In a followup to my post yesterday:
Because Google Adsense refuses to explain in detail, exactly how my account was in violation of their terms and conditions, I decided to remove the google adsense code from all of my blogs, and I sent the following email to them:
Please cancel my Google Adsense account, effective immediately.
Due to the fact that I have been notified my account has “violated the program’s Terms and Conditions”, yet no one seems to be up front enough to tell me HOW this happened.
It’s nice to know that my account is in “violation” because “We cannot disclose any details about how our monitoring technology works or what specifics we found on your account”.
I see no need to continue offering adsense ads on my site, when i cannot trust anyone to be straight with me.
To which, they replied just moments ago:
Hello Michael,
Thanks for your email. If you’d like to close your Google AdSense account, there are two options available to you.
1. You can permanently close your AdSense account. If you close your account, you’ll no longer have access to the Google code and you’ll receive no further emails from us. Your remaining earnings will be paid out according to the payment schedule outlined in the AdSense Terms and Conditions (https://www.google.com/adsense/terms), provided there are no holds on your account.
2. You can temporarily suspend your participation in AdSense by removing the Google code from your site. Your account will remain active, and you can replace the Google code at any time in the future.
If you’d like to permanently close your AdSense account, please reply to this email and we’ll process your request.
For additional questions, I’d encourage you to visit the AdSense Help Center (http://www.google.com/adsense_help), our complete resource center for all AdSense topics. Alternatively, feel free to post your question on the forum just for AdSense publishers: the AdSense Help Group (http://groups.google.com/group/adsense-help).
Sincerely,
Andrew
The Google AdSense Team
One of the ways to “close” your account is to remove the ads from your site? HAHAHA. Fat chance, bucko! This simply translates into removing all ads from your site and allowing Google to hold on to any money that you may have earned, indefinitely.
I don’t think so.
Google Adsense has repeatedly failed to tell me exactly how my account was in violation of their terms and conditions, and they have not been upfront with me. How can they expect me, or anyone else, to correct the issue if they won’t tell me what’s causing the issue in the first place? All it would have taken was an explanation of some sort, that told me what the problem was. (Remember, I have only had 37 adsense clicks since the first of the month).
Either way, at this point, I am done with them.
I have already replaced all of their ads on all of my sites, and I have no intention of ever putting their ads back on my sites. Ever.
So I sent the following email:
Hi Andrew,
Because no one has answered exactly HOW my account was in violation of the terms and conditions (ie: told me what service the emails are referring too), I would indeed like to permanently close my Adsense account. I see no reason to keep it open if I am constantly going to be found in violation, yet not told in detail, WHY or HOW or WHO was causing the violation.
Thank you,
Michael.
Of course, I will get a response telling me my account has been terminated, and they will fail once again to answer any questions I might have asked in the numerous emails over the past two days. I can only wonder if I will ever see my money though.
Apparently I am not the only one this is happening to.
This guy at This Circus I Call My Life was a penny away from getting his payout. He references Blog Explosion as well. He also references even more people who have all had issues with Adsense.
I also received the same message for my other blog that I have listed in Blog Explosion (http://www.blogcharm.com/npnews)
They told me the reason was the Blog Explosion violated Google adsense TOS because it’s a blog surfing program. I was also using an automated surfing program at the time and that’s when I got the nasty email. Hope this helps!
Comment by NPs Save Lives on Mar 7th, 2007 @ 08:15
Thanks for the info.
Although BlogExplosion is a blog surfing program, participating in it, in no way, forces those who visit your site to click an ad, which, should be Google’s only concern.
I think they are wrong, and that is why I no longer participate in their program. (It’s not like it cost me anything to quit.)
Comment by Slobokan on Mar 7th, 2007 @ 10:20