Adsense Ban... Now's my turn...

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OK, after having my Adsense account for more than 5 years, today I've received the email that I would not want to see...

Yes, my Adsense account has been banned.

I thought I have a very good standing, with Google Adsense Singapore inviting me to all their Adsense session. Well, they only invite who have good account standing, isn't it? Maybe, maybe not...

Well, as usual, I don't know which policy I have violated. I may missed one and perhaps that's the one they caught me and ban me.

I have over 50+ Adsense sites so how will you check, pal? Isn't it suppose to be "passive income"?

Anyway, like what most of the marketers say here: "Don't put all your eggs into one basket".

Right-O, I'm moving to other stuff now.

For me, the Adsense game is done.

Game Over...
#adsense #ban #turn
  • Profile picture of the author Al amin
    Hmmm There are so many Adsense expert got ban too.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    I have a 6 year old Adsense account & never banned.

    Then again I only monetize a few larger sites (not 50+ domains), makes it easier to manage IMO.
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    • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      I have a 6 year old Adsense account & never banned.

      Then again I only monetize a few larger sites (not 50+ domains), makes it easier to manage IMO.
      I have wondered about this myself because there has been a trend of accounts being banned that seemed to have an aggressive number of domains.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Nelapsi View Post

        I have wondered about this myself because there has been a trend of accounts being banned that seemed to have an aggressive number of domains.
        (No offense to OP)

        I'm sure an average person doesn't own 50+ domains (people that make real sites, not MFA), so it's not difficult for Google to keep track of MFA sites (lots of domains with same Adsense pub#), Google tracks where their Ads are displayed.

        I'm not saying OP was banned for having 50+ domains with a single Adsense account (IDK why OP was banned?). Just saying it would be very simple for Google to track MFA, by tracking all the TLDs displaying the same Adsense pub#. No possible way an average blogger could keep up with 50+ legit blogs, unless they have some superhuman blogging skills.

        Again, average bloggers don't create 50+ sites, MFA affiliates build 50+ sites.
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        • Profile picture of the author nik0
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          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          (No offense to OP)

          I'm sure an average person doesn't own 50+ domains (people that make real sites, not MFA), so it's not difficult for Google to keep track of MFA sites (lots of domains with same Adsense pub#), Google tracks where their Ads are displayed.

          I'm not saying OP was banned for having 50+ domains with a single Adsense account (IDK why OP was banned?). Just saying it would be very simple for Google to track MFA, by tracking all the TLDs displaying the same Adsense pub#. No possible way an average blogger could keep up with 50+ legit blogs, unless they have some superhuman blogging skills.

          Again, average bloggers don't create 50+ sites, MFA affiliates build 50+ sites.
          It would be very simple but it's not something they do automatically. Look at Adsense Flippers, they have 2000+ sites and still kicking.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      I have a 6 year old Adsense account & never banned.

      Then again I only monetize a few larger sites (not 50+ domains), makes it easier to manage IMO.
      Well, if I get my Adsense account back by any luck, I'll go for this route too.
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  • Profile picture of the author GFI
    Yes, I also have couple of accounts that Google banned, but I am still using it because I feel this is pretty good source for online earning.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by GFI View Post

      Yes, I also have couple of accounts that Google banned, but I am still using it because I feel this is pretty good source for online earning.
      So you have had at least 3 Adsense accounts?

      Maybe that's the problem (multiple accounts)?
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    • Profile picture of the author JoshuaG
      Do most of your sites use a similar template/layout?

      Since you got banned would you mind sharing a few of your sites so we can see where you might have gone wrong.
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  • Profile picture of the author fanta81
    Bad luck dude.Look out for some other advertising alternatives.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
    I guess I did post half a thought as I was not directing my statement at the OP just seems like a majority of the bans fall into 2 groups.
    A. A person knowingly breaking the TOS or didn't take the time to read it. These people tend to be new at it and lose their adsense account just when they are going to get that first check.
    B. They have created a MNS Empire of sorts (major assumption on my part since like with the OP I have no clue what he is running, just know 50+ sites).

    Now Google has always gone after group A but it would seem they have started a trend to start looking more seriously at group B now. Don't get me wrong I do think some MNS have a reason to exist but there seems to be a magic number when you are perhaps asking for trouble with Adsense. What is strange for me with as little weight that is given to EMD that people seem to stick with this old strategy and not adapting to a cleaner model such as larger sites. They are cheaper to run and easier to maintain plus over time it becomes easier to rank pages I have found in my experience.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Nelapsi View Post

      I guess I did post half a thought as I was not directing my statement at the OP just seems like a majority of the bans fall into 2 groups.
      A. A person knowingly breaking the TOS or didn't take the time to read it. These people tend to be new at it and lose their adsense account just when they are going to get that first check.
      B. They have created a MNS Empire of sorts (major assumption on my part since like with the OP I have no clue what he is running, just know 50+ sites).

