Oh man.. c'mon!
October 29, 2005 11:42 AM Subscribe
Does anyone know of a way to be let back into AdSense after being banned? Thanks.
Everything was humming along fine for almost a year, had $70 in the account, and all of a sudden.."It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled your Google AdSense account. Publishers disabled for invalid click activity are not allowed further participation in AdSense and do not receive any further payment. The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers." Can I at least get my money out, I earned it fairly!
Everything was humming along fine for almost a year, had $70 in the account, and all of a sudden.."It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled your Google AdSense account. Publishers disabled for invalid click activity are not allowed further participation in AdSense and do not receive any further payment. The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers." Can I at least get my money out, I earned it fairly!
Their "invalid" clicks are, I believe, any repeated clicks from the same IP? Which makes no sense, because everyone visits the same websites over and over, the ads are different every time, yet relevant to the target audience (aka the people who visit daily), and so OF COURSE they might click ads on that site more than once.
I think you're doomed. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting their Google ad money, and it's always the same "repeated clicks", "invalid clicks" story which nobody can prove or disprove.
posted by easternblot at 12:05 PM on October 29, 2005
I think you're doomed. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting their Google ad money, and it's always the same "repeated clicks", "invalid clicks" story which nobody can prove or disprove.
posted by easternblot at 12:05 PM on October 29, 2005
I haven't heard of anyone actually getting their Google ad money.
I've received a cheque for each of the last 24 consecutive months. Nothing amazing, you understand, but enough to pay for my efforts.
Gaming of the system is certainly a problem, and I suspect that people gaming the opposition is more of a problem than the reverse. It sounds a little odd that they'd do this when you had so little in the account. That google's algorithm for exclusion is unknown is something of a problem, every time I get a traffic spike I hold my breath. But then if they published the algorithm, they'd be open to abuse.
posted by polaroid at 12:43 PM on October 29, 2005
I've received a cheque for each of the last 24 consecutive months. Nothing amazing, you understand, but enough to pay for my efforts.
Gaming of the system is certainly a problem, and I suspect that people gaming the opposition is more of a problem than the reverse. It sounds a little odd that they'd do this when you had so little in the account. That google's algorithm for exclusion is unknown is something of a problem, every time I get a traffic spike I hold my breath. But then if they published the algorithm, they'd be open to abuse.
posted by polaroid at 12:43 PM on October 29, 2005
I haven't heard of anyone actually getting their Google ad money
I've also gotten a check every month for the past two years. There's been a couple of times that payment has been delayed due to screw-ups on their end, but nothing major.. and they recently added an EFT/direct-deposit option which is nice.
posted by mrbill at 4:17 PM on October 29, 2005
I've also gotten a check every month for the past two years. There's been a couple of times that payment has been delayed due to screw-ups on their end, but nothing major.. and they recently added an EFT/direct-deposit option which is nice.
posted by mrbill at 4:17 PM on October 29, 2005
Count me as another one who gets paid regularly, even across the border. I think the best bet for someone burned by Google is to just go to a competing text-ad provider. That's what competition's for, after all.
Here's a list of alternatives posted earlier this year. I've heard talk of a Yahoo! equivalent but I can't seem to find anything; they might not be picking up just anyone as a publisher yet.
posted by mendel at 6:13 PM on October 29, 2005
Here's a list of alternatives posted earlier this year. I've heard talk of a Yahoo! equivalent but I can't seem to find anything; they might not be picking up just anyone as a publisher yet.
posted by mendel at 6:13 PM on October 29, 2005
Response by poster: But then couldn't anyone just completely f*ck their competition by clicking on their ads a few times in a row?
Oh well, I guess I will have to do move on to a competitor.
The reason I did not get paid out is that they send payment every month that you have more than $100 earned... well my total earnings overall were less than that, but I would still like to get them back!
Thanks for the tips everyone.
posted by ac at 12:04 PM on October 30, 2005
Oh well, I guess I will have to do move on to a competitor.
The reason I did not get paid out is that they send payment every month that you have more than $100 earned... well my total earnings overall were less than that, but I would still like to get them back!
Thanks for the tips everyone.
posted by ac at 12:04 PM on October 30, 2005
But then couldn't anyone just completely f*ck their competition by clicking on their ads a few times in a row?
Probably not. While their detector obviously fails sometimes Google's a pretty smart company for doing something that obvious. Remember, when people click on your ads legitimately, Google makes money, so it's very much in their interest to make sure that things work as well as possible.
posted by mendel at 6:04 PM on November 1, 2005
Probably not. While their detector obviously fails sometimes Google's a pretty smart company for doing something that obvious. Remember, when people click on your ads legitimately, Google makes money, so it's very much in their interest to make sure that things work as well as possible.
posted by mendel at 6:04 PM on November 1, 2005
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What to do when Google suspends you?
How to convice Google that AdSense is not being gamed?
I think the conclusions were that it is very difficult to do, even if you did earn it honestly.
posted by Count Ziggurat at 11:52 AM on October 29, 2005