AdSense: Accidental clicks -> Possible account termination
Posted in » Usability - by Ades on May 12th, 2007
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Sometimes you will read users telling in the discussion forums that they didn’t click on their own banners and still their account was terminated. Here is one possible explanation for that: Bad Usability!
Looking at the above screenshot, you can sense that users might accidentally click on the ads while trying to click on the menu. Regarding this kind of placement, Google says that while it’s not against their program policies (to place ads under menus) but it’s not desirable to do so. Because due to accidental clicks which will be regarded as invalid clicks, your account might get terminated. So review your AdSense ad placements once again to avoid unnecessary problems with Google.
Read the article at Inside AdSense Blog.
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By Phishie Diaz on May 13, 2007
This is a good tip. I always see all kinds of people posting on Digital Point about how their adsense accounts were terminated and they don’t know why. Hmm… maybe this could be it? I actually went back and checked my site to make sure my design wasn’t doing this. But it’s all fine. =]
But thanks, this is an important thing to think about when choosing or designing a template. Keep the good posts coming.
- Thanks Phishie, I will try!
By OMG on May 14, 2007
Thank you very much
for your advice