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Adsense explained that my adsense code violated their terms and conditions on another site I do not own.
I am very worried because they've explained that if this happens again my account will be shut down, however they disabled ads displaying on this reported site.
The biggest problem is I did not or request my adsense code published on such site, and therefor I can only say that someone else put the code either with a robot or intentionaly to get me banned.
I am sure that this will not be only case in time , as more sites use other content and fail to remove adsense ID from the adsense code.
It has come to my attention that this will effect everyone using Adsense in time and that Adsense stated if this happens again my account will be closed.
What did i do? Nothing.
Can we help to prevent this? No.
What do we do? Pray?
What did i do? Nothing.
You didn't even explain the situation to them as you've explained it here?
That i dont own the site they've blocked.. that im happy? c'mon dude I'm scared I'll lose my adsense account over this!
I have a feeling there is either a bug here, or he's switched adsense code to get a further competitor out of adsense.
Weird Stuff and deffinately worrying.
Unless you know you're up to no good on this or something else, why would you not just explain the situation as it is and that you have no connection with the other site?
If you ARE keeping something under your hat then you've been very foolish and G is smarter than you.
Rgds
Damon
No what would i say?
That i dont own the site they've blocked?
Yes, why not? I don't understand your reluctance.
So if they really gave you the url to that other site, then obviously they know for a fact that it is you owning both accounts, otherwise it would be a major screvv up on their side to reveal such information.
How the hell have i done somthing wrong? and if I had been doing somthing wrong do you think I'd complain about it like this?
LOOK... i read the topic about publisher id's and now it just happens that days after I got a dreaded Your ID was used on another site, we blocked it , and if you continue we'll ban you e-mail.
THE PART that gets me is the fact that I do not own the other site that my ads have been placed on.
AND there is none of my ads on that page?
THEY blame me for somthing I've not done , and all I have ever done to comply with google is not to break any of the rules and copy and paste my CODE on their pages and enjoy a EFT every month.
[edited by: jatar_k at 12:04 am (utc) on Jan. 13, 2007]
If google has confused the site as my own, then I'm not so happy, because if this is the case, then it is clear the domain ip and my domain ip are not the same, and that i've never visited the site prior to this situation, so it is to my best interest to be concirned and not what you said about 'owning both domains by fact'.
If i did own both sites, do you really think I'd accuse anyone of using my adsense publisher ID and warning anyone who takes it for granted that this can happen and will happen to more just by bad luck more than anything.
I feel victimized, afraid of having my adsense code on the net, and upset that google doesn't prevent using your adsense code on other sites (which you don't own!)
Flaw in the google system is that when you've got an account you can't tell them which site's you legitmetly own , and what sites arn't yours who may be used to exploit your code!.
[edited by: jatar_k at 12:03 am (utc) on Jan. 13, 2007]
I run legit site and have been for years, so why would I have to say anything to google when google has already explained to me that they found my code on a site and blocked it.
You don't have to, anymore than you should explain to the police that you couldn't possibly have stolen the squishee from the quickee mart if they claim you did. Since the consequences of explaining or not explaining all fall on your shoulders, it's up to you.
[edited by: jatar_k at 12:10 am (utc) on Jan. 13, 2007]
In reality I dont own the site they've told me i own, and in the end that is the real problem, what i say to google means nothing here, the purpose of me telling you all about this is to enlighten you all and to show the flaw of running adsense on your site for years.. that one day someone will copy your adsense publisher id to their website, and google state clearly "you can copy your code to your other sites without informing us" therefor, google assume the offending site is yours.
End of Conversation on my behalf, my explaination or answers to your questions arn't really relevent here..
if being legit and chillin with a can of coke results in suspension over someone elses wrong doign with your ID then this world, this service, truely is ironic.
And if you want to find out more, go ask a friend to copy your pub id to a porn site and enjoy. ;) you'll see?
I believe your post is against the tos of ww, but in case you want to figure out what's going on, maybe the url in google's note can tell you the story.
If you can explain what the "?" marks stand for without breaking tos, it might be useful in figuring out whether this is a case of scraping, framing, hijacking, or some other possibility. Clearly,
[?.com...]
is not a "normal" url. You may have stumbled upon a google bug, and if for that reason only, I think you owe it to yourself, and others to discuss this further with google. Maybe you can prevent this from happening to you and others in the future. And protect yourself.
(if you can explain that url further, I'm sure some wizards here can figure out what's happened). Also looking at the source code of the page(s) and even the headers might be useful.
Just don't think the site which has now a new Adsense publisher ID should be 'advertised' on the web.
*Shall i post his pub id that I discovered he has now changed his ads to?* -irony.
The chances are the ads on his site are someone elses pub ID in the same situation as I was ...
and if the ads are reported what then? ...
can you see a possible loop?
The site in question is a blog site and it's domain is trying to obtain search traffic with hypthens between the domain keyword names.
i took out the real domain to comply more with WW replacing it with a '?'Just don't think the site which has now a new Adsense publisher ID should be 'advertised' on the web.
I understand. If you EXPLAIN what the various?'s represent in each spot, it would help. Obviously the questions marks stand for different things. You can explain, without being so specific as to identify the site.
Here's an example: [?.com...]
(you might explain it like this)
the first part http...is the main domain
The second question mark appears to be part of a php or dynamic string
The third is:
the fourth one resembles the url of one of my web pages
Someone really good at urls and patterns used for evil means should be able to tell you pretty closely what's happened, and that in turn may tell you how and why google has "erred" in assuming the site is yours.
Keyword Search engine based word attempt, taking advantage of keyword-keyword..
Second part :
Keyword
Third part :
A domain they wanted to target - com (popular niche)
Forth part :
Another domain they wanted to target - category - com
No part of the site/domain/content is any way reflected on my domain/pages. the whois information brings up:
<removed>
Which is available publicly to anyone.
Not only that but the Pub ID on this page doesnt even match his new pub id on his scam page?!
This guy is blatently trying to scam hard working sites out of business.
His site name explains his scam "Search Finds" using the same method in his other domain.
if you click any link on his site you'll find its a MFA
[edited by: jatar_k at 1:54 am (utc) on Jan. 13, 2007]
[edit reason] removed specifics [/edit]
Another domain they wanted to target - category - com
Could you explain what you mean by a domain they want to target?
(I'm really curious here...if you want to pm me the url, I won't distribute it to anyone, but I will take a look.
Now you're the second person ever to be threatened with having their account terminated due to having their publisher ID stolen. It's almost hard to believe one person could be so unlucky.
