Well, I was banned from AdSense early last December (07). After almost four months of appeals and several rejection emails, I FINALLY got that reinstatement email I've been waiting for! For those of you who are currently banned, I'm proof that it's not impossible. I had very little information to provide Google with, but I got back in! My suggestions for those who are trying to appeal: Be honest with Google. If you clicked on your ads, tell them you did and it won't happen again. Stay persistent. Send a unique email every 48 hours until you get a response. Stay kind, professional, and apologetic. Go over the ToS and make sure your websites comply. Tell Google that you have updated your sites to comply and that you will be closely monitoring stats and clicks from now on and will let them know if anything is suspicious. Don't bother threatening Google or going on a rant. That's not going to make them want you back. Don't get discouraged by rejection emails. Here's how the process went for me: Banned early Dec. Sent emails every 48 hrs via appeal form. Got no initial response whatsoever until nearly TWO MONTHS later. The response was basically "Thanks, but no thanks." Sent more emails every 48 hours. Got my second response ten days later. It said that they would investigate my account and let me know. Sent an email once every week to check on the investigation. Today, nearly four months later, I received the reinstatement email stating that my account is now live and credited with $XX.XX. It IS possible. Stay persistent! Hope this helps. Good luck! Added: Example emails. PLEASE DO NOT COPY EXACTLY. They are only meant to just give you an idea of what to say.
please attach us what informations you provided to google and appeal formula to benefit from it if our account is banned Thank you for sharing this and we hope google make alarm system before ban
I've added some emails to the original post for you. Please do not copy them exactly. Be unique and show them that you genuinely care -- that's important. Good luck!
lucky they accepted your request. btw was the account banned for invalid clicks or for some other reason?
Only try this if you have a real reason on being reinstated. I suspect people who clearly violated TOS and participated in click fraud might try to get back into the AdSense program as well.
glad to see you got back in. i see more and more people getting reinstated these days and just not too long ago, chance of getting reinstated would be considered as slim to none. it appears that google is getting more reasonable these days. thanks for sharing
That's true. If you really did break the rules, don't act like you didn't, please. That will get you into further trouble if they find out. I had a good reason to appeal because I didn't break the rules. The reason I got:
It's great to hear that google is actually listening to a percentage of the "banned members" and getting them reinstated. What might really help some here is what information did you provide google in order for them to reconsider your for their program?
No, actually. I had no information to provide them with. I really wish I did, as that might have sped up the process. I am going to keep better logs from now on in case such a situation arises again. It just goes to show you that it is possible to get unbanned from AdSense without providing them with info! Although if you have the info, it is best to give them all you have. I don't recommend trying to appeal without any proof, so if any of you are running AdSense on your site, make sure that you keep good logs just in case!
but this case just only for those people who really didnt do anything wrong or dont use any blackhat tactic or didn't seriously violated the TOS. if you knew you tried to cheat and get banned, i dont think this way will work for you.
That's right. I think part of the reason I was able to get unbanned is because I didn't do anything wrong.
Yes. I can't remember the exact amount that I had before the ban, but they reinstated me with an amount that is very close (within $5).
Was was the reinstated account email look like ? Did they say what was wrong ? I mean any details about their investigation that made them discover that banning you was a wrong decision ?
I'm interested to see if anyone else has gotten reinstated into AdSense lately...if so, how long did it take you and what did you do to get back in?