Comments on: My Journey With Google Adsense – A 7 Year Tale

By: Journeyman

Journeyman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:02:11 +0000

My painful month starting up with adsense Journeyman’s last blog post..Now I am truly frustrated...

By: Raymond Burton

Raymond Burton — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:29:23 +0000

Bre, I should make it clear that I DID NOT get my account terminated by adsense. They just sent me a letter saying I was in violation of the TOS. It was then I took the graphics AND ads down and pursued a different business plan for the website.

Every now and then I put the ads back up for some free cash but usually end up taking them down again quite quickly because of the low payout in my niche.

Cheers!

By: Bre

Bre — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:58:04 +0000

Thank you for your reply, Raymond.

“…had a picture of weights, a bodybuilder, a set of abs and one more that was similar.”

Hmm, I wonder how that is a violation.

I have found many stories about people getting their Adsense accounts closed for oftentimes no discernible reason at all.

This is one reason why I’ve been hesitant to try them out. I’d hate to get my account closed or penalized all because someone at Adsense dislikes the look of barbells and abs.

By: Raymond Burton

Raymond Burton — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:57:53 +0000

I had the large rectangle ad which usually shows four ads. Beside each add I had a 50×50 (like on the front page of this site) graphic that was themed to the ad. I actually think (it was my fitness site) that I had a picture of weights, a bodybuilder, a set of abs and one more that was similar.

By: Bre

Bre — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:41:55 +0000

“I got an email from google stating that they no longer found the graphics located next to my Adsense ads to be in compliance with the TOS.”

So what was it? Adult scenes or were the colors just too ugly for Google to stand?

Just curious as it seems like Adsense can close down for the silliest of reasons.