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« Reply #2 on: Apr 25, 2006, 10:16:54 PM »
Hello E. X.,
It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled your Google AdSense account. Please understand that this step was taken in an effort to protect the interest of the AdWords advertisers.
A publisher's site may not have invalid clicks on any ad(s), including but not limited to clicks generated by:
- a publisher on his own web pages - a publisher encouraging others to click on his ads - automated clicking programs or any other deceptive software - a publisher altering any portion of the ad code or changing the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reason
Practices such as these are in violation of the Google AdSense Terms and Conditions and program polices, which can be viewed at:
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.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
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« Reply #3 on: Apr 25, 2006, 10:26:01 PM »
This is called click fraud. If you haven't clicked on your ads, then you can send them an email, otherwise don't bother at all.
It is very difficult to get unbanned from adsense (at least this is what I hear from others that have been banned)
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« Reply #4 on: Apr 25, 2006, 10:30:24 PM »
I think i must have clicked them. I am not sure. I had changed site and i used the same code to my new without telling them. Do you think that this is a reason for banning me?
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« Reply #5 on: Apr 25, 2006, 10:34:07 PM »
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I had changed site and i used the same code to my new without telling them. Do you think that this is a reason for banning me?
No this is not a reason to get banned, and actually it is very legal to do this, but clicking on your ads even once is a reason to get banned....
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« Reply #6 on: Apr 25, 2006, 10:37:53 PM »
i see. it is a bit difficult to forget the best ppc program... maybe i will send them an e-mail asking them to accept me again.
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« Reply #7 on: Apr 25, 2006, 11:07:49 PM »
Hi,
It happens to me that I click on ads on my site too:
1. to know who is the concurrent advertiser 2. during development (miss my real click target)
I think its diff. if you click to often on the ads on your website. I know that if click on ads via sites on my local server the click is counted but there will no money paid.
So if you get banned then there is more happend then a few innocent clicks...
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« Reply #8 on: Apr 26, 2006, 10:08:50 AM »
hello xnontas
when did you get the email? was it a weekend?
if it was a weekend, someone might have clicked on your ads many times using the same ip that could have triggered their click fraud algorithm. you see, they hold no office during weekends and holidays so they have this algorithm to keep an eye for fraudulent clicks. send them an email. you might have a chance to unban your account since they will manually take a peek at it.
if it was otherwise, they now send warning emails first to those publishers suspected of commiting click fraud before banning their account.
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