martinibuster - 9:15 pm on Mar 5, 2007 (gmt 0)

>>>I'm confused MB, what would the SERPS have to do with an AdSense adjustment?

It's an example of a possible automated review that was triggered, in this case by certain conditions the SERPs. Several years ago a site of mine raged into the SERPs riding on scores of great keywords, then ten days later went Poof. I thought it was a manual review but from conversations I had with certain people it sounded like it was an automated process that over-zealously took it out.

The example is to illustrate that your notion of a manual review (albeit automated) is quite possible.