How to ensure that your Adsense account won’t be disabled

March 18, 2008 | By travs |

Even law abiders, like me, sometimes have flaws which unintentionally violates Adsense’s policies. Alot of newbies who have heard about Adsense’s income potential mostly turn to the dark side immediately without familiarizing themselves first with the policies. Turns out that thousands of accounts are being banned each day. Google is a multi-billion company. They really can afford to become super smart. What I mean by that is they can employ someone to just focus on a single account (yours for example) and monitor on it everyday. Multiply that employee by thousands—definitely it’s impossible to outsmart it. Think of it as being inside the Big Brother house. You don’t believe me? Then suit yourself. I wouldn’t do that if I were you.

But for those of you who don’t mind of being watched and earning at the same time, here are the basic rules to keep your account in good standing. source: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=23921

* Don’t click on your own Google ads.
Clicking on Google ads on your own site for any reason is strictly prohibited. If you’d like more information about one of the advertisers appearing on your site, please type the URL of the ad directly into your browser’s address bar, or use the AdSense preview tool.

* Don’t ask others to click on Google ads.
Users should click on Google ads because they’re interested in the services being advertised. Encouraging users to click on your Google ads, either directly or indirectly, can lead to inflated advertiser costs and can cause your account to be disabled.

* Don’t employ pop-up prompts or automatic software installations.
Google is dedicated to improving the user experience on the Internet, and promoting responsible software principles is part of that effort. Sites showing Google ads may not prompt users to install software on their machines. Publishers must also not attempt to change users’ browser home pages automatically or via pop-up prompts.

* Be aware of how your site is promoted.
Pages showing Google ads may never be loaded in an unrequested pop-up. This means publishers need to be very careful when purchasing traffic or setting up ad campaigns with third parties. Before contracting with any ad network, you should ensure that they will never display your site in pop-ups or as a result of the actions of any software application.

*Don’t place Google ads on sites that contain prohibited content.
Google ads may not be displayed alongside any type of content prohibited by our program policies, including adult or mature content, gambling-related content, or drug content. It’s your responsibility to ensure that all of your pages adhere to these policies.

*Respect Google trademarks.
Framing or mimicking Google pages is strictly prohibited by our Guidelines for Use of Google Brand Features. In addition, publishers may not use any Google Brand Features such as Google trademarks, logos, webpages or screen shots, without prior consent from Google.

*Don’t tamper with the AdSense code.
AdSense offers a wide variety of approved formats, colors, and features in your AdSense account. Once you’ve generated your code, however, we ask that you do not alter any portion of the code or change the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reason, unless specifically authorized to do so by Google.

*Provide a positive user experience.
Sites that contain excessive pop-ups, use sneaky redirects to obtain traffic, or otherwise attempt to interfere with normal web navigation aren’t permitted in the AdSense network. Please make sure your site doesn’t deceive your users in any way. Also, every AdSense publisher is required to adhere to the Webmaster Guidelines on quality to ensure that their site provides a positive user experience.

*Provide a good environment for advertisers.
Sites showing Google ads should not present a poor opportunity for advertisers. Sites that use tricks or deceptive practices in order to trigger inadvertent clicks on ads are prohibited.

*Be responsive.
Publishers are asked to be responsive to emails sent by the AdSense team. Be sure to keep your email address up-to-date, in case we ever need to contact you about your account. To update your email address, follow the instructions here.