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Supposedly you sign up and click a few links and web sites and then others will click on your web sites and ads, resulting in both parties generating income from the resulting clicks.
This sounds like something that could get you kicked out of the Adsense program if Google detects it.
Am I correct in assuming this?
By the way, I just signed up for the forums last night. They look to be a great resource!
I'm looking forward to learning more from everyone!
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Do not sign up for such an account, what they are doing is stealing from advertisers, the very people you want to earn a living from, does that sound good to you?
Following such programs or methods will only lead to tears, yours, just follow the terms and conditions and understand why the adverts are there in the first place, to convert sales for the advertiser, an invalid click is A theft and B against the rules and will result in your being banned.
Enjoy the forum, ask questions, we dont want another "Ive been booted" thread with you as the OP
I'd rather build my Adsense business the right way!
It will only be a matter of days before google uncovers the click-fraud and when they do uncover it, every publisher signed up would subequently be banned from the adsense programme.
New publishers may fall into the trap of thinking it is fine, but if you do look at it from an advertisers position (and especially if YOU were the one advertising), would you think it legitmate for people to be willfully stealing your advertising revenue?
..Following such programs or methods will only lead to tears, yours..
Not to mention the pain in my stomach when he starts the "..i got banned for no reason" thread..
You'll never hear that from me!
With all due respect, but in consideration of your comments posted in another thread...
I got one of these e-mails from Google last week, stating that they had detected invalid clicks on my AdSense account.I admitted to them that I had clicked a few of my own ads at different points because the products being advertised were of genuine interest to me.
Being a newbie, I didn't know that this was a controversial thing. Obviously, I have now stopped clicking on my own ads.
AND that you setup an account with an organization involved with click-fraud... it would seem like only a matter of time before we see the 'banned' post.
but have now requested that the account be deleted
Expecting a nefarious internet organization to delete an account that shouldn't have been created is expecting a lot!
It may already be too late if it's a trap!
Also, the initial e-mail from Google was received before I had ever even heard of this other web site.
I am fairly sure that the invalid clicks that they were referring to were probably caused by me clicking on a few of my own ads (out of ignorance, as I had mentioned), since I wasn't involved in any other questionable activity. I admitted to them that I had done this and had previously failed to completely read the TOS, which I have now spent much time going over several times.
I don't quite understand why almost everyone here who has replied to my posts is so determined to convince me that I am destined to be banned from Adsense because of a single e-mail from Google.
I came in to these forums asking for assistance, which I have gotten little of. Instead, I have gotten some pretty harsh comments and have been treated like some kind of unethical moron.
I have built my computer business on a reputation of integrity and intend to build my Adsense business the same way. I made an honest mistake and admitted to it. Does that warrant being reprimanded by you guys for it?
What amazes me is seeing people “Hey I am new to Adsense and I found out this site that does bla bla bla”, why did you end up on such a site? What were you searching for to end up on such a site?
I don’t mean any personal offence, but take my advise and spend a month reading this forum if you want to still be talking about Adsense after 2 years.
let's not be too hard, alphatekllc came and asked in the right place about it, he sought more info and found it, then decided it was a bad idea. enough said
What amazes me is seeing people “Hey I am new to Adsense and I found out this site that does bla bla bla”, why did you end up on such a site? What were you searching for to end up on such a site?
I've gotten email spam from such sites.
One site has auto registered me and even after I have unsubscribed , keeps sending me mails asking me to login!.
They picked my site email i.d from somewhere and did this..
I cannot seem to get out. I just am making sure that I donot login ever.
As for how I found that site, it was through an e-mail that someone sent to me.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I asked them to delete my account, which they did very quickly.
I just want to get my feet firmly on the ground now and start moving ahead with this Adsense thing!
