Welcome to the AdSense Help Forum! We hope this forum will become an
important part of the AdSense community, and provide another outlet
for you to search for answers, ask questions about AdSense, find tips
to
optimize your account, and make good use of your own AdSense expertise
to assist others.

While this forum is intended as a place for AdSense users to assist
one another, from time to time Google representatives, nicknamed
AdSensePros, will post tips and clarifications. AdSensePros are the
only Google representatives that post to the Group.

Please read on for some guidelines and tips for making the most of
your experience here.

Discussion Etiquette:

1. Keep it clean and appropriate. This Group is for users of all ages,
cultures, and backgrounds, so please do your part to encourage
appropriate language and discussion. And let's aim for an upbeat Group
too, while we're at it.

2. Make sure to keep AdSense program policies
(http://www.google.com/adsense/policies) in mind when posting to the
group, particularly the section on 'Incentives'.

3. Keep it safe. Remember, your posts may be widely read - so don't
make the mistake of posting personal information of any kind.
Especially, do not post your  AdSense account ID or password, your
mailing address, your phone number, or your credit card numbers. No
Google representative will ever ask for this information in Group
postings.

4. Keep it on topic. You may not get an answer to your payments
question if you post it in a thread about optimization - and you might
even annoy other users who are trying to follow the conversation.

5. Be nice to newbies. Many new AdSense publishers come here for
advice. Please be patient and courteous with all users seeking
assistance, and especially those who are just getting started with
AdSense. It can be tough to be a beginner. So, let's make it painless
in our community.

AdSense Help Tips:

1. Before you post a new question, please search or browse for the
answer in the Group's archive, and/or in the AdSense Help Center at
https://google.com/adsense/help. Your question may well have been
asked
and brilliantly answered before.

2. We think signatures are counter-productive when posting to Groups,
as they can become repetitive and make the thread hard to read. If you
must use a signature, please keep it short and sweet - and avoid using
it as a means of promoting yourself, or your services.

3. In the same spirit, please keep the quoting of previous posts to a
minimum. Wading through multiple copies of the same post within a
thread has been known to strain many a nerve.

4. Need help using Google Groups? Click the 'Help' link at the top of
any page.

5. If you would like to use a Help Group in another language, you can
find details of our other Help Groups at
http://groups.google.com/group/adsense-help-announce/browse_thread/th...
.

A Few Last Words:

1. Please be certain to read the Google Groups Beta Terms of Service,
available at
http://groups.google.com/intl/en/googlegroups/terms_of_service.html ,
as these are the guidelines under which AdSense Help will run.

2. We believe that this diverse group of people with a strong common
interest will naturally build a safe and productive community, without
the need for formal moderation.

However, should you see a post in the forum which you feel is counter
to the health of your community, please be aware of how you may take
action, as outlined on this page:
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7900

3. Enjoy yourself, build a great community, have your AdSense
questions
answered, be helpful in turn - and become an even more successful
AdSense publisher!

-The AdSense Team