Active Compliance Monitor

Establish ongoing monitoring system for post-approval compliance. Detects violations early and triggers remediation workflows before Google enforcement action.

Scope Context

Post-approval continuous monitoring layer. Re-runs audit skills on a schedule.

Each monitoring run should record:

• score_mode used for that run
• triggered_items: ARB item IDs that flagged violations
• severity: Critical / High / Medium / Low
• Route Critical/High findings to the appropriate remediation skill immediately

Purpose

Maintain compliance after AdSense approval:

• Monitor for policy violations in new content
• Track content quality metrics
• Detect spam/SEO violations
• Alert when ad code breaks
• Track performance metrics

Implementation (Post-Approval)

Month 1: Setup Foundation

1. Content Policy Monitoring

Monitor for prohibited content:

Keywords to flag (daily scan):
- Health misinformation: "cures cancer", "anti-vaccine"
- Adult content: [explicit terms]
- Illegal: "credit card numbers", "buy drugs"
- Hateful: [slurs and threats]

2. Configuration

Create .monitoring/config.json:

{
  "monitors": [
    {
      "name": "Policy Violations",
      "frequency": "daily",
      "severity": "critical",
      "alert_to": ["[email protected]"],
      "threshold": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Performance Issues",
      "frequency": "weekly",
      "severity": "high",
      "alert_to": ["[email protected]"],
      "threshold": 5
    }
  ]
}

3. Alert Channels

Setup notifications:

• Email alerts (daily/weekly summary)
• Slack integration (instant alerts)
• SMS for critical issues (optional)
• Dashboard for manual review

Month 2: Content Quality Monitoring

Monitor:

• Content volume (thin page detection)
• Originality (duplication detection)
• Freshness (update frequency)
• Metadata quality (title/description)

Implementation:

# Daily content quality check
00 06 * * * /usr/local/bin/quality-monitor.sh > /tmp/quality.log

Month 3: Ad Code Monitoring

Monitor:

• Ad code placement validation
• Ad unit count compliance
• Ad code errors in console
• AdSense revenue anomalies

Implementation:

// Check ad code health
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
  if (!window.adsbygoogle) {
    console.error('AdSense code not loaded');
    alert_monitoring_system({
      issue: 'Ad code missing',
      severity: 'critical'
    });
  }
});

Month 4: Advanced Metrics

Monitor:

• Click-through rate trends
• Cost per mille (CPM) trends
• Bounce rate changes
• Page load speed degradation

Monthly Monitoring Checklist

# Compliance Monitoring Checklist

## Daily (Automated)
- [ ] Scan new content for policy violations
- [ ] Check ad code errors
- [ ] Monitor server uptime
- [ ] Review analytics anomalies

## Weekly (Manual Review)
- [ ] Review flagged content
- [ ] Check click-through rates
- [ ] Verify affiliate disclosures still present
- [ ] Test page load speeds (5 random pages)

## Monthly (Full Audit)
- [ ] Content quality review (sample 20 pages)
- [ ] Affiliate disclosure audit
- [ ] Ad placement verification
- [ ] Performance metrics review
- [ ] Policy compliance spot-check

## Quarterly (Full Reassessment)
- [ ] Re-run ads-readiness-assessment
- [ ] Compare to baseline scores
- [ ] Identify improvement areas
- [ ] Update monitoring thresholds

Alert Rules

Critical Alerts (Immediate Action)

IF policy violation detected
  THEN email + Slack + block publication
  
IF ad code broken
  THEN email + SMS
  
IF revenue drops >30%
  THEN email + investigation flag

High Priority Alerts (24-hour review)

IF new content has thin pages
  THEN email alert
  
IF duplicate content detected
  THEN email alert
  
IF site goes down for >5 minutes
  THEN email + SMS

Success Metrics

• No policy violations post-approval
• No ad code issues detected
• Content quality maintained
• No unexpected rejections
• Revenue stable or growing

Related Skills:

• Health checks → health-check-automation
• Alert setup → alert-rules-setup
• Violations detected → Route to remediation guides