How do I find out if I have been banned?

[superclown2]

I found today that I cannot log on to my adsense account, the page merely refreshes when I click the logon button with no error message. Also none of my Google ads are now showing. I have received no message from Google about this.

I spent a lot of time yesterday blocking 'competitive' URLs; they weren't competitive really but they were producing ads which were not relevant to my site. I also opted out of showing ads supplied by their new partners.

There are two points I would be really grateful to have advice on: firstly, how do I find out whether or not my account has been closed, and secondly is it possible to contact anyone at Google about it? I have not, to the best of my knowledge, done anything which is against their TOS.

[Christopher H]

I sometimes get an issue where you click login and see a blank screen, you have to hit refresh a few times to get it to log on properly.

[nomis5]

The point of most concern is that none of your Google ads are showing.

I would clear out your competitive filter, restore the other settings to their previous state and see if the ads return.

If they don't return in 12 hours then contact Google.

[superclown2]

"I would clear out your competitive filter, restore the other settings to their previous state and see if the ads return."

Love to, but to do that I need to logon, and I can't.

[netmeg]

Check your spam filter for any emails. Try logging in with a different browser, or from a different computer.

[wyweb]

Check your gmail account as well.

[superclown2]

Thanks to you all for the suggestions but I've tried every one of them without success. Am I right in saying that there should be an error message if I tried to login to a banned account?

[LifeinAsia]

Also try clearing your cookies & browser cache then try logging in again.

[wyweb]

Am I right in saying that there should be an error message if I tried to login to a banned account?

No, because there isn't any error. At least not in google's eyes.

Fortunately I can't speak from personal experience. However, I've read enough "I've been banned and didn't do anything wrong so what should I do now" threads to make me puke. A common theme in all of them is:

1) Ads not showing
2) Can't login
3) Vague email citing National Security issues.

You're seeing 2 of the 3.

Might be time to start looking for alternate revenue sources.