A Warning To All Who Make Money With Adsense

We all want to make some extra money and we all find it frustrating at times when we don't make enough money from our hubpages and webpages. We may be proud of our work and we may feel the whole world should come and visit to see what a good job we have done. of course, we would also like to make a bit of money from those visitors arriving on the page but I want to warn to be careful to conform with the Adsense Terms & Conditions by showing an example of how precarious your income from Adsense advertising can be.

When you sign up for an Adsense account you have to agree to a whole host of terms and conditions. Most of us wouldn't understand them all if we read them but I doubt many people do anything more than have a quick scan through all the details.

The terms and conditions lay out what you can and cannot do. Much of it is confusing and a lot of things you might do thinking it was ok to do so could turn out to be reason enough for Google to close down your account and refuse to allow you to use their services again even if you think have done nothing wrong yourself.

To avoid experiencing the wrath of Google and having your adsense account closed you need to do all you can to adhere to the terms and conditions. Take care to follow the specific requirements they lay down but also adhere to the spirit of what they are saying.

Never disclose specifi details about your adsnse income and click-through rates etc.

Never, ever click on your own ads.

Never encourage others to do so.

Actively discourage friends and family from doing so. Even better don't tell them what you do, what webpages you have or how you earn income as they are likely to want to help you earn money and they could get you in trouble.

Never explain on your webpages how you get income from Adsense adverts as visitors may be tempted to do something they see as a way, 'To Help You Out'

Don't try to do anything that might be construed as sneaky or deceitful to get more income. Far better to get a small income regularly than a large one that suddenly disappears.

If you are in any doubt about the warnings given above about how you should be very careful to keep Google happy just read this account of how one man lost a significant adsense income overnight without being intentionally deceitful or trying to cheat the system.

HOW I LOST MY ADSENSE INCOME

The story is of a man who makes films as a journalist and has put some of his films on Youtube and had millions of views and made a significant income from the adsense advertising on that site.

He also runs one other website about his passion for sailing. He is sailing around the coast of the United Kingdom and filming his experiences and the places he visits. He had adsense advertising on his website which was a membership site for fellow sailors who were interested in his experiences and liked to watch his films so they were prepared to pay a small monthly membership fee to watch them..

One day in December and completely out of the blue he suddenly found his adsense account had been shut down for no reason that he could understand. Google simply told him his account was closed. His earnings for that month had been cancelled and returned to the appropriate advertisers and his previous months check for payment had been stopped.

He was earning around 2,500 dollars a month from Adsense and did not believe he was doing anything wrong. Nobody at Google had warned him about anything that he might have done that was causing them any concerns. They simply closed his account and kept his earnings from the previous 6 weeks.

He appealled but was turned down on his appeal and he still doesn't know what he was supposed to have done wrong. He has lost an income of around $2,500 each month and you can imagine how upset and frustrated he must feel.

Even the police will often issue warnings if your driving is a problem but with Google they never seem to issue warnings that something you are doing might be considered against their terms and conditions. They simply cancel your account and never even tell you what you have done wrong.

I have no doubt that there are hundreds and perhaps thousands of people and groups out there who are trying to scam Google Adsense and no doubt many are making fortunes while we struggle to make $100. It is only right and proper that Google goes to great lengths to prevent click fraud and stop cheaters making money from the system but there does seem to be a lack of human interaction with the way their business operates.

I do have some concerns about writing this hubpage because it could be Google would decide anyone who has any criticism of them should have their account cancelled. It is not intended as criticism. It is  a warning to everyone who puts Adsense ads on their pages to conform with the requirements of Googles Adsense Terms And Conditions as well as they possibly can.

It can happen to you and your adsense account could be cancelled overnight so do everything you possibly can to comply with their Terms & Conditions and hope that you are not one of the unlucky innocents who have their accounts cancelled and their income stopped in Googles fight against the real cheaters and scammers who no doubt are making huge amounts of money from adsense advertising.