lammert - 4:29 am on Jun 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

I didn't post in this thread because I wanted to defend fraudulous actions. I am particular interested in the "banned from AdSense" threads because of the psychological side. Always around post 5 there is someone seeing patterns. Then a load of posts about the T&C, fraudulous actions etc. It mainly depends on the outcome of the communication between the Publisher and Google how the thread ends. I find these threads much more interesting than the "My CTR is up" or "My earnings are down" threads because we can actually learn something from it, as a human being and as an AdSense publisher.

As an AdSense publisher, I have a regular email conversation with AdSense support about all kind of issues. Not long ago I emailed them that in the Dutch T&C it was allowed to have AdSense on a specific type of page where the English version prohibited that use. So it is not always strictly defined for all publishers what is allowed and what isn't. Although the English version of the T&C is the base contract between the Publisher and Google, I think users from other countries can succesfully apply if their local version uses different words or definitions, especially in those cases where the Publisher only has a poor understanding of the English language (one of the patterns that people recognize in the "Banned from AdSense" threads).

Also, where it is a common idea on this forum that is not allowed to click on ads on your own site, there have been many posts of users who claim "I clicked once on my own ad, but I still have my AdSense account". Also the T&C doesn't mention the "accidental one-time click" in the prohibited use paragraph.

As a professional webmaster community we should not judge and nail people down for what WE think is immoral or fraudulous. In the end it is only an agreement between Google and the Publisher, and if Google decides that the account should be reinstated, there were probably no grounds to terminate the account.