Monetisation — AdSense apex, no ad-slot divs

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Monetisation — AdSense apex, no ad-slot divs

The policy

One AdSense application covers the oriz.in apex and every *.oriz.in subdomain by inheritance; site markup contains zero reserved ad rectangles, so the layout reads as organic content first and an ad provider fills available space at runtime.

Scope

• All 11+ *.oriz.in sites.
• The oriz.in/extensions cross-promo route and the future extensions.oriz.in catalog.
• Any future site added under the apex.
• Does NOT cover individual extensions' in-product surfaces.

Rules

• Single AdSense application. Apply once for oriz.in. Per AdSense 2026 rules, all *.oriz.in subdomains inherit the approval — there is no per-subdomain application option.
• No ad-slot divs in markup. Sites have organic content layout that AdSense fills around. Never reserve empty rectangles, sidebars labelled "ad", or fixed-height "advertisement" containers.
• Runtime injection only. The AdSense / Ezoic / Mediavine <script> tag is the entire integration surface. The provider's auto-ad logic decides placement; sites do not call adsbygoogle.push by hand.
• Fallback ad providers. If AdSense rejects, the failover order is Ezoic → Mediavine → Raptive (formerly AdThrive). Each is integrated the same way: one script tag, no slot divs, runtime injection.
• Extension landing pages count as content. Per ./commercial-use.md, describing a paid extension on a landing page is content + portfolio, not commerce — AdSense-eligible.
• No advertorials, no affiliate-as-content. Affiliate links are permitted in body copy where genuinely useful but never disguised as editorial recommendations or laid out as "ads" in the page chrome.

Exceptions

• api.oriz.in. The Hono Worker serves no HTML and carries no ads.
• Auth pages at auth.oriz.in. No ads on the auth handoff route — Firebase Auth's iframe behavior plus AdSense scripts is a cross-origin-headache the family does not need.
• Age-gated pages. AdSense forbids serving on adult-rated pages. Pages tagged <meta name="rating" content="adult"> skip the script injection.

Annual review

Not on the annual cycle — re-evaluate on AdSense / Ezoic / Mediavine policy change announcements (which arrive ad-hoc), not on the calendar.

Cross-refs

• ./commercial-use.md — what counts as commercial intent on each host
• ./no-paid-tier.md — the rule that makes ads (not subscriptions) the monetisation path
• ../../AGENTS.md § Monetisation — apex source-of-truth section