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Usually, I am quite good at ignoring Google AdSense ads when browsing the Web without blocking them. Today I wasn't and noticed an ad for a German link broker. So I bothered to search for links to find the results shown on the following screenshot.

Google recently penalized link networks and web sites that sell or buy links by decreasing their PageRanks. To be more precise: sites that sell or buy links on their own or via link brokers such as Text Link Ads. These methods of link marketing do not comply with Google's Webmaster Guidelines, in contrast to buying Google AdWords or integrating Google AdSense on your site.

To get rid of Google's own ugly paid link advertising, that often points to useless spammy looking sites you can use the following methods discussed in this article:

I am sure this is true, though linkbait genius John Chow doesn't rank for make money online on Google any more. Even when searching for John Chow his site doesn't show up on the first result page, I haven't looked at the second.

I read his blog earlier this year for a few weeks, and I think it's somehow surprising that Google took so long to ban his site, maybe his AdSense revenue was so high that Google was afraid of loosing too much money.

A brief overview of Web services APIs that enable the development of software for managing advertising campaigns and SEO related tasks, such as keyword research.

Google AdSense API

The AdSense API enables the development of applications for monetizing user content, providing revenue for users and site owners.

Google AdWords API

Google's AdWords API enables the development of software that interacts with the AdWords platform which can be used for managing AdWords accounts and campaigns.

This video tutorial demonstrates how to track income from your website generated with the advertising programs from Google and Yahoo!.