Banned from Google AdSense for Common Mistakes

Banned from Google AdSense Mistake 1 Generating suspicious clicks. It is against Google AdSense TOS to click on your own AdSense advertisements or to get others to click on your advertisements. Note that it is also illegal to solicit clicks from your visitors either verbally, or through your writing. Accidents may sometimes occur, however, and according to the Google AdSense Team, infrequent accidents will not get you into trouble. Here is a list of common suspicious clicks questions and answers by Google. Sometimes, you may also be sabotaged. A third party may decide to do a series of illegal clicks on your advertisements for the purpose of getting you banned. If you notice any suspicious clicks of this nature, Google encourages you to report it to them. Use Google Analytics or other website statistics tracking software to obtain as much information as you can about the suspicious clicks. This will get them banned instead of you. Instead of reporting the incident to Google, some people suggest that it is better to stay under Google's notice and to just temporarily remove Google AdSense advertisements from the locations where there is suspicious activity. After waiting a few days, you can reestablish your advertisements and hopefully your saboteur has found something else to do with his time. It is also possible to both report the clicks to Google, as well as to disable Google AdSense temporarily so that the abuse does not continue to occur while you are waiting for Google's response. Here is a useful post on the Google AdSense forum on how to deal with click-bombing. In addition, check out Google's blog entry on invalid click activity and their Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center. If your Google AdSense account gets banned because of invalid activity, you can appeal to Google using this form. Note - It is also best NOT to 'reward other hubbers' by clicking on their Google AdSense advertisements as that can also be viewed as suspicious clicks. Banned from Google AdSense Mistake 3 Stealing content. Plagiarising content or copying content without permission are also against Google's TOS. Here are some common questions and answers about Google's copyright infringement policy. If the content owner files a valid DMCA report on your online article, you will most likely get your Google AdSense account banned, with no hope of getting it back - ever. Note that copyright infringement does not only apply to text, but also to images, photographs, and graphics, Do not include an image, photo, or graphic unless it is public domain or has an explicit public license (e.g. GNU). Make sure to follow the rules of the public license placed on the image. Images that are not explicitly flagged as public are considered to be copyrighted by the original creator. Do not use any of these images unless you have obtained permission from the original creator. Always attribute all images (public domain, and licensed) back to their site of origin, and to their original author. Note - copyright laws applies to videos, including youTube videos, as well as text and images. Banned from Google AdSense Mistake 4 Generating fake traffic. Do not try to trick Google by generating fake web traffic to your Google AdSense sites. What is fake web traffic? Fake web traffic is anything that generates false impressions on your Google AdSense advertisements, including - Participating in link farms or link exchange directories. Do not link to link farms or link directories or you may not only find your Google AdSense account banned, but also that you have been dereferenced by Google Search. Participating in rank exchange or rank purchasing activities. Do not try to purchase a higher Google search rank from another site. Google is good at tracking down these 'sellers' and when that happens, you will lose your money, your purchased rank, and also your Google AdSense account. Participating in traffic exchange programs. Using doorways, page cloaking and other similar techniques to get higher search engine rankings and to misdirect your visitors.