i got a "warning" message from them about "illegal traffic" and we will "cut some $ from your monthly rev". ok, but i have 20 sites, and some of them are BIG. i emailed them about situation and asked to give me site address. after somedays i got answer from real person(not from robot, as usual) that its impossible to get this top secret information. so, how i can manage, control, prevent it of i have no idea what site sent it? bureaucracy, what can i say.
nothing, google is god when you signed up for adsense you basically agree to comply with any of their decisions. theres a reason why big publishers have been migrating back to the old way of monetizing websites and using services like adbrite. i would seriously think about using them, excellent service and over time the payout is bigger.
Pfft. Google isn't God. Google is more like the CURRENT big bully on the block, and they can do whatever they want NOW. But they're cultivating some seriously hard-ass reputation. The best and smartest thing you can do is not give these guys too much control over your site. As soon as your traffic is big enough (and from what the OP says, his is), start diversifying to other sources of revenue. CPM ad banners, affiliates (one of my sites make $50/day simply with one small, TINY affiliate banner in the sidebar, and the traffic for it is around 20K uniques/day), and other avenues. But anyways, OP: I'm sure they're talking about your big site, because that's the only site that could generate the necessary traffic to get Adsense's attention.
You are lucky you got a warning, a lot of people are terminated from the program without first being given one.
seriously? banned for unknown "illegal traffic" withought even a warning? crap thats Orrible... and whats the point of the "warning" if you cant get details on the ip addresses that are designated as "illegal traffic"
i think they feel that if you're getting 'illegal traffic' you probably know about it - the warning lets you know that they are on to you.. if you really dont know what the bad traffic is, you need to figger it out quick-like.. Like Qwest said - be thankful you got the warning.. and to be safe, start diversifying your income (Ypn, CJ, Azoogle, etc)..
what is illegal traffic ? autosurfer or purchased traffic ? if so why would someone else buy traffic and direct towards another publisher... unless someones trying to get you banned.. seems plausible!