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The clause prevents publishers from artificially driving click activity through solicitation, which would inflate click metrics and misrepresent genuine user interest to advertisers.
Interpretive note: The excerpt lacks an explicit subject and verb of prohibition; it reads as a list item. The prohibition is inferred from the policy document context. Confidence remains high given that context.
Users will not be solicited by AdSense publishers to click on ads through encouraging language or calls to action.
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The clause prevents publishers from artificially driving click activity through solicitation, which would inflate click metrics and misrepresent genuine user interest to advertisers.
Users will not be solicited by AdSense publishers to click on ads through encouraging language or calls to action.
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