circumstances, other informations relating to your use of certain services and products. This policy is based on the principle of providing better services.

Google also collects information without your permission which are stored in server logs. These automatic collection includes information with respect to usage of a particular service, your queries over search engine, Internet Protocol address, your system activity, hardware settings, your browser type, language, etc. It also collects your location information. These details undoubtedly makes way for better user experience in future while you uses its services.

While you install any addons or applications of Google in your system, Google records a Unique application number.

Google sends many cookies to collect your information from the device you are using to access its services.

So its kinda horrible. Google is clearly crawling into your privacy. You are not alone while sitting in a corner of your room and Googleing in the net. You are being watched for sure. But dont be afraid. Google itself clarifies their stand by stating their privacy principles. The new privacy policy describes how Google uses these information collected from users.

The new privacy policy will be helpful to serious netizens who do not just crawl around the web by cheating and impersonating others. Google needs all these information for its own survival when complaints from Government departments arise. In a sense the collection of information will help Google to protect its stand and also to provide better service to users.

Adsense Few Terms Reviewed

noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:55:00 +0000

Got your Adsense account activated. You should be very happy. Now you can earn money which will increase depending upon your hardwork. I heard some guys find it very difficult to get an Adsense account activated for their blogs or sites. Each and every time they say some reason for not approving your application. I got the account activated after two years. But in my case the blog was not regular in content posting. When I got the adsense application approval I was very much happy. After all this hard work and waiting and rejections for a few times, I finally got it. But beware. The real hardest work is now only began. You should be extra cautious to maintain your account. You should sometimes need the help of luck to maintain the membership of Adsense. It means that you may get terminated anytime. The Adsense Terms strictly says that the participation in the program is subject to the continued compliance with the terms and conditions. Furthermore, Google reserves the right to refuse participation to any one at any point of time.

Frame a good privacy policy

It is very important to have a privacy policy for your blog or site to get admission to Google Adsense. In any case you got approved doesn't mean that you need not have it now. The Terms and conditions expressly states that you should have a privacy policy and it sets the standards required for it. So frame a privacy policy if you does not have one. You may see my privacy policy for Sense of Law.

Ads-Their specification and placement

Google also stipulates that there are specific Ad formats which we can select. Any how change of size and its consequence is not expressly stated. But it stipulates that the display of ads shall be in connection with the properties.

Confusing Ads

If you use confusing Ads resembling Google you may get terminated. So avoid third party ads which confuses users.

No frauds please

Google can detect using several mechanisms the ad clicks and impressions made in your account. So you should not either directly or indirectly generate ad clicks or impressions for getting higher earnings or simply for trial.

So happy Adsensing. Work more and Earn more. Simple principle for higher earnings.

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noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:39:00 +0000

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The Infolinks Dream On contest

noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:05:00 +0000

Everyone knows the Infolinks Corporation. It is one of the leading in-text link ad network service. For more excitement to bloggers, it has announced a contest named 'Infolinks Dream On contest'. As per the Corporation the winners will get the chance to live out their wildest dream.
The contest looks simple to participate. Nothing special has to be done. Every publisher has to do his routine duty; of course publishing post. It can be on your blog, website or on a forum and has to answer two questions.
The two questions they have provided are very simple. No one needs extra talent or skill to answer these. One has to tell what thing about Infolinks makes him happier the most. It is fair enough to say that Infolinks has provided some clue and answers to this question.
The second question is wild which makes you think a bit more before answering. Infolinks want the wildest answer. We have to answer it in a way by which Infolinks can make us more happier than ever.
For convenience I put below the two questions:
Q1 What about Infolinks makes you happy?
My answer for this questions is the registration and reviewing process. It is so fast and user-friendly. Of course the friendly mails are nothing short of good.
Q2 What can Infolinks do to make you happy, really happy?
I really want a professional design my website by editing the HTML in such a way as to enable all sorts of advertising programs and gets more revenue from Infolinks. I answer this way because I believe in the value and richness of hard-earned money.
And now writing the post and answering the questions all you have to do is send an email to infolinks at the address blog@infolinks.com and inform your participation in the contest. Take note that the most interesting funny and thoughtful dreams will get the prizes. They may fulfill our dreams. This is the word from Infolinks. Yeah sounds great and simple. 'Greatness in simplicity' is undoubtedly the mark of Infolinks right from the joining process throughout the participation.
Another interesting aspect one must take note that this is the better way of advertisement for infolinks. Every member will try to participate in the contest and every non member will join infolinks to participate and most probably they will write a post on infolinks and will use the word 'infolinks' two or more times in their post. This will be a great publicity for them. Yes this is a kind of reward we publishers give to Infolinks for their service. Anyhow I am ready to participate in this event. Whatever be the result I will make my presence in it as some of my blogs runs only Infolinks as advertiser. Best wishes for all publishers and Infolinks.

