10 Ways To Protect Your Google Adsense Account

You may be aware that at least 90% of bloggers are capitalizing their websites using Google Adsense. However, what we do not know is that many of these site owners are also getting their Google Adsense accounts terminated. Some, for cases of click frauds, and many others got their accounts terminated when they have done nothing wrong to deserve the harsh punishment. Considering the probable income you can get through Google Adsense, it is no wonder these innocents want so badly to revive their accounts.

It is that same consideration that led to the rise of Google Adsense click fraud. So, what exactly is click fraud and how does Google differentiate between a legitimate click and a fraudulent click? Click fraud is the act of clicking on ads for the purpose of increasing advertising revenue for the publisher. It is simply the same as paying out cash for false leads. Many people who engage in such activity might not be aware that the money that they are 'earning' for these fraudulent clicks do not come from Google, but from the advertisers themselves or even patrons of Adwords. Many advertisers and website owners are aware of this fraud and are sharing the same sentiment that this is the one big problem that Google Adsense is facing.

10 Ways To Protect Your Google Adsense Account:

1. Never ever click on your own ads on your website or blog. Google will identify and categorize these clicks as fraud clicks.
2. Never encourage your friends and family to click on the ads on your website or blog. Google will sniff those clicks and tag them as fraud clicks.
3. Do not tell your family and friends about Adsense on your website. Chances are they may start clicking on them to help you make money without you knowing it.
   
4. You may want to consider disabling ads for your own IP address and local geographic area. This will certainly prevent accidents and will not make Google mistake another user as you.
   
5. Sign up for a click tracking software, which will be able to show you the click out rate and details. This way, you can be the first to identify any abnormal ad clicking activity on your website and report your finding to Google Adsense before they discover it themselves.
   
6. Honesty is the best policy. Be truthful and confess to Google about times when you might have clicked on your own ads, whether accidentally or intentionally. Or the times when you have done something that is against the Terms of Service that they are implementing. Be honest about anything that you may have done that is wrong. Confessing is way better than Google learning about it eventually. Confessing might save your Google Adsense account from being terminated.
7. Read the Google Adsense Terms Of Service over and over again until you are extremely clear about what to do and what NOT TO DO.
8. When in doubt, drop them an email. The support center is really helpful and efficient, they will reply your email within a couple of days.
9. Never join any click exchange programs or use an automatic program to click on your ads. These will result in your account being terminated in no time.
10. Finally, study your Adsense Reports regularly. If you notice a high Click Through Rate (CTR), start investigating because that might be due to some fraudulent activity that you are unaware of.

At the end of the day, we all want to make money from Google Adsense and the best way to do that is to build up the content of your blog and increase the amount of daily traffic to your blog. More traffic equals more people viewing your ads, and hypothetically - a high probability in having some of your ads clicked by interested parties.

In my next post, I will discuss about some of the ways that I have found to be pretty stupendous when it comes to attracting traffic to your blog.