There are few things more frustrating than creating top-notch content, doing SEO optimization for Google AdSense, and finally making sure your article makes sense from the reader's perspective, only to find that you can't make any money from its publication.

As many of us who write regularly on Xomba and elsewhere on the Internet have found, there are certain words and phrases that seem to trigger those pesky PSA's or Public Service Announcements. What may be even more frustrating is that there seems to be neither rhyme nor reason as to what exactly the Google spiders flag as naughty words. Is it the word, combination of words, frequency of words, etc?

Compared to my early days of writing here, when my writing style tended to be more provocative to get more reads, I have moved towards more mainstream ideas in my style. You'd think that doing so would save me from PSA's, but NooOOOooo. I still get them myself. What to do. What to do.

Fortunately for you, dear readers, I have done a little research into the subject and am providing you with a couple of sites that not only list which words may trigger the PSA's, but also how to avoid them if you have your own blog or website. Without further ado:

Google AdSense "Stop Words"
This site lists a number of words that have been unofficially known to trigger the PSA's as well as suggestions on how to get around the Google spiders if you HAVE to include certain words.

How to Stop PSA's
Finding Stop Words
These pages list a number of words and phrases. Better yet, the second link allows you to cut-and-paste your article and the author's software will scan your article for possible Stop Words. You can try different words and combinations of words to not get pinched by the spiders.

There you have it. Since Google doesn't publish a list of Stop Words--something that would make all of our lives much easier--probably because the list changes all the time, we are forced to be more creative in response.

Writing content and getting paid is a wonderful way to make a living, even if we have to sometimes think outside of the box to do so.