How to Avoid Having Your AdSense Accout Banned for Click Fraud by Paul
Middleton
If you trawl through the AdSense message boards you can't help but come across
tales of woe from AdSense publishers that have had their account banned by
Google.
Below is a list of ways people have been banned from AdSense and information on
how to avoid it happening to you.
Don't click on your own ads
The obvious one but still people do it. Google has the IP address of the
computer/s that you've used to create and check your AdSense account. If it
sees that this IP address clicks one of your ads you're in trouble.
Don't do it. It's theft. Not from Google but from the AdWords advertisers.
If you want to go to a site advertised by one of your ads don't click on it
look at the URL of the advertising site at the bottom of the ad and type it
into your browser.
If you click on one accidentally (which does happen) you're probably be ok but
it's worth dropping a quick email to Google with an explanation and apology
Don't log in to AdSense from a shared computer.
As I said above Google keeps a record of every machine IP address used to look
at your account. If you check your stats on a machine then someone else clicks
on your ads from the same machine Google sees this as click fraud. Worth
bearing in mind when thinking of checking your stats from somewhere like an
Internet Caf.
Don't log in to your AdSense account from work.
Apart from getting in trouble with the company that employs you there's also a
further real risk. Most companies use a proxy server to access the Internet. A
proxy server with ONE IP ADDRESS. Therefore you checking your ads from work
means this proxy IP address being recorded by Google as one that you use.
Problem is if there are 1000 people in your company it is the same IP address
for them too. Google can't differentiate between you and the other 999
employees in your company. If one of these 999 clicks on one of your ads it's
ban time.
Don't get into a 'I'll click your ads if you click mine' agreement with another
Webmaster.
As above Google will have your IP address and that of every AdSense publisher.
If they see these IP addresses consistently clicking on each other ads it's
goodbye for both of you.
Don't tell friends and family.
Telling friends and family about your money making websites can lead to
problems. Even if you tell them not to click on your ads there's always the
chance that Auntie Maud will think it's a good idea to make some extra money
for her favourite nephew. 100 clicks later from the same visitor and your
account is screaming 'Click Fraud'.
Receiving clicks from illegal traffic
Check the AdSense TOS for sources of traffic that aren't allowed by Google.
These include methods like Traffic exchange, PTC advertising, Auto surf etc.
Do monitor your visitor and AdSense figures
Check your account at least once a day. If you see a massive spike coupled with
a massive increase in Page CTR investigate using your visitor stats website. If
you see it's all come from the same IP address you could have been the victim
of a malicious attack - inform Google via email and offer them access to your
logs.
About the Author
Paul Middleton is a successful Internet entrepreneur. He shares some of his
secrets on his website where he shows people
how to make money online working from home. Included are details of
how you can have an adsense business
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