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AdSense is a fantastic product
that has provided many
webmasters with a decent
income. Some webmasters have
even become millionaires on
AdSense income alone.
It is understandable that Google
are very strict when it comes to
fraud. Webmasters who click on
their own ads aren't stealing
from Google they're stealing
from the advertiser who has
placed the ad with Google. If
Google weren't hot on finding
and banning fraudsters their
AdWord customer base would
diminish as advertisers lost all
faith in the scheme and choose
another online advertising
strategy.
Sometimes however Google gets
it wrong and ban someone from
their scheme who is innocent.
Once Google ban you from
AdSense it is notoriously difficult
to prove your innocence and get
accepted back onto the scheme.
It may be difficult but it's not
impossible.
How do I know this?
Well I was banned incorrectly by
Google from AdSense and
managed to prove my
innocence, get reinstated and
have been earning decent
AdSense money ever since. If
you find yourself in the same
position hopefully reading my
story will help you get re-
instated on the AdSense
programme.
OK lets start at the beginning. I'd
built my first website and applied
for AdSense. I didn't hear
anything for three weeks so I
asked them if I could have an
update via the Google website.
Within 48 hours they sent the
following reply.
Hello Paul Middleton,
Your AdSense account was
found to be related to an
account previously disabled
for invalid click activity and
we have therefore disabled
your account.
Publishers disabled for
invalid click activity are not
allowed further
participation in AdSense and
do not receive any further
payment.
The earnings on your
account will be properly
returned to the affected
advertisers.
As outlined in our
programme Terms and
Conditions, Google reserves
the right to terminate any
publisher's participation at
any time.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Well I can assure you I was
surprised and a bit upset. I'd
never had an AdSense account
in my life so how could my
account be related to anything
let alone an account previously
disabled for invalid click activity!
I was at a loss. What could I do?
I knew I was innocent but
Google obviously thought
otherwise. Google don't provide
a phone support line so I had no
one to ask.
I trawled the AdSense forums for
answers and various theories
were given some seemed a bit
far-fetched but one stuck a
chord. 'Possibly the previous
owner of your domain was guilty
of click fraud and now your
domain is blacklisted'. This made
some sense as I'd only
purchased the domain a few
weeks earlier. This had to be it.
I then thought of a reply that
would go some way to proving
my innocence and ended up
sending the following.
Hi guys,
Thanks for the reply.
I have never had an active
AdSense account so it can
not have been me that had
the 'invalid click activity'.
My only thought is that a
previous owner of the
domain
makingonlinemoney.com
had their account disabled
for this??
Please see the whois data
below which shows that I
have only owned the
domain since May this year.
The domain was available
and I have no idea who
owned it before me. I can
get godaddy.com to confirm
this if required.
I am keen to try the
AdSense programme and
can assure you I will fully
respect your Terms and
Conditions and programme
policies if accepted onto
your scheme.
I would ask therefore that
you enable the account if
my site meets your criteria.
If you have any further
questions regarding my
ownership of the
makingonlinemoney.com
domain please let me know.
As I said I will be happy to
get further confirmation
from godaddy.com if
required.
Thanks & Rgds, Paul.
I didn't get a reply for a week so
I resent the above email. The
next day I got the following from
Google.
Re: Disapproved application.
Hello Paul,
Thank you for your email.
We apologise if the prior
disapproval of your
application was made in
error.
We've now reviewed and
approved your application.
Please check for a separate
application approval email
for your records. The
approval email also includes
detailed instructions on how
to access your new account
and get started.
Great!! I was in and able to start
making money with the AdSense
scheme.
So what is my advice to people
who get banned from AdSense
incorrectly?
I have four points of advice for
anyone unfortunate enough to
be in the same position as me.
1. Be patient. - AdSense is
constantly growing in terms of
participants and the AdSense
team gets thousands of requests
a day regarding their scheme.
Don't be to upset if you don't
hear back from them in 48
hours. If a week has passed since
your communication resend.
2. Be polite! - Quite often I hear
of people banned from AdSense
who go in with all guns blazing. I
can understand that people are
angry and frustrated by being
accused of something they didn't
do but remember you're dealing
with human beings. Human
beings don't react positively to
being ordered to do something
or worse verbally abused. To
increase your chances of a
positive outcome be firm but
polite at all times.
3. Provide evidence to back up
your innocence. - If possible
include evidence to help prove
your innocence. I included my
'whois' data for my domain to
prove I had only owned the
domain a few weeks. I also
offered to provide any further
information they required.
4. Never give up! If you're
innocent don't give up. If after
emailing them several times using
the above techniques you don't
get anywhere find the details of
Google's head office for your
area (use Google!) give them a
call and ask to speak to the
AdSense team. Write letters offer
to meet them in person.
If you've been banned from
AdSense and it was your fault
the above technique won't work.
There is however a common
sense of getting back in to the
scheme that has worked in the
past for people caught cheating.
That's another article though.
Paul Middleton is a successful
Internet entrepreneur. He shares
some of his secrets on his
website where he shows people
how you can make money online
working from home
. Included are details of how you
can have an adsense business
.
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