Is getting banned by Google your top priority? If you do any of these things, you’ll be kicked to the Google curb in no time.
Here are the best ways to get banned by Google:
1. Click on your own ads. When you repeatedly click on your own ads, you are committing click fraud, and that’s something that Google won’t tolerate. You can also try covering up your tracks, so that Google won’t be able to tell if you are creating click fraud (hint: this is an excellent way to prove just how dedicated you are to getting banned!). It’s also important to let everyone in your house know that they, too, should click on your ads.
2. Cover it all up. Google loves it when you play camouflage games. For extra fun, try hiding your ads, so that site visitors can’t differentiate between your ads and your actual site design. Some great ways to cover up your ads include making your ads the same color; not creating ad borders; and making sure that it’s hard to tell an ad from any other page on your site. This is one of the fastest ways to get banned – works like a charm!
3. Raise click numbers by using robots. Everybody loves a friendly robot! Just set up your site so that robots click on your ads repeatedly. This is click fraud in the highest order, and it’s just the kind of stuff that Google hates.
4. Walk the content line. There are so many subjects that Google finds offensive like alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and drugs. Building your content around any one of those topics will attract immediate attention (the kind of attention that will cause Google to send you a ‘Your Banned!’ email right away!).
5. Build content around ads. Consider hiring a designer to create site pages that exist only to display your ads. This way, you can hang as many AdSense ads as you like on your site, and visitors will be tricked into visiting a site that looks worthwhile, but is really just full of ad traps. That’s right up the banning alley!
6. Other tricks. Looking for other ways to make Google mad? Just think up a list of the best tricks and traps imaginable (new click fraud ideas pop up every day), and then implement those ideas into your site design. Keep in mind that the trickier your ads look and feel, the more Google will likely ban your site.
How Does Google AdSense Work, Really?
The reality is that nobody wants to be banned by Google. If you’ve gone through the trouble of applying for an AdSense account, setting up ads for website, and generating revenue from those ads, your main goal is exactly the opposite of what this article is about: staying in Google’s good graces. Sometimes, though, that’s easier said than done.
Google has been known to ban various websites without clearly identifying the reasons for such action. When this happens, it can be very hard to get a site reinstated. You can appeal to Google through the company’s AdSense appeal process, but even this takes time (and you may lose your monthly revenue as a result). The best course of action is to stay on top of new Google AdSense rules and possible violations by setting up new notification alerts and reading any updates that Google sends to you.
Site owners that are new to AdSense often make the mistakes listed above. If you need help with your AdSense account, have a banning problem, or are curious about Google AdSense or Ad Exchange, feel free to post a comment below.
