Many web site owners are getting their Google Adsense account terminated. I read in the forums almost daily posts from people who are bemoaning the fact that Google has terminated their account when they feel they have done nothing wrong to deserve punishment. In almost every case, click fraud is the reason for termination.
Click fraud is the act of clicking on ads for the purpose of costing the advertiser money. It's just the same as paying cash for false leads. Many website owners are aware of this fraud, and share the same sentiment that this is the big problem that Adsense is facing.
How do you prevent being involved in this fraud?
Most web hosts offer access logs. If you are notified of click fraud and possible termination of your Google account, you are required to submit these records to determine their status. This allows them to search any suspicious activity on your site. Problems like this are very serious and giving it to them is a sign of good faith who want to help Google in any way they can to try to solve the problem.
It can also help if you have a click monitoring software. There are many good programs available, but it is important that you get a program that has no limitations. programs are available free. Scripts are also available free on the Internet, if limited funds. Remember, you get what you pay. As usual, all the information you receive from your tracking software should be delivered to Google. This sample of Google who are also fighting click fraud and is in no way a part of it.
Study your server logs and watch for any activity that looks suspicious. Report anything that you may find odd, may it big or small. Look for large spikes in traffic and suspicious activity in files and folders where people would not normally have access. Remember, when working on your site, you will have access to these files and folders. It is suggested to monitor these signals uptime. A little work on your part will save you many headaches in the long term.
You may want to consider disabling ads for your own IP address and local geographic area. This certainly prevent accidents and not make Google mistake another user as you. You can do through the htaccess file in your website. the process is too detailed to go into further here, but if you do a search on the engines to learn ways to access and disable portions of this record, a lot of information is readily available. In this way, and showing Google that you have done, to protect against any possible threat from Google.
Keep your Adsense off on pop ups and pop unders. Your ads appear on content sites that promote illegal activity or tampering of the legal rights of other persons or companies. Among these is the content that is considered adult or gambling in nature, or promote firearms, snuff or drugs of any kind. If you think you may be violating this rule, immediately remove the content or AdSense on the website.
Be honest and confess to Google about times when you could have clicked on your own ads, whether accidentally or intentionally. Be honest about anything you may have done what is evil. Confessing is way better than Google learning over time. This would mean eventual termination and no longer they have worked so hard for.
Do not tell your family or friends about Adsense on your website. More likely is that you can start clicking on them to help you make money without you knowing. They may be doing more harm to you than to try to help in the first place.
Most pay per click networks have different measures in hand to protect website owners click fraud. Other search engines can track more than 50 data points, IP address, browser information, the user session information and pattern recognition. They also have "systems" available that detects fraud, not to mention the specialized teams monitoring how things go and help stop click fraud on advertisers. Google has some of the best brains in the business, and it does no good to try to "fool" one. In addition to the algorithms that Google has launched, also have the common people to surf the net to find illegal sites.
Google offers suggestions on how to avoid click fraud. Using "negative keywords" can be used to keep your Adsense showing on products and services that are not in any way related to yours. Adding tracking URLs to your links so you can track the traffic coming from Google.
Do not get caught in the Google click fraud. The opportunity to make a very decent income is available if you use common sense, do not try to cheat Google, and follow their Terms of Service.
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