
Many bloggers are getting their Google Adsense account terminated when they have done nothing wrong to deserve the punishment. Considering the money that they are getting from Adsense, they would certainly want to get back into it.
Considering the money to be made with Adsense, it is no wonder that they would want to get back into it. It is that same consideration why the Google Adsense click fraud is thought of and why many people are getting into it.
Click fraud is the act of clicking on ads for the purpose of costing the advertiser money. It is simply the same as paying out cash for false leads. Many bloggers, including myself are aware of this fraud and are sharing the same sentiment that this is the one big problem that Adsense is facing.
How do you prevent being involved in this fraud?
Majority of webhosts are offering access logs. Once this is offered to you, it is necessary that you hand it over to Google as well. This allows them to look for any suspicious activity on your site. Problems like this are very serious and giving it to them is saying that you would want to help them in any way you can in solving the problem.
It can also help if you have a click monitoring software. If you do not have one yet, you should try and get one. There is absolutely no major factor preventing you from having one because most of this software is free. As usual, all the information you have received should be turned over to Google. This is showing Google that you too are fighting against click frauds and is in no way a part of it. Study your server logs and watch for any activity that seems suspicious. Report anything that you may find odd, may it big or small thing.
You may want to consider disabling ads for your own IP address and local geographic area. This will certainly prevent accidents and will not make Google mistake another user as you. You can do through a htaccess file. This will avoid Google mistaking as clicking on your own ads and be kicked out because of it.
Keep your Adsense off on pop ups and pop unders. Your ads should not be displayed on content sites that promote illegal activity or tampering of the legal rights of other people or business. Included in this are the content that is considered adult and gambling ones. If you think that you may be breaking this rule, immediately remove your content or Adsense from the web page.
Be truthful and confess up to Google about times when you might have clicked on your own as, whether accidentally or intentionally. Or the times when you have done something that is against the Terms of Service that they are implementing. Be honest about anything that you may have done that is wrong. Confessing is way better than Google learning about it eventually. It would mean eventual termination and no getting back what you have worked so hard for.
Do not tell your family or friends about Adsense on your website. Chances are they may start clicking on them to help you make money without you knowing it. They may be doing more harm to you than help by trying it in the first place.
If ever someone you know chanced upon your Adsense, make sure they understand that they cannot click on your ads under any circumstances. It would be wise to brief them on important things about Adsense and what not to do with them.
Most pay per click networks have different measures in hand to protect website owners against click frauds. Other search engines can track more than 50 data points, IP address, browser’s information, user’s session info and pattern recognition. They also have “systems” available that detects fraud. Not to mention the specialized teams monitoring how things are going and helping advertisers stop click frauds.
Google offers suggestion on how to avoid click fraud. Using “negative keywords” can be used to keep your Adsense showing on products and services that are in no way related to yours. Adding tracking URLs to your links so you can track the traffic coming from Google.
Do not be caught in the Google click fraud. Be aware and be wary.
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Great article about Google Adsense. Thank Ben!
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Welcome Toan.
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i certainly agree with you because he did provide a lot of decent points worth noting
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Man, there’s so much fraud these days in Internet Marketing… why can’t folks just work hard and do the right thing? The easy way out always comes back to bite ya!
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Yeah you gain something that’s not yours, you lose something!
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well think of it in this way people want things fast therefore they would do something fraudulent in order to achieve fast results make sense
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It is not just fraud these days, here’s what I got almost everyday from MyBlogLog, people start sending message one after another asking you to click their ads and they do the same to yours… so pathetic …
Worst even some people in Blog Caterlog created groups that share clicks of the Google ads, just like you click mind in how many days and I click yours in certain dates, so Google won’t find out… how pathetic
I think this people will never get rich anywhere on the internet with such pathetic mind….
Their greatest punishment: they never succeed online ! period.
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I’ve gotten this same message on mybloglog–someone who added me as a contact then sent me a message saying they were gonna click on my ads but I didn’t have any at the time..I didn’t even try to reciprocate the action..
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Almost every social network has groups like this now; it really is sad.
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I mean how much can you get from these exchanges?
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Never be tempted its got to be a mugs game
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My adsense account got suspended just after 2 months but the reason given by Google was “my account posed a risk to others”. Not sure what I did and it was never explained to me. I tried to appeal for reinstatement but was rejected. That was more than a year ago. Google seems to be above the law. Any good ideas what I should do.
Hey Ben were you MIA, I sent you a few emails but didn’t get a response. I was waiting for your response on Thur on my last post. Oh well you probably was tied up with things.
