Yesterday I sent an email to Google asking their permission if I can change the payee name on my account. I asked them if I can change it to my aunt's name whos son was banned from adsense more than a year ago. I also stated that If this is not possible you can change it to my wife's name. Strangely just now I recd. an email from Google saying this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Yeshwant, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have obviously never clicked my own ads. Infact my CTR had dropped down a bit since 4-5 days. I have asked Google if I can use ads below images to which they said yes & I added a broder. I really dont understand this & is very discouraging as Google adsense was the main source of income from my sites & had future plans with this income. I also monitor my ad clicks thru diff softwares like adsrep & clicklogger. I dont see an IP clicking my ads for long time. This is truly disappointing.
Join the club. They have a meeting once a week together where they all gather up and post each others google emails with pride.
Yeshwant, you might not have clicked on your own ads but when you told them that your aunt's son was banned from adsense, it definitely raised some flags there and they did a closer inspection of your account.
Yea but I was being honest to tell them. Plus its my aunt's son we share a same last name but we dont stay together. Obviously his business is different from mine. We stay in diff houses, work differently, earn differently. Why should I get penalized for his bad deeds? Will sending them my asrep stats of Ips & clicks help?
So, why exacty did you ask to change the payee name? It's great being honest, but mentioning you are affiliated with someone who is banned could have caused the email to start with.
Yeshwant, as per adsense policies, you cannot own multiple accounts. Yes, different persons in the same family may have different accounts but you cannot choose it - like you said to google that the account be changed "either" to your aunt's name "Or" to your wife's name
Thats the reason I asked them. I asked them if I cannot have my payee name changed to my Aunt's name (as her son was banned) then can I have it changed to my wife's name. There is no question of having multiple accounts here.
I had the same issue, they said they cannot change the name because it is too much trouble or something like that. They said to close the account and then make a new one. I did and I have never looked back
I guess they did change the name on your account and that's how the account got banned for being related to a banned account. You got what you wanted. They did solve your problem! No account, no money, no taxes, no hassle!
I dint ask them to change it immediately. I sent an email asking them if its possible. And btw if its banend cos its related to banned A/c why did the email say that its banned for invalid clicks. The email should say its banned as its related to a baneed A/C
Can anyone help me regarding this please? I have already sent my asrep logs to Google where there is no sign of invalid clicks.