Here’s how it works.

Google never terminates anyone until they cross the threshold for payment. Each month Google targets a predetermined quota of websites for non-payment of funds that have been earned by those websites. They send out the standard termination notice knowing full well that the website owners have no recourse. They tell the website owners that the funds that they have accrued will be returned to the advertisers when, in fact, no such return of funds to the advertisers ever occurs. Google simply pockets the money AND they have enjoyed considerable free advertising on the “offending” websites. Since this is done on a regular monthly basis this is a very lucrative 100% PROFIT CENTER for them.

This is why they only speak in vague generalities about why they have terminated a website. This is why they will never answer a specific request to explain specific reasons for a website termination.

The Google AdSense program is a very slyly cloaked scam. But only for the unfortunate websites that make it onto this month’s quota list. Everyone else thinks the program is great. That is until they make it onto the monthly quota list. Remember, the monthly quota list is a 100% PROFIT CENTER for Google.

I strongly urge all of you to find other more reputable firms to deal with. They’re out there!

Here’s how it works.

Google never terminates anyone until they cross the threshold for payment. Each month Google targets a predetermined quota of websites for non-payment of funds that have been earned by those websites. They send out the standard termination notice knowing full well that the website owners have no recourse. They tell the website owners that the funds that they have accrued will be returned to the advertisers when, in fact, no such return of funds to the advertisers ever occurs. Google simply pockets the money AND they have enjoyed considerable free advertising on the “offending” websites. Since this is done on a regular monthly basis this is a very lucrative 100% PROFIT CENTER for them.

This is why they only speak in vague generalities about why they have terminated a website. This is why they will never answer a specific request to explain specific reasons for a website termination.

The Google AdSense program is a very slyly cloaked scam. But only for the unfortunate websites that make it onto this month’s quota list. Everyone else thinks the program is great. That is until they make it onto the monthly quota list. Remember, the monthly quota list is a 100% PROFIT CENTER for Google.

I strongly urge all of you to find other more reputable firms to deal with. They’re out there!

Here’s how it works.

Google never terminates anyone until they cross the threshold for payment. Each month Google targets a predetermined quota of websites for non-payment of funds that have been earned by those websites. They send out the standard termination notice knowing full well that the website owners have no recourse. They tell the website owners that the funds that they have accrued will be returned to the advertisers when, in fact, no such return of funds to the advertisers ever occurs. Google simply pockets the money AND they have enjoyed considerable free advertising on the “offending” websites. Since this is done on a regular monthly basis this is a very lucrative 100% PROFIT CENTER for them.

This is why they only speak in vague generalities about why they have terminated a website. This is why they will never answer a specific request to explain specific reasons for a website termination.

The Google AdSense program is a very slyly cloaked scam. But only for the unfortunate websites that make it onto this month’s quota list. Everyone else thinks the program is great. That is until they make it onto the monthly quota list. Remember, the monthly quota list is a 100% PROFIT CENTER for Google.

I strongly urge all of you to find other more reputable firms to deal with. They’re out there!

Here’s how it works.

Google never terminates anyone until they cross the threshold for payment. Each month Google targets a predetermined quota of websites for non-payment of funds that have been earned by those websites. They send out the standard termination notice knowing full well that the website owners have no recourse. They tell the website owners that the funds that they have accrued will be returned to the advertisers when, in fact, no such return of funds to the advertisers ever occurs. Google simply pockets the money AND they have enjoyed considerable free advertising on the “offending” websites. Since this is done on a regular monthly basis this is a very lucrative 100% PROFIT CENTER for them.

This is why they only speak in vague generalities about why they have terminated a website. This is why they will never answer a specific request to explain specific reasons for a website termination.

The Google AdSense program is a very slyly cloaked scam. But only for the unfortunate websites that make it onto this month’s quota list. Everyone else thinks the program is great. That is until they make it onto the monthly quota list. Remember, the monthly quota list is a 100% PROFIT CENTER for Google.

I strongly urge all of you to find other more reputable firms to deal with. They’re out there!

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 reason

Practices such as these are in violation of the Google AdSense Terms and Conditions and program polices, which can be viewed at:

https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl=en_US
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies?hl=en_US

Publishers 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.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team

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 reason

Practices such as these are in violation of the Google AdSense Terms and Conditions and program polices, which can be viewed at:

https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl=en_US
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies?hl=en_US

Publishers 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.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team

Bastards at Google! screw you larry and brin!
I’m trying Yahoo! I hope it works

I’d define actions for “click fraud” as multiple (X) clicks on add from same ip (Y) in small time period (Z)

And that makes me think about anonymizers … since regulars of this site think about privacy multiple users are probably connectiong thru same anonymizers - this accounts for X & Y … if many click in small timeframe (Z) you have just commited click-fraud…

Any thoughts on this?

My thought on where it’s coming from? Search engines, webcache sites, etc… Yep, those are bots and in the case of the webcache bots they could definitely follow the links in your pages but even still that would only be a few times a month and a small amount of clicks..

One other idea - people could have their web browser setup wrong? I’m not sure what impact Google’s adsense as they never say ‘really’ what made them call it clickfraud.. however, on my Mesilla if I go to this page to config it ( about:config ) and filter by ” http “, I can change the number of connections my browser makes to websites - basically, up to a point, it speeds up your internet browsing my multisource connecting to websites (the same reason people use download managers - multiple connections speed up most downloads as the typical http/ftp server has per-connection bandwidth limits in place but allow a few connections per ip to get in)…

By default my browser is set to have 24 max connections, with 8 per server - if adsense is thinking that more than one connection by a single ip is clickfraud then just this simple browser’s default setting would cause problems (I don’t know what the defaults are in ie - I don’t use it). Even if 8 connections per server were ‘ok’ I could set it to 1000 (this would be stupid but just for the point of saying it, well, I’m just sayin it lol) and visit sites I don’t like and wala - they’d all lose their accounts.

I’d like Google/adsense to post a list of the sites and the top 10 ip’s to each one that are getting them listed as taking part in clickfraud - I have a feeling they’d have a few of the ip’s if not most/all of them matching.

The lack of transparency on their allegations makes their own actions questionable.. and the fact that they didn’t reply to your email Jon is saddening but not surprising as I’m sure they’re getting lots of email atm lol - they’re morons.

If you want your question answered - it will cost you $2.50 - no joke. http://answers.google.com/answers/

Ran across another person having adsense problems while looking for Google CEO’s email address (which by the way is ESchmidt@google.com and EricSchmidt1@yahoo.com).. http://anarchangel.mu.nu/archives/159009.php.. Funny but I have a feeling Google will be the next big bust on the net - hope you’re not a stock holder.

You could try sending an email over to Eric and see what happens as well.

Just my 10 cents.
_-Jile-_