I recieved the following e-mail from Google;
Hello Peter Maas,
It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled your Google AdSense account. Please understand that this step was taken in an effort to protect the interest of the AdWords advertisers.
A publisher’s site may not have invalid clicks on any ad(s), including but not limited to clicks generated by:
- a publisher on his own web pages
- a publisher encouraging others to click on his ads
- automated clicking programs or any other deceptive software
- a publisher altering any portion of the ad code or changing the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reasonPublishers disabled for invalid click activity are not allowed further participation in AdSense and do not receive any further payment. The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers.
So far for the Google ads…
How did that happen? :/
Pretty stupid they don’t say which one of those rules was violated…
I think they discoverd the fact that I clicked the ads myself every day.. from home and from the office…. I mean I cerntainly didn’t violate the last two rules.
They didn’t mention children in the house clicking out of parental control. Did you check?
Hmmm, maybe I’ll have to check my router logs! God knows what a modern baby alarm (=babyfoon) with 2.4Ghz bi-directional communication is capable of in the hands of the new generation!