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I don't know if that's true that it's an abuse of their position. Here's the paragraph from their policies:

> Sites showing Google ads should be easy for users to navigate. Sites may not change user preferences, redirect users to unwanted websites, initiate downloads, include malware or contain pop-ups or pop-unders that interfere with site navigation.

That all seems reasonable to me. They don't want to be associated with garbage websites.



> or contain pop-ups or pop-unders that interfere with site navigation.

Then..

Google on "AdSense Page-level ads"

> We don't count them as "advertisements" when evaluating your site for compliance with our valuable inventory policy. https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6245304?hl=en

Yes, these ads are not ads compared to other ads: we profit from these.




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