Oh no, the dreaded AdSense Slap

[Michael Cole]

Until recently I haven't had much use for AdSense, put adds on your blog for a few pennies here and there, and didn't want to clutter my posts up.

Last month I picked up a product from Clickbank called Profit Jackpot from Anik Singal. It uses an AdSense Plugin to help generate income. Not the main thrust, just a little something to get the ball rolling.

Five weeks in I went to check my AdSense account and was pleasantly surprised to find a balance of $2.28. I was expecting much money, if any, so that was nice. Gonna go get a McDouble and a small fry with my windfall!

The next day my AdSense account was disabled, the account I've had for over a year and only started using last month.

It seems Google only needed 1500 visitors, combined from 27 brand new websites, and five weeks of data to determine that my my sites pose "a risk of generating invalid activity." Whatever that means.

Maybe it means my sites are so incredibly awesome that people the world over are going to start rushing in to click AdSense ads. Maybe it means those 1,500 people all know each other and are all part of a master plan to cheat Google out of thousands of cents by frivolously clicking on ads.

They must have some cutting edge software that let's them seek out and visit brand new sites that haven't been indexed yet so they can be the first ones to click the new ads.

But it probably means they don't like that some of the sites were about Network Marketing, not enough AdSense to show cause they're prejudiced against it. Just my opinion, don't want Google suing me.

Just one more sign that AdSense is on it's way out the door. And a really good reason to diversify.

[WealthWithin]

Sorry to hear your AdSense got banned. I think they look at the percentage of invalid clicks, rather than the number of clicks. Check your placement to ensure they're within AdSense TOS.

I'd suggest that you get another account and start over. Sure, you need to diversify. But AdSense is one of the top 5 methods to monetize content.

Originally Posted by franzmark2011

My account was banned too. That was very sad.

If so, you shouldn't be offering AdSense tips on your signature. right?
or is it just link spam?

[Kevin619]

It just because of fake content or duplicate content or activities because Google not like to pay this kind a blog or website

[Mike Hlatky]

Originally Posted by Michael Cole

... uses an AdSense Plugin to help generate income....

What do you mean by an Adsense plugin?

If you don't know how the plugin is making you money, that is usually not a good thing

[paulgl]

Originally Posted by Mike Hlatky

What do you mean by an Adsense plugin?

If you don't know how the plugin is making you money, that is usually not a good thing

Yeah, what the heck is an adsense plug in? With a clickbank product, no less.

If that plug in is software, you cannot use it to place adsense.

Had to look up profit jackpot, and the whole thing looks like it violates
adsense specific TOS, as well as google webmaster guidelines. Included
in adsense TOS, is a statement that you will not violate any google
guidelines.

Paul

[xylement]

My account wasn't banned but however the Adsense payout is very low this month. Was is because of Summer? Or there's something wrong with my site? =\ even the CTR is the same but it's still low...

[Michael Cole]

I think a few people misunderstood the thrust of my post, I don't care that my account was disabled, and I only had 1,2, or 3, usually 2 adblocks.

The point is the account was disabled because of something someone else might do at a future time. Not something I had done.

Don't know what to make of WealthWithin's remark

'If so, you shouldn't be offering AdSense tips on your signature. right?
or is it just link spam? '

My signature has nothing to do with AdSense.

In response to Mike Hlatky the Plugin is Easy AdSense, and what it does is analyze your content and tell AdSense what type of ads to run. You decide where and how many adblocks you want, you can have them in your post or in a Widget.

I never said I didn't know how it works, where did that come from?

Lots of reading between, under, or over the lines, how about you read the real ones?

[j10nnb]

was just looking at that plugin today on wordpress, glad I didn't install it now.

[Tom L]

An adsense plug in from clickbank... if that doesn't raise a red flag, not sure what would

[j10nnb]

it's not an adsense plugin from clickbank, it's a plugin that you can add certain keywords in and it tells google what ads to show based on the keyword.

[limon2009]

I notice another issue. I am using statcounter service to track my site. It show that there were 23 clicked on google ad. But adsense reports shows very few. It's about only 3. What's the main reason ?

Thanks.