      Now Google has always gone after group A but it would seem they have started a trend to start looking more seriously at group B now. Don't get me wrong I do think some MNS have a reason to exist but there seems to be a magic number when you are perhaps asking for trouble with Adsense. What is strange for me with as little weight that is given to EMD that people seem to stick with this old strategy and not adapting to a cleaner model such as larger sites. They are cheaper to run and easier to maintain plus over time it becomes easier to rank pages I have found in my experience.
      That's true & I've told people on this forum those same things, I guess since they didn't read it in a paid ebook they don't give it much thought.

      The more sites you create the more money comes out of pocket (simple math).

      Also, like you said, the larger the site, the easier it is to rank relevant pages. MFA folks build sites, I build categories, it's cheaper & has the advantage of getting a SERP boost from existing ranked internal pages (internal links).
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    This has been going for awhile. That's why micro niche networks are a doomed business model. Too many 'thin sites' plus one Pub-ID = banned.
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    • Profile picture of the author JoshuaG
      I've seen little evidence that owning many sites = ban.

      It's just as likely that bans result from:

      A) The click traffic from your sites are not converting for advertisers.

      B) A few of your sites not being compliant but you didn't notice due to a large portfolio.

      I don't think its unreasonable to believe a large portfolio of sub-par sites could result in a ban, but there also isn't much data/evidence saying that is the case. In fact, there is much evidence suggesting otherwise.
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      • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
        Originally Posted by JoshuaG View Post

        I don't think its unreasonable to believe a large portfolio of sub-par sites could result in a ban, but there also isn't much data/evidence saying that is the case. In fact, there is much evidence suggesting otherwise.
        I used the word "trend" for a reason because especially in the case of Adsense, Google is not very open about how things work as far as the level of detail goes. So there is no evidence, there are only things you read and the opinion you take from it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Carl Brown
        Originally Posted by JoshuaG View Post

        I've seen little evidence that owning many sites = ban.

        It's just as likely that bans result from:

        A) The click traffic from your sites are not converting for advertisers.

        B) A few of your sites not being compliant but you didn't notice due to a large portfolio.

        I don't think its unreasonable to believe a large portfolio of sub-par sites could result in a ban, but there also isn't much data/evidence saying that is the case. In fact, there is much evidence suggesting otherwise.
        I think with such a large collection of sites, you just have a greater opportunity of screwing up with Adsernse TOS. Google is unforgiving about violation of their TOS. Google is a jealous and angry god.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Davis
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      This has been going for awhile. That's why micro niche networks are a doomed business model. Too many 'thin sites' plus one Pub-ID = banned.
      Hmmm interesting thought...I have 20 adsense MNS sites presently, working on scaling that particular section of my business as we speak.

      Unfortunately they all have the same theme and layout...I concentrated my main efforts to quality well written content.

      What do you think the magic number is before I should register another Corporation and open a new adsense account?
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      • Profile picture of the author mosthost
        Originally Posted by Jonathan Davis View Post

        Hmmm interesting thought...I have 20 adsense MNS sites presently, working on scaling that particular section of my business as we speak.

        Unfortunately they all have the same theme and layout...I concentrated my main efforts to quality well written content.

        What do you think the magic number is before I should register another Corporation and open a new adsense account?
        That's a big unknown to me. The Google wording on bans is VERY vague. Check out this wording for a ban letter:

        As stated in our program policies, sites displaying Google ads should
        provide substantial and useful information to the user. Users should be
        able to easily navigate through the site to find what products, goods, or
        services are promised.

        While reviewing your site, our team of specialists determined that it does
        not comply with the spirit of these guidelines.

        As a result, your AdSense account has been disabled.
        This means a specialist can ban websites just because they don't think you provide substantial content. When they find a network of these websites, they're probably even more likely to toss you out.

        I don't believe there's any real protection against this. That's why you need to keep your investment low in MNS and don't spend too much in case the ban hammer hits.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mantasmo
    Yeah... sorry to hear about the ban man. Sucks to lose an income stream. Been there (not Adsense) and it wasn't good times.
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  • Profile picture of the author superman1231
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    • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
      Originally Posted by superman1231 View Post

      couldn't you sue google for being negligent or something if they do not properly tell you anything?
      You can sue anyone.. for anything. Your task will be proving it
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  • Profile picture of the author superman1231
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    • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
      Originally Posted by superman1231 View Post

      well maybe google's arrogance may be its downfall with its ambiguous terms and conditions luckily google doesn't "own" the law..well not yet...
      I am not sure how many TOS agreements you deal with but there is nothing out of the normal for Google's. Keep in mind it is your choice to sign up or not.. if you don't like it or don't want to do what they require, don't sign up. It is actually very simple.
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  • Profile picture of the author AdamWB
    The more sites you have, the higher the chance you're doing something 'wrong' that you didn't realize was wrong in the first place - mostly because you're managing too many sites and don't have the time to check them all the time.

