It sounds like Google is cracking down on mini-sites. Great info, thanks. The only thing I wonder about is this: when did Ben Hart posted his "Issue 13 Volume II"? There's no date anywhere. Is it a recent change in Google Adwords? - Rita

So is it worth us building more of these smaller sites? - Elliot Webb

Elliot, our main site is a blog. Each post is a page. Ben says you need at least 25 pages of content, but he is guessing. So, maybe 15 is ok. 15-25 posts are not hard to achieve, and we should be posting regularly to our blogs anyway. As soon as you have 25 posts in your blog you're out of danger :) Or you're asking about "supplemental" sites like Squidoo Lenses? - Rita

This is not news. It's all part of the google slap some time ago when so many advertisers found their prices going through the roof till they learned the new rules. - Frann Leach

These new standards are related to the PPC-advertisers, where the advertiser redirect their visitors to a simple landing page. - Philippe de Tiege