AdSense Account Disabled

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AdSense Account Disabled

eniac

9:19 am on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

I got this message from google today

After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account
poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a
responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due
to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense
account.

So now, what should I do? So far, I did not click even 1 time for my own ads. Somebody in millions web users can do such things, and google can disable account easly.
I do not think this is fair

denisl

9:28 am on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

They are not accusing you of clicking on your ads.

They appear to be saying that they believe something about your site could encourage clicks that are of no use to advertisers.

eniac

9:40 am on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

well. instead of disable account, they can tell or warn us so that we can correct our fault. I still no idea what encourage clicks at my site. :(

pageoneresults

9:54 am on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account poses a risk of generating invalid activity.

Based on your activity here at WebmasterWorld, I'd guess that you have a site built around AdSense? What many of us call an MFA (Made for AdSense)?

"Poses a risk of generating invalid activity."

Did you go a little overboard with your ad unit placement? Do you have ads in areas where navigation usually appears? Are your ads camouflaged and would cause the user to click one not knowing it?

Instead of disable account, they can tell or warn us so that we can correct our fault.

Imagine that. No, it is your responsibility to keep on top of things and to not stretch the limits of AdSense if that is what you've done.

Heh, Google contacting AdSense publishers to warn people? Imagine that!

sid786

12:47 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

Strange. This is scary -- I feel for you.

How many sites do you own? What is the traffic/earnings generated from the main site? You should probably have a look at every page of your main site to see if something, unintentionally, was done which may have disabled your account.

eniac

2:26 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

I run several websites. I just use 2 ad blocks for some pages, not in every page. I never want my visitors to see lots of advertsiments. I want my sites clean and usable for visitors. maybe I am not very good at design pages, but my main purpose is giving valuable information about my field.

Hope they will re-open my account and I will do it more carefully. If they wont, no problem. the life continues with or without adsense :)

netmeg

2:42 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

They may just not like your business model and/or your traffic. That doesn't mean it's not valid, but that it's a bad match for Google. If they think what you're sending them has a low probability of conversion or usefulness for the advertisers, then they don't want to put ads on your site.

I've mostly seen this type of email on sites that publish a large number of syndicated articles, or parked domain "content" solutions. (That's not to say that you fit in this model, it's just what I've seen so far)

StoutFiles

3:55 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

"Poses a risk of generating invalid activity."

Did you go a little overboard with your ad unit placement?

It kills me that Google constantly sends me emails telling to put more ads on my site, which would effectively make it a MFA.

I really wish there were ad programs that could compete with AdSense that aren't difficult to get into for smaller sites.

cien

5:35 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

That's not good. I feel for you Eniac and I felt it home.

[edited by: cien at 5:37 pm (utc) on Mar 28, 2011]

netmeg

5:37 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

I really wish there were ad programs that could compete with AdSense that aren't difficult to get into for smaller sites.

The other side to that is having the good paying advertisers. Even Microsoft doesn't really have that yet.

eniac

5:45 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

Before close my account, Google constantly sent me emails saying put more adsense to increase my revenue.
I did not even do these, just because I did not make my sites full of ads.
Google tells smt
Panda says smt different with G
Adsense Advisors say totally different ( put more ads etc)
and finally closing account system says very different story.
Hey, these are all from Google, but saying contradictory things.

ember

5:55 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

You can have "lots of ads" as long as you also have lots of original content and ads are not placed so as to trick people into clicking on them. And this doesn't sound like you have too many ads; it sounds like maybe Google doesn't like your traffic.

denisl

6:16 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

"Before close my account, Google constantly sent me emails saying put more adsense to increase my revenue.
I did not even do these, just because I did not make my sites full of ads. "

This is what sets Google apart. I don't think you would find anywhere else in business where a company would appear to be strongly encouraging you to do something which they may just use against you in the future.

A reminder to the rest of us, we have to do what we think is correct for our site regarding the TOS, and not take too much notice of those emails we get encouraging us to use more ads.

I wonder if those adsensers who are big enough to have access to a rep get encouraged in the same way - can anyone here answer that one?

netmeg

8:49 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

Having lots and lots of experience with dealing with huge companies (and government offices too) it does not surprise me in the least that the left hand of Google is unaware (and possibly unapproving) of what the right hand is doing. In fact, I'd say it's almost to be expected.

BillyS

9:56 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

This is what sets Google apart. I don't think you would find anywhere else in business where a company would appear to be strongly encouraging you to do something which they may just use against you in the future.

I must have missed it... when did the OP state the account was disabled because of too many ads?

ember

10:33 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

I must have missed it... when did the OP state the account was disabled because of too many ads?

Exactly. He didn't. He said he has gotten emails telling him to add more ads, but he didn't. The disable email says he lost the account due to "invalid activity," which could come from low quality traffic or malicious activity. It doesn't sound like too many ads is the problem.

cien

11:42 pm on Mar 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

Not really invalid activity but "possessing a risk" of generating any invalid activity.

poses a risk of generating invalid activity.

Could be the way ads are displayed that facilitates accidental clicks, too much blending, type of content, who knows.

Broadway

2:54 am on Mar 29, 2011 (gmt 0)

Does Adsense really send out emails suggesting placing more units? (I guess I don't bother reading their mail).

I've had two "telephone consults" over the years, and yes that's exactly what they did suggest. Place more ads (primarily image ads).

My point here is, one reason I participated in my last "consultation" was simply so I could ask the representative if my site was in compliance (not just number of ads but also the manner in which they were displayed).