If Adsense drops me, do I still get paid up to date?

[recordc48]

This question goes to someone who has been dropped from Google Adsense.

Did you still receive a check for the amount that your account showed until they dropped you?

I have a site that is in violation but I have not received an email yet. I plan on fixing the site soon but I am wondering if they are going to keep the earnings I have generated so far, or just pay me and drop my account. Thanks for the help.

[zipit]

Sometimes, more than likely not. One person told me they were dropped, but the previous check had already been processed. While two others stated that the "invalid clicks" got them cancelled and all money was kept and returned to the advertisers.

Google can cancel your account at anytime and keep any amount of money (allegedly to return to advertisers).

[recordc48]

I am hoping that if they find my site in violation that they will send me an email and let me know I need to change it. It would suck to not receive the income generated so far, but I understand it is in their hands.

Has anyone received and email to fix their site, then fixed it, and still received checks for all the clicks they generated before they fixed their site?

[signup1]

Did they drop you already? What did you do on your site? Why don't you remove adsense codes first, then resign then put the code back in?

[yosemite]

Yes. Just fix your site (or, as signup1 says, just remove your ads) right now. RIGHT AWAY. Fix all your pages and republish. There is no reason for Adsense to boot you if your ads are all fixed up. Don't wait another second to do this.

[blairsp]

Did you still receive a check for the amount that your account showed until they dropped you?

NO

You lose everything which can be the previous months "approved" earnings which you haven't received the cheque for and also any monies earned to date that month. In effect you lose TWO months payments at least

[MrAnchovy]

I have a site that is in violation but I have not received an email yet.

I am hoping that if they if they find my site in violation that they will send me an email and let me know I need to change it.

You know your site is in violation... but are still serving Adsense ads? You are asking for whatever penalties you get if that is the case.

I hate to sound anal about the topic, but if you are knowingly violating the terms, and continuing to serve Asense ads, your account should be terminated without warning and without payment imho.

You state that you have plans to fix the site... but it sounds kinda like it's an "only if I get caught" plan.

You should follow the advice posted above....
- remove the Adsense code from your site
- fix the site
- after your have fixed the site, return to serving Adsense ads.

[Macro]

If Adsense drops me, do I still get paid up to date?

No.

MrAnchovy, excellent advice.

but it sounds kinda like it's an "only if I get caught" plan

Whether that is the case or .... you genuinely plan to fix it when you get the time doesn't make a difference to the fact that it is in violation.

[recordc48]

OK, I think that I will take down the ads, fix the site and put them back up. If anybody would offer suggestions though as to how I could make my site more appropriate and approvable then I would love to know about them.

First of all, I run an affiliate program marketing site. All of the pages are very similar and use the same template. The content changes on each page might very well be considered minimal. Google says: "Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content."

I think this is the biggest problem that my site might have. I do not know where they draw the line on what is considered original content. An ecommerce site often has product pages that are all exactly the same except the category, the title of the products and the picture. Would these be considered ok?

Google says: "Sites may not include excessive, repetitive, or irrelevant keywords in the content or code of web pages" and "Deceptive or manipulative content or construction to improve your site's search engine ranking, e.g., your site's PageRank".

This is tough because in order to get positioning in search engines, a site would need to be optimized for search engines. How would I know whether they would consider mine excessive?

Of course my site has marketing keyword phrases to help get rankings, but not to any ridiculous amount. I would think it was fair and not deceptive. Are sites like this allowed for Google Adsense? In their program policies they say that "We do allow affiliate or limited-text links".

I am running 3 ads per page and I don't understand this rule: "Up to three ad units may be displayed on each Web site page, but no ad unit shall contain any advertisement in common with any other ad unit. Serving two or more identical ads on a single page constitutes double-serving, which Google does not support." All my ad spots are getting served with ads so I hope everything is allright.

So with all of this information, does anybody have some suggestions for what I can do to make my site approvable for google adsense ads? I truly want to be a part of this and I think it does my visitors a service because the ads are targeted specifically for what they are all looking for. Thanks for the help! :)

[hunderdown]

A couple of points:

Even if your site is mostly similar pages selling products, you can add original content--add articles providing advice on how to choose a [product], how to fix a [product], etc. Over time, you'll get more visitors, as you became known as a resource, not just a place to buy stuff.

Google will like you better too. Some people have reported on these boards that they have gotten warnings from Google about something on their site that was in violation. They seemed to get the warnings because their site was, overall, a valid and viable content site, with specific fixable problems. They fixed the problems and reported back that Google was OK with them.

And then keep improving it....

[Macro]

>> in order to get positioning in search engines, a site would need to be optimized for search engines

>> All of the pages are very similar and use the same template. The content changes on each page might very well be considered minimal.

If one led to the other then you've got spammy, doorway pages which is exactly what Google doesn't like.

>> This is tough
No, it's not. Make content rich pages. If that's what the G wants - and you want to please the G - then you know what to do.

[renee]

i was dropped by adsense. Not for fraud clicks but for keyword stuffing. i wrote google and they told me i will be paid at the end of the year. i sure kept a hardcopy of the email. hopefully they will!