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Afraid of having your adsense account cancelled by Google?

by steven papas on January 21, 2011

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A lot of people report being banned for unnecessary issues and things they never did. But who is there to defend them. Google’s Adsense Team seems to make more money when they find violators than anything else; they are always looking for violators to ‘side-track’. After taking the pains to setup a good ad site, we definitely don’t want all these efforts blown into the thin air for some useless reasons. Therefore, it is better to play the good boy and observe every single rule without which we might become potential suspects. No, it is not hard to understand, not when you have a simplified guide like the ones listed below.

Tips That Will Keep You Out Of Google’s Black-Book

The use of autosurf programs in a site that contain Adsense ads is considered a crime. These programs are designed to increase website traffic, Adsense page view, ECPM, etc. It is therefore a violation of the Adsense policies.

The experience I got through my blog, VeryBestSoftware.Net, taught me that traffic exchange networks and programs are potential banning traps. Keep your Adsense site free from such. Once Google suspects a group of people visiting one another’s sites or making clicks, that is a go. Any fraudulent activity meant to increase site traffic, page view or ecpm is strictly prohibited by Google.

Read and observe Google Adsense Terms and Conditions. Google have stated that they can update these terms any time without prior notice to publishers. Therefore it is better if you can go back to these terms; say once or twice every month, to keep yourself updated with the rules and escape routes.

Generally,

  • Adsense publishers must be 18 years of age or above
  • You must create a Privacy Policy Page in your blog or site
  • Clicking on your own ads is an unforgivable offence
  • Keep your sites free from any licensed material
  • Your site must be at least 50% quality and 100% original
  • Sites meant for porn, weapons, gambling, hacking, and other common inappropriate contents should not be used for Adsense; they will put you into trouble
  • Do not change the content of your Adsense code or alter it in any way
  • Old contents and broken links may become serious with time, stay away from them
  • Do not hide Adsense ads or indulge in any other tricky measure to get clicks; by keeping ads in pop-ups, emails, etc
  • Targeting high paying keywords with a lot of websites is against the rule
  • Do not use sites that are still under construction for Adsense
  • Though people take this very common, but you are always advised not to publicize your Adsense earnings for any reason.

Becoming an Adsense publisher can be very easy for most people. However, what I found to be very demanding is maintaining the status without breaking any rules, either knowingly or unknowingly. People get banned every now and then that you may begin to wonder if there is a system designed to ban people without any rule or confrontation. Of course Google will never confront you until you are banned and they take Adsense offences very serious. Hence you owe it to yourself to consistently check the TOS in order to ensure that you are still ‘sailing’.

Steven Papas is the owner of the VeryBestSoftware.Net where he gives reviews for Antivirus and Parental Control software and he offers the Symantec Endpoint Protection Coupon and the Acronis coupons.

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Tim Sullivan January 23, 2011 at 2:05 am

thanks for the tips Steven Papas. We should pay extra attention not to mess with Google Adsense. It costs them to have you banned.

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Matthew Denos January 23, 2011 at 6:44 am

Hi Steven,

what worries me is what happens if a group of people that hate your blog decide to come and click on your ads in purpose. How can one protect their site from people who click on your ads deliberately? Will Google ban a site in this case? I know, perhaps, there is no straight answer to this question. A friend of mine had his Adsense account suspended because some guys clicked on the ads and his earnings were artificially inflated. He said he could do nothing about that.

I believe part of the answer to this question is this. The more traffic a blog receives, the more immune it is from deliberate clicks. Why? Simply because if a blog gets, i.e 100 clicks a day, it is difficult for a group of spammers to increase the clicks so much in order to make it look “deliberate”. I mean, you need 50 different people from different computers to get the clicks from 100 to 150, and this will still not be perceived as fraudulent by Google.

But if one gets 5 clicks a day and all of a sudden 30 people start clicking on the ads every day for a week, this rings a bell.

So, site with little traffic could be more vulnerable.

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Matthew@Medifast diet plan review January 23, 2011 at 7:00 am

Steven,

continuing on what I said, this friend of mine who had his Adsense account suspended, is now using Chitika ads. So, even if Adsense bans you, it’s not the end of the world.

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Tim Sullivan January 23, 2011 at 5:54 pm

mat, thanks for killer tip. Truly, websites with high traffic are less vulnerable

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steven papas
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January 23, 2011 at 5:56 pm

indeed, great tips matthew! thanks a lot man! You gave an aspect no many bloggers know.

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Alex@Jocuri
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January 23, 2011 at 7:49 am

Google is pretty bad at offering details or giving the so called second chances. I don’t agree with their policy of banning a website without even given them the reason or sending them a warning first (if the offense is not high and it can’t be demonstrated that it was done by the owner with bad intentions).

Also, clicking on your ads my mistake is not a banable offense but you shouldn’t do it often, and when I say often I mean something like years :) ).

Thanks for you cool tips, although Google could be more forgiving and less secretive.
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Bryan Wong YH January 23, 2011 at 11:50 pm

Hey Alex,

Tell me about it. I’ve had an Adsense account banned before. And yeah, Google being Google will always have some hidden clause that will not be known to the public :S

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steven papas
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January 23, 2011 at 6:06 pm

although I had heard of a story of someone finally managing to talk to a Google support representative and they gave him a second chance. But yes Alex, it’s not good to mess with them anyway.
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Alex Papa@Coupon Codes January 24, 2011 at 12:37 am

Hi Steven, I think this post proves a point; internet entrepreneurs should not rely only on one stream of income but they should deversify to multiple sources. Thanks for the great tips!
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steven papas
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January 24, 2011 at 3:55 am

that’s right, diversity is a good practice in business. thanks for your comment.
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Amr Boghdady @ Learn German Online for Free
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January 26, 2011 at 3:18 am

Good post Steven, it’s always good to have a quick refresher of Google’s rules.
I just wanted to know what you meant be “Your site must be at least 50% quality”. What determines that quality of my site? And what factors contribute or harm my site’s quality?
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steven papas
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January 26, 2011 at 3:39 am

yes, Amr I left it a little bit vague there. When we speak of quality we always match it with quantity, right? The quality of our content is actually determined and measured by our readers; they will judge that. Quantity, on the other hand, is a constant issue that many run after for the sake of putting new content. Those two factors must weight equally into our minds as we add content in our blog, so neither one exceeds the other. We mustn’t underestimate quality for the sake of quantity and vice versa of course. Rare posting is not good either.
One factor that could harm our site is having clutter for content instead of informational and helpful posts.
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