It all started when i needed to "test" my ads after learning a few optimization tricks to blend relevant high paying keywords into my blog. After testing the click i made, i went on to see how much i could be earning with every one click, not bad $1.54 per click! That $1.54 never came and i got slapped by Google right after the click was made and an email from Google states that they have found out that i have violated their TOS and they will have to suspend my account and payout.
I reapplied almost 1 year later and was lucky to be approved for the second time and this time around i was smart enough to use scripts that allow me to hide ads away from my own blog, so that i will avoid clicking on my own ads.
Why Owners click on their own ads?
There are 101 reasons for an owner to click on their own ads and 1 of the very common reason or mistakes made is when they are tweaking their own blog layout. Accidental click happens when you are optimizing or tweaking your layout because it requires refreshing every moment, you might end up clicking on your own ads and that is when you got to think what you can do to let Google handle that click which might be suspected of a click-fraud and worse it might led to your account being suspended.
If ever you caught yourself accidentally clicking on your ads, contact Google Straight away, this tells Google team your situation and of course providing them with the relevant information on the time and date of your click is important.
Prevent yourself from accidentally clicking on your own ads
I have managed to digg up some archive information on how you can use free script to prevent yourself from accidentally clicking on your ads.
Firefox-GreaseMonkey Adsense Prevention
This script was developed by Michael Hampton and in order to implement it, you require and greasemonkey to apply the script. Installing the script is a breeze and it will popup with a box to ask for your Adsense ID which can be found on your adsense account or you can "right click on your blog" --> "View Source" --> "Look out for your google adsense code and find this code PUB-XXXXXXX".
The Preventive Measures
suggested these 4 precautions to take before testing your Google ads:
1. Instead of using Adsense code, add a static graphic (jpg image) with the same dimesions as your adsense code. (Google itself provides static images of various .)
2. Modify the value of google_ad_client to something like "pub-googleIamTesting"
3. Add another line to Google Adsense code google_adtest = "on"; Don't forget the semicolon.
4. Though there is no official comment, it is safer to remove the google_ad_channel variable.
Pay to guard yourself from Clicking
Ksoft developed Senseguard which claims to be able to protect your adsense account from You! Accidentally clicks happens all the time, its just a matter or when and how it is going to happen. Senseguard works by temporarily hiding all Adsense ads in your web browser.
It's technique is confirmed to be safe to use by the Google Adsense team. You can do a demo trial for free but if you decide on using the full version be prepared to fork out $19.95 for this software utility.
11 Responses to "How to Prevent Google From Suspending Your Adsense Account"
October 24, 2007 8:29 PM
well,thats indeed a comprehensive list to prevent ourselves from getting banned from adsense,etienne.but I will always use the age old advice.Prevention of clicking is better than cure!
October 25, 2007 12:37 AM
Very good information for anyone using Google Adsense. Thanks for the valuable info.
I just got my greasemonkey and script installed, thanks for the tips!
October 27, 2007 1:25 AM
Don't anyhow try clicking on ads yourself like him ah... It's so risky especially when you first started your blog where Google Adsense is more likely to be your number one choice to monetize your blog before you move on to something better such as private ads and reviews...
November 2, 2007 7:20 AM
I use firefox and I can't see my own adsense on my blog..
http://daily-rambler.blogspot.com
I don't have any 3rd party apps for this type of thing...
Weird.
November 2, 2007 11:32 AM
brad, what you are missing is the extensions, they need to be installed, you don't find them on your firefox, because there are thousands of applications,within my post, there is a link to the extension, download and install and restart, ready to go.
November 8, 2008 6:46 AM
WHY WHY WHY WHY ????
Hello,
While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense
account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers. Since
keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our
advertisers in the future, we have decided to disable your account.
Please understand that we consider this a necessary step to protect the
interests of both our advertisers and our other AdSense publishers. We
realise the inconvenience that this may cause you and we thank you in
advance for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have any questions about your account or the actions that we have
taken, please do not reply to this email. You can find more information by
visiting
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
November 8, 2008 6:47 AM
why why why why why ???
Hello,
While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense
account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers. Since
keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our
advertisers in the future, we have decided to disable your account.
Please understand that we consider this a necessary step to protect the
interests of both our advertisers and our other AdSense publishers. We
realise the inconvenience that this may cause you and we thank you in
advance for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have any questions about your account or the actions that we have
taken, please do not reply to this email. You can find more information by
visiting
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
April 20, 2009 8:26 PM
my adsense account was banned about 2 months ago. I had appealed 3 times but no response from the team.
Should i appeal again or not? any one got back his/her account ever?
December 26, 2009 3:51 PM
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January 9, 2010 2:32 PM
I'm having problems connecting to my router. I enter the IP address into the address box, and Google takes over and searches the internet for that IP address...I can't seem to get it to stop, and it won't take me to the router menu.
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