Kontera Advertising Agreement Terms

noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:03:00 +0000

Kontera is an in-text linking advertisement company. The program of Kontera is named 'Content Link Service'. This analyses the website of the publisher and serves relevant advertising links within the text which pops up as ads when the mouse point hovers.This program serves maximum share to publishers as done by other networks. Kontera also keeps some share as it is the connecting link between the advertiser and publisher. To participate or enabling the service of Kontera, you need to enter into an agreement with Kontera Technologies Inc. It is named 'In-Text Agreement. This is the main contract between the publisher and the advertising network Kontera. Any one who wish to earn some US dollars will have to enter into this agreement.
Both the parties are controlled by the agreement. There are certain rights and liabilities vested upon each party. The agreement is governed by the law of the State of California and the disputes are within the jurisdiction of Courts of San Francisco, California.
What are the Rights and Powers of the Publisher?

The publisher may terminate this agreement whenever he wants for any reason. The only necessity is to give prior notice. He may also view his revenue reports in dollars.

What are the Duties or Liabilities of Publisher?
For implementing the programme, the company gives a javascript tag. It is the publisher's duty not to assign the tag to any other by way of rent, lease etc. The license to use the tag must be carefully handled.
The publisher has to put Kontera as the exclusive advertisement provider for the term of agreement. So the use of any other network must be carefully handled. Some network like Infolinks does not allow use of other in-text link service along with it in a webpage. So it is your choice which one should be opted.
What are the Powers and Rights of Kontera?
The network has the sole right to decide upon the application to approve or deny the publisher to the service. Copyrighted or duplicated materials will not be entertained.
Eventhough the company pays high share of revenue to the Publisher, the publisher must not use fraudulent activities to click on advertisements in order to earn money. One may find it easier to click ads on his own site or use spiders, robots etc to do the same to earn the dollars. But the company has every right to credit back such fraudulently earned dollars.
What are the Duties and Liabilities of Kontera?
The company shall prepare accurate revenue reports of your earnings in dollars and it shall pay you the money in the second month of your earnings.
Common rights
Each party has the right to terminate the agreement upon fraud or violation of material terms of the agreement. The only necessity is the giving of intimation.
Conclusion
Kontera is a great competitor with Infolinks doing the same job. The company sets out certain disclaimer and warranties in which they do not guarantee the quality, error free service. But do not worry. It is general with all the websites. The world of web is not free from the attack of viruses. The quality of a service in the internet depends on many factors. One cannot assure 100%. So for the time being, unless a great mishap occurs, one need not worry about this disclaimer. Every standard site and agreement will have such disclaimers. So if you really like Kontera, go forth. As it is a competitive network, it strives hard to increase its quality, customer support, quality of ads, highest revenue etc. It has also launched a bonus scheme for the site which gets most US visitors. So the only thing you need to worry is the quality of your content for giving a place for some high earning ads. Now prepare to make some dollars.