    I have an account that had about 30 sites connected to it, they were all making money. I took adsense off of 25 of them because I didn't feel that had enough pages or add enough value yet. I lost money initially, but reduced my chances of getting banned greatly. That account has been live for 6 years.
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    • Profile picture of the author koreancowboy
      Originally Posted by AdamWB View Post

      The more sites you have, the higher the chance you're doing something 'wrong' that you didn't realize was wrong in the first place - mostly because you're managing too many sites and don't have the time to check them all the time.

      I have an account that had about 30 sites connected to it, they were all making money. I took adsense off of 25 of them because I didn't feel that had enough pages or add enough value yet. I lost money initially, but reduced my chances of getting banned greatly. That account has been live for 6 years.
      Same here...I only plan on putting Adsense on a max of 5 sites. I'm currently running one authority site and two niche sites now, but I plan to expand to 5 authority/15 niche sites eventually.

      KISS - Keep It Simple Silly
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  • Profile picture of the author remodeler
    Sorry to hear the news Joseph. You've been around here a long time. I'm sure you will get past it and be better off from it in the future, but it sure stinks in the short term. Best of success moving forward!
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    • Profile picture of the author cloudnomadic
      HOGWASH

      there are tens of hundreds of MFA adsense builder with more than 50 sites. Why 50 limit?

      Why not 25, 75,100

      I bet 100% the reason is a violation against google T&C's people simply dont read them and then BAM the sites gone and they look for some random reason..

      Poeple with 1 yes ONE site have had google adsense accounts frozen

      There are plenty of adsense creating people out there (you must read blogs not forumns).

      With 300, 500, 1000, 2000 site sin one LLC in one adsense account.

      Why would google care? if you comply you'll be fine.

      OP, share 5 banned sites as is and we'll be able to show you the violations. They dont need tobe running adsense. So show..

      My bet is bad content, ads on contact us pages, images and ads to close together, maybe no privacy page (surely not), Poor quality content.......
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        That sucks and I wish you the best.

        Perhaps the problem lies somewhere in your sig links.

        None of that stuff is anything I would use with an adsense site.

        If anyone knew you had an adsense ban, might be a little
        drag in sales....just saying.

        In fact, I wish people would stop coming here posting their
        adsense bans.

        It's not anybody's business, really. I know people want to vent,
        but...it just gets all sorts of nonsense replies.

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        • Profile picture of the author Carl Brown
          Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

          That sucks and I wish you the best.

          Perhaps the problem lies somewhere in your sig links.

          None of that stuff is anything I would use with an adsense site.

          Paul
          Great catch! May not be related, but he's advertising that he can help you violate Google's TOS
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by cloudnomadic View Post

        HOGWASH

        there are tens of hundreds of MFA adsense builder with more than 50 sites. Why 50 limit?

        Why not 25, 75,100

        I bet 100% the reason is a violation against google T&C's people simply dont read them and then BAM the sites gone and they look for some random reason..

        Poeple with 1 yes ONE site have had google adsense accounts frozen

        There are plenty of adsense creating people out there (you must read blogs not forumns).

        With 300, 500, 1000, 2000 site sin one LLC in one adsense account.

        Why would google care? if you comply you'll be fine.

        OP, share 5 banned sites as is and we'll be able to show you the violations. They dont need tobe running adsense. So show..

        My bet is bad content, ads on contact us pages, images and ads to close together, maybe no privacy page (surely not), Poor quality content.......

        Lol, why would anyone create 2,000 MFA sites (unless it's some guy on Flippa)?
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        • Profile picture of the author cloudnomadic
          adsense revenue..

          And ofcourse some significant sites get sold..
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          • Profile picture of the author JoshuaG
            Originally Posted by cloudnomadic View Post

            adsense revenue..

            And ofcourse some significant sites get sold..
            Yet another quality post on WF.
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  • Profile picture of the author boxoun
    I too stripped adsense from 15/month type sites to protect myself yet a lit of people sell that business model. 15/month give me a break. 1k/month/site.
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  • Profile picture of the author msparrow
    I had a friend who got banned and he swears up and down someone went out and had a bunch of his team click his ads repeatedly to get his adsense accnt banned

    I believe him to because he was trying to make sure he was obeying all the TOS that google has

    do you think this may be a possibilty for what happened to you? you don't seem like someone who would purposely try to cheat the system
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    This is not a mystery. The publisher of 50 thin content websites that provide low visitor satisfaction and exist primarily to display Adsense ads has been banished.

    Can this come as a surprise to anyone?
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      That sucks and I wish you the best.

      Perhaps the problem lies somewhere in your sig links.

