Google AdSense in password protected areas

[Kaiser Soze]

Hello, Does anybody knows is it against Google privacy policy to have Adsense on password protected areas on your site? Let’s say membership zones.
Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts on this one.

[Joel Comm]

I might be wrong, but I don't think Google can display ads if you pages are behind a secure login. The robot can't get there , therefore they can't deliver ads based on the content of the page.

Once these forums go private, member-only, I'll have to remove Adsense from the pages.

Joel

[mgrcentral]

In my members only area I make sure there is some content on each page available without login and adsense manages ok :)

Plus my members are kind enough to click on the ads from time to time :p

[Erik Geurts]

I have seen relevant AdSense Ads displayed on members-only pages of my sites like on a Private Message or UserCP screen. I suspect this is done by google by evaluating the domain name or other parts of the URL, since that is something that remains visible even if the content isn't.