Lots of people have been banned by AdSense, and for obvious reasons the most vocal are the people who were a few days from payout. Lets try and figure out if there really is a pattern here. If you had an account banned please answer when in the payout cycle it happened to you.
Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
1–10 of 168 posts
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#2I use AdMob for a mobile game I made. After successfully using it for years I got a notice that Google had bought the company and that my account would now be an AdSense account. I started earning money there and when I reached the 100usd amount, with no explanation at all I got banned. I filled up contact forms but not reason was given to me. They just said that I was not going to have my money since it was going to be refunded to advertisers.
After a while, for some strange reason my account was luckily reverted to a classic AdMob account and now I'm back again getting my money through PayPal.
I'm really disappointed on Google support on this matter, there are no email addresses or real people to talk to. Amazon and even DX have given me better customer support for 2usd items.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#3I use AdMob for a mobile game I made. After successfully using it for years I got a notice that Google had bought the company and that my account would now be an AdSense account. I started earning money there and when I reached the 100usd amount, with no explanation at all I got banned. I filled up contact forms but not reason was given to me. They just said that I was not going to have my money since it was going to…
You are the product, sorry to hear your story. I think situation would be better if there was a competition.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#4I am one of the many victims of an adsense ban. One of my sites was picked on, and I was blanket banned. When I appealed using their form I got an automated response saying that they had considered my request and it will not change (within 30s of submitting the form). I've been trying to get in touch with someone at Google for almost a year now to discuss the issue and find out why I was banned. Not only did it knock out my revenue for that site but all my other sites now cannot benefit from Adsense revenue.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#5I was banned a long time ago, it was just before my 2nd payout. My guess is they just do the verification of the account before the payout, rather then just randomly throughout the cycle.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#6I had a personal website with AdSense ads. I was banned JUST BEFORE the payment (120 euro), which was money I took 1 whole year to pile up.
A shame, but something I should have anticipated.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#7Yes, a few days from a $400 payout. I was 15 at the time. All attempts to get my account unbanned have been completely ignored.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#8I am one of the many victims of an adsense ban. One of my sites was picked on, and I was blanket banned. When I appealed using their form I got an automated response saying that they had considered my request and it will not change (within 30s of submitting the form). I've been trying to get in touch with someone at Google for almost a year now to discuss the issue and find out why I was banned. Not only did it knock…
I am in the exact same boat as you.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#9I was banned a long time ago, it was just before my 2nd payout. My guess is they just do the verification of the account before the payout, rather then just randomly throughout the cycle.
Right. It may not be that it is done maliciously, It could be related to the time it takes to notice strange activity, and then act on it. It also makes good business sense to review before a payment.
If there really was fraudulent activity it would be a bad idea to pay based on that.
One important issue that is also missing from this discussion is how Google refunds advertisers. I know I have heard from advertisers who got money back from click fraud.
Re: Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
#10I am one of the many victims of an adsense ban. One of my sites was picked on, and I was blanket banned. When I appealed using their form I got an automated response saying that they had considered my request and it will not change (within 30s of submitting the form). I've been trying to get in touch with someone at Google for almost a year now to discuss the issue and find out why I was banned. Not only did it knock…
What do you mean by "picked on?"