      None of that stuff is anything I would use with an adsense site.

      If anyone knew you had an adsense ban, might be a little
      drag in sales....just saying.

      In fact, I wish people would stop coming here posting their
      adsense bans.

      It's not anybody's business, really. I know people want to vent,
      but...it just gets all sorts of nonsense replies.

      Paul
      Hi Paul, I can say that it has nothing to do with my signature! I'll be damned if I put Adsense there! Nope, not that, obviously.
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      This is not a mystery. The publisher of 50 thin content websites that provide low visitor satisfaction and exist primarily to display Adsense ads has been banished.

      Can this come as a surprise to anyone?
      Well, it's not 50 thin content websites. It's full of information that are mixed with unique and PLR articles. They are updated at least once a month, most of the time weekly.

      I have to admit, managing 50+ sites can take a toll, especially when half of them fell to the sword of Penguin and Panda.

      I believe that it is one of the site that I accidentally missed because it is autoblog and unfortunately it took in an adult content. Adsense warned me about it and I took it off fast. Maybe they are just cranky and ban me for that.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Joseph Then View Post

        I believe that it is one of the site that I accidentally missed because it is autoblog and unfortunately it took in an adult content. Adsense warned me about it and I took it off fast. Maybe they are just cranky and ban me for that.
        BINGO!

        About a month ago another guy said he was banned from Adsense, I checked his Google Cache & he had porn advertisements on the Adsense page.

        Apparently Google won't tolerate any sign of porn.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          BINGO!

          About a month ago another guy said he was banned from Adsense, I checked his Google Cache & he had porn advertisements on the Adsense page.

          Apparently Google won't tolerate any sign of porn.
          I took out all autoblogs but just miss THAT blog in my list. And Google just found THAT blog with THAT adult page.

          Never been so "lucky" with that...
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          • Profile picture of the author Carl Brown
            Originally Posted by Joseph Then View Post

            I took out all autoblogs but just miss THAT blog in my list. And Google just found THAT blog with THAT adult page.

            Never been so "lucky" with that...
            I am sorry to hear about the ban. It happens to the best of us and we all make mistakes. Like I said, Google is an unforgiving god.

            I read on another forum, from a guy who got banned out of the blue when he had an account that was years old and he had no idea what he did wrong. Weeks later he said he came across a website he built in the begining and place his adsense code on. He "discovered" that he had placed the message "Please help support this site by click our ads"

            With so many sites, we often neglect potential problems. Then, the manual review of a site, or a visitor turns you in, and you're done.

            I've removed the adsense from my sites until I get the traffic to support them. No sense in having adsense on a site that's not getting traffic
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    • Profile picture of the author YellowGreenMedia
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      This is not a mystery. The publisher of 50 thin content websites that provide low visitor satisfaction and exist primarily to display Adsense ads has been banished.

      Can this come as a surprise to anyone?
      Where is your proof... i know if 5 to 6 people with 2 or 3 BIG websites filled with good content who got their adsense account banned... so there you go...
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  • Profile picture of the author Backlinko
    It's probably a blessing in disguise. I love Adsense but I've never regretted moving towards CPA and my own products...literally 100% increase in revenue from the same traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    BTW, autoblogs + Adsense sites are black h@t unless your scraping public domain content.
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  • Profile picture of the author cluffy
    A lesson learnt, never put all of your eggs in one basket!
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by cluffy View Post

      A lesson learnt, never put all of your eggs in one basket!
      Or scrape porn onto an Adsense site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bruce Wayne
    This is the reason why we all should diversify our income sources.
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  • Profile picture of the author imer2012
    I had my Adsense account banned about 2 months ago with 5K in there. If you want to keep your account good standing, keep your websites / network clean ASAP. You have been warned!

    We should always diversify. I heard about his many times but I ONLY learned this when I got banned I've managed to bounce back 70% Adsense revenue. I feel happy now because I have CONTROL.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    I lost my adsense account 3 years ago and since then I made more money than during the time I was running an adsense program. Losing an adsense account can be a blessing in disguise sometimes...
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Greene
    Pure bad luck. You can do an appeal to restore your adsense account but I not think that there will be a positive response. Google remains mysterious as always.
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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    If the ban is due to invalid clicks, then there is usually a some chance of success on appeal. That is because the ban is usually carried out automatically by system that may be flawed. However, if they ban you after going through your account, then the chance of success is virtually nil.

    Using an autoblog with Adsense is playing with fire. If you value your Adsense account, just don't do it.

    Another misconception is that if you have original content, then it cannot be classified as a MFA site. This is just not true and is completely up to Google to decide what is MFA or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author GodMode52
    My account got banned 2 days ago too, less than 5 sites but in a very high competitive niches. I was going to flip those sites anyway but this is another sign that we can't build a business focusing only around google and their weird games.
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