Today I have received a response from Google to my appeal, sent due to the blocking of my AdSense account by Google.
Hello,
Thank you for your appeal.
After receiving your response, we re-reviewed your account data
thoroughly. We have reconfirmed that invalid clicks were generated on the
ads on your site in violation of our Terms and Conditions and program
policies.https://www.google.com/adsense/terms
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies
We have these policies in place to help ensure the effectiveness of Google
ads for our publishers as well as our advertisers. According to our policy
on this matter, we are unable to reinstate you into the program.As you may know, publishers disabled for invalid click activity are not
allowed any further participation in AdSense. For this reason, you may not
open a new account.Please bear in mind that subsequent or duplicate appeals may not be
considered and you may not receive any further communication from us. We
appreciate your understanding.Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
So, they confirm that “invalid clicks were generated” by my website. Oh yes, I became suddenly rich thanks to the 50$/month I got from Google. They don’t explain what the problem was and, if my fault, how to correct it.
After reading through the terms and conditions, I thought that a possible cause could be the menu items on the blue bar up here. They are made to quick search through my blog specific subjects like Nokia, Apple and so on. I have just verified that those searches were made through the code I got from the Google search box on the right. Since there was my publisher ID inside the links, I think I was earning money thanks to those links so maybe they consider them invalid clicks. Money? Cents I think, since I’ve verified that those links received just a few clicks in the last month.
Ok, if I’m right (but I don’t know since they don’t explain the problem to me) I can change the behavior of the bar (I did it already). I don’t want to earn money from those links, but just offer to my visitors a quick way to find specific posts on specific subjects.
All this said, I think what happened is really a shame. There are REAL people frauding companies which invest in Google AdWords and it seems that the only available solution is blocking forever accounts owned by respectable publishers.
This event just showed me how Google AdSense engine is weak. A lot of money is spent by advertisers to get nothing in return.
Google, I’m really disappointed about that.
UPDATE: since I’ve moved to a new domain and registered a new adsense account with the name of my wife, AdSense is back to this blog.
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io avevo oltre 300$ che mi dovevano mettere in pagamento bruciati nel nulla Se non bastasse, c’è pure questo post di Tagliaerbe ripreso su oneMarketing. Abbiamo a suo tempo parlato di chi con AdSense ci ha guadagnato. L’esperienza di Luca (qui il resoconto sul suo blog) è un esempio contrario: introiti mancati, un allontanamento senza motivazioni e senza appello, un certo fastidio per un comportamento poco trasparente. A quanto pare i bannati non sarebbero pochi. Ce n’è qualcuno da queste
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