Banned by AdSense

Hi all,

Just got an e-mail this morning, saying because I violated content rules on pages displaying AdSense, they have disabled the ads. No indication WHICH rule I had violated, just a reference to the rules webpage.

I'll tell you up front, my sites are pharmaceutical affiliate sites. However, the content is unique and long-researched, I didn't want yet another "me too" site out there. I did release several versions of the site, hosted on geographically different servers, for local markets in the US, UK and Europe. All these sites were listed as offending sites.

I don't consider this deceptive or repetitive, as each site will be growing independently to serve it's respective locale. Also, one is in Spanish, one in French and English, and 2 in English only (for US and UK markets). Thinks this is the nature of the violation? Any sense in trying to 'splain this to them, or am I wasting my breath?

Thanks,

Owen

Sorry to say this, but I haven't heard of a single case of a banned account getting in again...

Is it a banned or temporary disabled ? If you 'correct' it, may be it consider again.

A friend of mine was re-instated. Send a polite email asking why and indicate you're willing to fix it. Good luck.

Oh, I did. The most polite email I could muster, oozing with promisses of compliance and cooperation, and groveling in general

As for the "ban", the account itself is still in good standing, according to the email. The ban applies to the listed URLs, but the email mentions I do have the ability to keep using AdSense on other compliant sites (but alas, ALL my sites are on the list).

The fact that they showed a willingness to work with you is a great sign.

I think things will work out for you.

you aren't banned yet. You need to fix those pages. You will be banned if you don't take actions.

But I'm left with the fundamental issue: what is it that they think I've done wrong? Hopefully they'll give me at least a hint.

If you toss us a URL, you will have your answer in no time.

Of course, I understand that there are many reasons not to do so. If you would like to private message me, I will take a look. Sometimes, just a second pair of eyes are all that is needed. Othertimes, the answer is already known.

<edit>I took a look around, and the sites looked pretty normal to me. I'm with you! Where is the "hint"?

And another thing that I have brought up before. Even though your sites are "disabled", Google continues to supply the ads. The ads continue to get clicked. Google continues to collect money from Adwords advertisers, AT YOUR EXPENSE. Before, Google got their cut ... now, Google gets their cut, PLUS YOUR CUT. This is NOT RIGHT. Apparently, disabling you does not disable Google - they are happy to take ALL THE MONEY from your "disabled" revenue-producing site. (Have I missed something?)

I suppose Google's defense might be, "The webmaster can remove the ads at any time". THAT, however, would not fly in a court of law (one party continuing to improperly benefit from a "cancelled" contract", at the expense of the other.</edit>

Thanks for looking. Anyone else interested? Oh, what the heck... www.mynetmeds.com is my main site. Have a gander...

You're right though, I noticed that too, the ads are still there. The email indicated that ad serving would be disabled though, not just my revenue from it. I'm waiting for tomorrows stats (man they're slow) to see if revenue is associates with the clicks. Or indeed if clicks are registered at all.

"The email indicated that ad serving would be disabled ..."

I have not seen it happen yet.
I recently studied some "made for Adsense" sites which were "disabled". All the ads on all the sites are still running.
Especially the most blatant, egregious made-for-adsense site of all - www getbestinfo.com - a virtual online collection of the highest paying adsense adwords, with a SINGLE SENTENCE of content on each page.

Another question might be, "Why are these webmasters STILL running the ads?" Hope? Laziness? The secret factor?
You better believe that Google is still collecting the money.

You must post a humble request. It is not that you are gone. don't try to explain them. It will take around six months to open your site again. till then work on the drawbacks of it so that they do not occour in next time indexing.

Gaurav

We're back to the original problem... what are the "drawbacks"? I still don't know what offense I've committed.

The "drawbacks" are undefined. That is the point.

<edit>Owen, you type too fast! Now that you have posted the URL, I'll just bet that some "insight" might wander in through the door pretty soon. Ha!</edit>

Can I have a view of your site please? Then may be that I am able to help you?

Gaurav