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Sorry about that Peter. Yeah indeed I was held up by some personal matters again. Now I am back with a whole load of energy.
Keep me informed for the next one and I will be sure to be part of it.
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I’ve never used PPC or Ad Sense, but knowing some folks who do— I know that click fraud is a big problems these days.
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of course it is because people are trying to cheat the systems and when you do you get terminated as simple as that
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I’m confused with one sentence:
“If ever someone you know chanced upon your Adsense, make sure they understand that they cannot click on your ads under any circumstances”
-What if my friend who somehow knew about my site decided to click on an ad that interested him/her? I mean, I didnt tell them to click or look for anything except for my website, so what should stop them from browsing and taking up offers that might interest them??
I’ve also noticed a lot of people going to other PPC companies instead of google. I wonder if that is by choice, or because of click fraud.
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Aman, that shouldn’t be a problem at all and from the behavior of that friend Google would not find it to be strange. The fact that the click came out of an actual interest would have that friend act just like everyone else that has a genuine interest and therefore it wouldn’t appear strange in any way.
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Hey Ben,
Thanks for posting this. This is an issue that everyone should be aware of. It’s a serious issue and not one to take lightly. I would be very disheartened if I were to learn that my account was closed due to “suspicious” activity. I have around $76 built up right now, so I’m just counting the days till I get that check finally.
I noticed a few days ago that I received clicks but for some reason I never got any money from them. What would be the reason for that?
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I agree with you! Never tell your family, friends about your blog or website, Google Adsense as well. Sometimes they don’t even know what is Google Adsense, if you tell them Adsense can makes you money, they will keep clicking on the ads and they thought that they’ve helped you, but they made you die indirectly.
Good advices Ben!
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Lee
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I’m soo tired of people trying to cheat the system, and make it worse for the people who are using adsense properly…
I recently reported a website user who had a popular youtuber ask their audience to click on their site’s ads..
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There are some people on BlogCatalog.com that would go to your blog and click your ads a lot of times, and then ask you to do the same on theirs. This is bad because you did not ask that person in the first place.
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They think they can exploit the system.
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the sad thing is my google adsense account has been suspended as well and for some reason i have no idea to what caused this to happen and their reason is the samething as the other guy that i was posing a risk to the adword users and it may have happened because of these types of individuals that say they would click on your ads as long as you click on theirs but its unfair as to why you can’t win your appeal and that they can disable your account at anytime and for any reason and all of the money you accumulated is lost in the process
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I’ve read that someone actually sued Google and won the lawsuit and got his money back (about $700). But there was no mention of them reinstating his account. I think Google may still suspend that account because they are protected by a clause in the terms of service.
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I’d be happy with that settlement. If anything you can just open up a new account, or isn’t that possible?
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http://www.directsaleswebmarketing.com/google-sued-closing-adsense-account/
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Hi Dennis,
Thanks for posting that link. It’s very interesting to say the least. That question you have at the end is intriguing indeed.
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Man thats just too bad..
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I feel that Google will end up with a lawsuit on their hands. If you have not taken advantage of the system and at least have a reasonable appeal, and they still don’t bother to listen or at least give you your hard earned money, then to me they’re stealing. But then they’re Google and they can do what they want and get away with it… or can they?
Seems like too many people are running into this problem, and perhaps you should all banned together and find a solution.
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They already did Alan!
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Hi Ben,
I maybe have some sort of paranoia, but who says it is not the very same Gogle the one that made some part of the click fraud.
I just made myself this question: Who has a motive? Who get the money?
You may answer the publisher or blogger, you maybe right but he is not the only benefited with click fraud. Google get even more benefited with this. Of course they need to attack the copycats because if they deliver non sense of traffic nobody will use adwords again.
I once heard a known marketer said that he were not afraid of Google closing down his account because he made “TOO MUCH MONEY” for them. Its like a mob. Sorry but I do not trust Google, but it is a necessary evil.
So I wouldnt dr to do this click fraud since I am too small for them, so they can close my account in single finger snap (or should I say slap, lol).
Luis
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Really great and important post about google adsense.i will follow these tips.
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I do not share my Blogs with friends and family. Its to be on safe side. Click fraud is so bad.
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Almost as bad as comment spamming
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“Do not tell your family or friends about Adsense on your website”
That’s great advice. It happened to a friend of mine who told his family about his websites and AdSense. They thought they were helping him by clicking on all his ads but they ended up getting him banned.
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