How I Got Paid $250 for
Reporting an Adsense
Cheater!
By Chris Williams
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Let me tell you a story about
karma and how I made $250 by
reporting an Adsense cheater!
It started when I came upon a
web site where some kid was
blatantly breaking the rules by
asking his buddies to click on his
Adsense ads.
This has got to be one of my
biggest pet peeves! Why do
people think they can break the
rules at the expense of other
peoples' AdWords budgets?
So I did what a lot of people
do... I contacted Google!
I figured Google would shut this
punk down immediately. Boy was
I wrong!
Every time I went back to this
kid's web site the message asking
his friends to click the ads were
still there! This went on for a few
weeks and I really started to get
ticked off at the lack of response
on Google's part.
So I decided to take matters into
my own hands.
I used this software I created
called "Google Sponsor
Lister" (You can get it at
AdsenseSchool.com) to find
every sponsor who was targeting
this kid's niche.
I contacted each sponsor directly
and told them there was a
chance their ads were being
displayed on a cheater's site. I
figured if THEY complained to
Google, something would
happen!
Well I guess I was right! One of
the sponsors emailed me back
two days later and said:
"I want to thank you for pointing
out the kids
clicking on my ads. I turned it
over to my Google
rep, and he called today to let
me know Google is
disabling their account. Also, he
said Google is
crediting me a decent amount
for fraudulent clicks
over the last quarter. What's
your address? I'd like
to send you a little thank you
gift."
How awesome is that? I was so
excited! Not because he was
going to send me a "thank you
gift"... but because I figured out
how to get that punk shut down!
It's funny how Google shut this
kid down in TWO DAYS because
a sponsor contacted them but
when I had been trying for
weeks, nothing happened.
Makes you think...
Anyway... I told him he didn't
have to thank me and he
definitely didn't need to send me
a gift. I was just happy to know I
saved him a couple bucks and
this punk got his account
canceled.
He replied with the following...
"Thanks again. I actually spend
several hundred
thousand dollars a month on
Google, so at least they
responded to me quickly. Also,
the rebate they gave
me was fairly substantial (several
thousand). I'd
really like to buy you an Amazon
gift certificate or
an iPod or something if you'd
like to tell me how to
send it to you, because I don't
think I would have
been proactive about this if you
hadn't contacted me.
Either way, it's great that you're
being a good
samaritan."
SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS?
I thought I saved him a couple
bucks at most!
I was floored when I read that
because I knew Adsense cheaters
hurt sponsors but I never
thought it was that bad!
So I told him if he REALLY
wanted to send me an iPod or
an Amazon gift certificate, I
wouldn't stop him! ;-)
He ended up sending me an
Amazon.com gift certificate
worth $250!
Long story short... I am now a
true believer in Karma! :-D
I think this teaches us a couple
important lessons...
First, telling Google about
Adsense cheaters is fruitless...
but informing the sponsors, and
asking them to contact Google,
works immediately!
And second, ripping off
AdWords sponsors is big
business. Don't think for a
second it's a victimless crime!
Oh and now I'm a true believer
in Karma!
Maybe you won't make $250...
but at the very least you'll help
get rid of another Adsense thief
and save a business owner some
money!
For more information about
Adsense, check out http://
www.AdsenseSchool.com where
you will find exclusive software,
hard hitting lessons, in depth
videos, daily tips, Adsense
experiments, and more!
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