How not to get banned from AdSense

AdSense is on a banning spree, AdSense is dead, AdSense is bad....Alot of Google AdSense bad mouthing can be seen over lots of forums on the Internet. Google is a very big company so dont even think of legally fighting them once you are banned. You will end up wasting your time & money for sure.

Most of the banned users get a generic email which says that we have detected invalid clicks in your account...what does the publisher do? He straight away replies saying I NEVER clicked my own ads. Now we need to use our brains a bit and be a bit cool with such things. "Invalid Clicks" does not ONLY mean that you or someone clicked your Ads repeatedly. Invalid Clicks can be clicks generated from a page containing Adult material, clicks from a page with stolen content, clicks generated from pages which has abusive or hate material and more... I might write on how to respond to your banned email later but as of now I would like to tell people what not to do with AdSense.

1. Never ever click your own Ads (No matter what reason it is)
2. Never place ads on pages with nudity or semi nudity.
3. Never use ads on pages with stolen content.
4. Never make lots of sites which have very less content and loads of ads on them.
5. Never ask people to click your ads...not even from other site's forum or message board etc.
6. Never try to change the AdSense code.
7. Try to avoid AdSense logger programs (This comes from my personal experience)
8. Avoid placing AdSense ads next to or below a picture....A user thinks the link will take him to a page which has a large or more pics but ends up seeing a new site...what does he do next? He clicks the back button and clicks on the Ad again thinking it will take him to the right page this time...This generates invalid clicks.
9. Use the channels properly. This will help you to find out if anyone else is using your AdSense code.
10. Always keep an eye on your CTR. A CTR of 9, 10 & 11 is OK at consecutive days but when you see 9, 10 & 20...report to Google.
11. Never ever try to fool the system. Using proxies, different browsers etc. wont help...you will be caught. Google knows what you are doing.
12. Make sure you have genuine referers. Traffic coming from chat bots, auto surf programs etc. is NOT genuine traffic.
13. Never use another contextual ads program with AdSense. (Kontera, Yahoo, Bidvertiser, Clicksor etc.)
14. Never use address of a person banned from AdSense earlier.
15. Always ask Google if you feel displaying ads on a particular site or page can be risky.
16. Avoid logging into your AdSense account from various places.
17. Avoid making sites just for AdSense.
18. Always read the updated TOS and follow it religiously.
19. Never show your AdSense stats anywhere.

I'll add more when I think of some. If you know something I have missed please feel free to add it in comments.

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