Adsense account canceled

Not sure why

[r_sarvas]

Does Google ever give a full explanation of why they cancel your account beyond what they send in the email when you try to appeal the decision to kill your account? Considering my lame game related blog site only got up to 5 clicks a day (if that much) on games related adwords that normally made less than 25 cents a day, I'm somewhat confused by the phrase:

<snip>

<paraphrase>invalid clicks</paraphrase>

Not that I was ever likely to break the $100 minimum to get that first check at that rate, but it was an amusing pastime for me to log in every few days and watch the numbers creep upwards. If I知 supposedly committing click fraud, I知 doing a REALLY bad job of it.

Anyone know if I知 ever going to get a reply back from Google? I'm thinking no, but I'm curious if anyone else ran into this sort of problem with a really low click rate site.

[edited by: martinibuster at 1:24 am (utc) on Sep. 26, 2006]
[edit reason] Please see TOS [webmasterworld.com] . [/edit]

[miguelito]

they never give explanations no matter what the size of your site is, that way their criteria etc can not be scrutinised and called into question or argued against.
they leave you in the dark for a good reason ( from their point of view )

[Jafo]

Dare not question the Google overlords.

[Car_Guy]

[google.com...]

[r_sarvas]

That's about what I figured.

[Andreals]

From section 6 of the AdSense TOS:

Google reserves the right to terminate without notice any account that has not generated a sufficient number of valid clicks on Ads or Referral Buttons or valid impressions of Ads (in each case as measured by Google) for a period of two (2) months or more.

[OptiRex]

If I知 supposedly committing click fraud, I知 doing a REALLY bad job of it.

LOL...r_sarvas, this is what happens when one deals with the devil or an automated system...no sense whatsoever at times.

You've not even "defrauded" the system enough to have a beer with your laugh!

[martinibuster]

Here are a couple threads that may be helpful:

Before anything, it's a good idea to read Google's AdSense Policies [google.com] and their Terms and Conditions [google.com].

I've been Reinstated - Adsense has let me Back in
A member recounts their experience at being removed from the AdSense program, but subesequently reinstated when she proved that she was not responsible for false clicks.
[webmasterworld.com...]

What to Do When You are Kicked Out of Adsense
A long step-by-action-step tutorial on your recourse when booted from AdSense
[webmasterworld.com...]

There's not much we can do here to diagnose why you were banned. If you read the above posts you should get a good idea of how to proceed in getting reinstated if you feel you did not break any rules. And make sure you know the rules. ;)

Good luck.