Google AdSense, being the choice of most publishers, turned out to banning multiple sites without any good reason. One of my sites, Pinoy Slang, is utilizing Google AdSense. On site, I have three ad slots: 468×60, 234×60 and 300×250, respectively. After years of running AdSense, I got an email from Google telling me that my account is suspended. There’s no explanation, no good reason, no warning, and only vague message telling me that my account is suspended:
This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not
accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
——————————Hello,After reviewing our records, we’ve determined that your AdSense account
poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a
responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due
to invalid activity, we’ve found it necessary to disable your AdSense
account. Your outstanding balance and Google’s share of the revenue will
both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.
Please understand that we need to take such steps to maintain the
effectiveness of Google’s advertising system, particularly the
advertiser-publisher relationship. We understand the inconvenience that
this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and
cooperation.
If you have any questions or concerns about the actions we’ve taken, how
you can appeal this decision, or invalid activity in general, you can find
more information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,The Google AdSense Team
I logged in and found out that my account is really suspended. I got embarrassed, of course. After all the hard works, utilization of clean SEO, linking my site to related sites, spreading the word to friends through Facebook, then in no time, my site visitors as well as hits goes up tremendously. Probably, this is the only reason Google banned my account. I did contact them, enclosed with appeal data they require, and told them I did not violate any of their terms. So, they replied with the following message:
Hello,
This message confirms that we’ve received your appeal submission.We’ll get to your appeal as soon as we can, though due to the high volume
of emails we receive, it may take us up to a week or more to process it.
If you’ve previously submitted an appeal for this account, you might not
receive a response to this or future appeals.
Also, please be aware that appealing the disabling of your AdSense account
does not guarantee that it will be reinstated.
If you have any questions or concerns about accounts disabled for invalid
activity, please visit
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Hours later, I received a follow-up message from Google AdSense Team:
Hello,
This message confirms that we’ve received your appeal submission.We’ll get to your appeal as soon as we can, though due to the high volume
of emails we receive, it may take us up to a week or more to process it.
If you’ve previously submitted an appeal for this account, you might not
receive a response to this or future appeals.
Also, please be aware that appealing the disabling of your AdSense account
does not guarantee that it will be reinstated.
If you have any questions or concerns about accounts disabled for invalid
activity, please visit
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
After 18 days of waiting, they sent me another ambiguous message:
Hello,
Thank you for your appeal. We appreciate the additional information you’ve
provided, as well as your continued interest in the AdSense program.
However, after thoroughly re-reviewing your account data and taking your
feedback into consideration, our specialists have confirmed that we’re
unable to reinstate your AdSense account.
As a reminder, if you have any questions or concerns about your account,
the actions we’ve taken, or invalid activity in general, you can find more
information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
I got disappointed that time and stopped asking them why my account is suspended. I thought Google AdSense Team was doing a good job to maintain dedicated publishers. But the truth is, they don’t even care. I am not pointing my finger to Google as a whole but to the team responsible with Google AdSense publishers.
I didn’t stop serving ads though. I tried other platforms like adBrite, BidVertiser and Chitika. BidVertiser is doing good so far and I still have to watch its performance for the coming months. Chitika, on the other hand, generates good income and I am recommending it as a total replacement or accompaniment to Google AdSense.
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