Saturday, June 03, 2006

How not to Get Banned from AdSense

How not to Get Banned from AdSense: "Eric has a helpful post on ensuring you don’t get banned from AdSense and advises publishers to take the initiative with AdSense if anything abnormal is happening on their blog that might impact their account: ‘It’s your job as an AdSense publisher to keep your nose clean. Keeping your nose clean means:* If you notice suspicious clicks, report it.* If you accidentally click your own ads (it happens), report it.* If your site is suddenly featured on Slashdot, Digg, or some other high-traffic site, report it.* If you know something (press release, review, etc.) is going to send a lot of traffic your way, report it.* If you’re in doubt about anything, report it.’ I would definitely agree with the first two and the last one but am not so sure about sudden increases in traffic. From my experience with AdSense they are pretty good at working out where your traffic comes from and if it’s a valid or invalid source. I guess to be safe you could shoot them an email but"