StumbleUpon is breaking the adsense TOS?

Google counts your clicks as invalid when your clicks get a dramatic increase. (i.e. 2 clicks per day to 50 per day)

 

If you read careful Adsense letter it says:
"It has come to our attention that invalid clicks or impressions have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s) through users of third-party programs paid or provided with other incentives to visit your site. Such programs include, but are not limited to auto-surf, pay-to-surf, pay-to-read, or pay-to-click sites."

So maybe someone(competition) is placed your site on some autosurf program.

A guy here from DP give me this 'anti-autosurf' script - you can use it:

< script language="JavaScript">
if (parent.frames.length > 0) {window.top.location.href = location.href;}
</script >

I think the letter from Adsense is not about invalid clicks. It is about invalid impressions.

(just noticed - this was my 400 post in 5 months being DP member)

 

I doubt that the traffic derived from StumbleUpon per se is deemed invalid, but if you are involved in StumbleUpon exchanges, perhaps they consider others visiting your website solely with the intent of ‘stumbling’ it an unacceptable source of impressions.

 

i think the reason is not stumbleupon there must be another reason

 

Show us your stumble profile link. There may be something on there.

Col

 

Hey!

it's: http://tarponkeith.stumbleupon.com

But I think I figured it out, it wasn't stumbleupon... Thanks though...