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This is one of those things that you hear happening to others, from time to time, but somehow you think it will never happen to you, because you’re too small to be seen on anyone’s radar and after all you’re not doing anything against the rules.

And then one day you receive a mail:

Subject: Google AdSense Account Disabled

It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on
the ads on your web pages. We have therefore disabled your Google
AdSense account. Please understand that this step was taken in an
effort to protect the interest of the AdWords advertisers.

[…] Publishers disabled for invalid click activity are not allowed further participation in AdSense and do not receive any further payment. The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team

OK, so I might have been careless, having clicked once or twice an ad, only because it was truly interesting, without even realizing I was on my own site. But I noticed that it was counted as one click with a value of $0.00 in my AdSense reports, so I figured it was no big deal.

I can’t imagine that because of this I’m being deprived, not just of all my past earnings (I was waiting for the first check from Google this month) which don’t amount to much, but also of all my possible future earnings.

I immediately emailed them asking for reconsideration, but I did some research and couldn’t find anyone whose account was reinstated after having been disabled.

At least, I can say that I am in good company, together with bloggers much more popular than me, like Erik Thauvin and Derek Powazek.

I have more to say about this, but not now. Expect some more posts from me in the coming days.