Infolinks Advertising Agreement Terms

noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:33:00 +0000

Various in-text link advertising programmes are available online. What do they do in real? They links the ads which are hidden in the selected texts in posts in a blog or website and only pops up when the mousepointer hovers the link. The publisher or the webowner gets money from the ads by valid impressions of a particular number and also valid clicks made by bonafide visitors. Now as a connecting link, the advertising company or network also gets a share. As a provider of space for planting these ads, the publisher will get more than half share from these ads. Thus anyone will love to join such scheme as it is less space consuming when the page loads. One such advertising network is Infolinks which is a Delaware Corporation. It helps you earn some dollars for your hardwork by placing some ads in link formats.
When you join the programme offered by infolink you are supposed to enter into an agreement which is termed 'Infolinks Publisher Agreement'. This agreement describes the terms and conditions, the rights and liabilities of both the publisher and the advertising network. As I personally has a blog supported by this Advertiser, I will not discuss all the terms and conditions as such as I have a contract in that regard. But I will discuss in this post the major rights and liabilities of both the parties to the agreement. Both parties are controlled by the terms of this agreement. As it is a Delaware Corporation, the governing law is the one in Delaware.
Rights or Powers of the Publisher
The website owner is the publisher in this agreement who enters into the agreement with the corporation. This scheme provides revenue reports which shows daily, weekly, monthly status of your earnings in dollars. Besides this the publisher can view the net impressions of advertisements, total clicks, etc. Now as per the terms of this agreement a publisher gets some added rights with regard to the revenue statement. The publisher can review a finalised revenue statement of his earnings for the immediately preceding month.
Duties or Liabilities of Publisher
Earning the dollars must be properly taxed. You will have to provide a tax statement when you join the scheme. As per the agreement the publisher is responsible for paying the taxes. He is also liable for any penalties which may arise in this regard. So please make sure that the dollars are properly taxed.
Powers Rights of Infolinks
Comparing with the Publisher, the corporation has more rights as it appears from the agreement. One question arises in every publisher's mind. Do we have a say in the amount of money we get from the ads? No ad network will probably give such a power to the publisher. However we can make sure that it is more than half. But the ultimate power vests with the corporation to fix the percentage of share. Dont get worried. It's always more than half unless no company will be bloggers' favourite. Another thing to be noted is that as in the case of Adsense and many other networks, this corporation also pays for qualified clicks made by genuine and bonafide users or visitors. If you use any bad methods to create a click and earns money and later the corporation detects it somehow, the corporation has every right and power to credit back the amount so earned.
The business conditions and the market conditions may require the corporation to reduce or increase the percentage of money to be paid to each publisher. This may be narrated as a right given to the corporation.
Duties Liabilities of Infolinks
It is a happy thing that the corporation plays the role of a responsible party. It binds itself with certain responsibilities by way of the agreement. As the corporation has a right to adjust the percentage of revenue, it has to give a notice to the publisher in that regard. You may refer the original agreement to know the correct percentage.
Common rights
Apart from the above there are certain common rights shared by the parties. Both parties can at their will make an end to the agreement by giving prior notice in case of a violation of material terms of this contract. However the right to take legal action is reserved.
Conclusion
No online ad network will assure you of any certain sum of money by using these advertisements. The same is the case of this corporation. Every money is hard-earned and there is a satisfaction in it. The revenue depends on the content oriented ads, their value, the targeted location, placement of ads etc. Let us hope for the best. It seems that the agreement is fair enough to act upon. One can safely enter into the legally binding agreement as no extra burden is laid upon the publisher to continue with the contract. Some may feel the terms a bit hard to digest. But in my knowledge, the agreement is open, free and is 100% safe if you as a publisher do not use any unfair methods and play fraud in dealing with the corporation. Your money is also safe. Now we can start making some dollars.

Home and Sitemap

noreply@blogger.com (Vijayalekshmi Omana) — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:54:00 +0000

A site which reviews the terms and conditions for joining and accessing a website. This site closely examines every terms of each website in the web which most people use in their daily life to socialise, browse, access information, participating in offers, etc. This site will be helpful to those who want to know the inner meanings of the agreements which they enter into by accessing such sites. These are the days of netizens and bloggers. Several sites offers many programs for making money online where these sites plays the role of a connecting link between the publisher and advertisers. Lots of people enter even without caring to read the program policies. Some policies may look free and open at the first sight, but might require an amount from the publisher. Thus, knowing the terms of the site is a must in today's webworld, especially when participating in programs with other sites. If you chose to view this site, you are in the right place. This site encourages reading every site's terms and conditions.

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Infolinks Dream On Contest
Kontera Advertising Agreement
Infolinks Advertising Agreement