Many comments on this forums give me an impression that google ban your account after you reach 100 dollars. Does google found out and ban that account immediately or found out and wait till that account reach 100 dollars then ban....
The Fact is that almost all who claim they are innocent really know why they got banned and banning them is the correct step to prevent losses to anyone else . In most of the cases the whole amount if refunded to the advertiser .
You got it completely wrong. Google is not going to ban you when you reach $100 for no reason. But if it was your grandma clicking on the ads all day long, yes... you're pretty much banned.
how can they tell if 1 person is clicking the ads ? even if you use different IPs/multiple computeers?
I agree with that. Why would Google cancel or ban an account just because it reached payout? If your account reaches payout you are making money for Google. If they banned all accounts upon their reacing payout they would quickly go out of business.
I heard that they analyse your stats after you reach payout amount which is 100$; that's maybe why they ban a lot of publichers after reaching 100 dollars.
Oh, believe me they know that and it's extremely easy for their algorithms to spot fraudulent clicks. It's not just about IP. They take a lot of other factors into consideration.
Google will ban you why? Because you earned $100 ? Who told you that? Anyway, if you havnt done any thing wrong, then dont worry about banning.
Yes the same thing happened to me I was making about 5$ a day through adsense on my gaming site and once I reach 50$ I got banned and its a pain trying to get another account for adsense trust me on that one