Has anyone else had there google adsense closed once you made more then $50, I did nothing to have mine closed but they still closed it and took my money.

Originally Posted by Avadir

Has anyone else had there google adsense closed once you made more then $50, I did nothing to have mine closed but they still closed it and took my money.

Yes. Sadly, I only had to go down a few posts to find another story: http://www.webmaster-talk.com/google-adsense-forum/36576-banned-from-adsense.html

Have you contacted Google about the matter?

yes I have, and they said I was in violation of there agreement. Was just searching around and found that they've been closing down alot of people.

In Google defense (don't mean to say you're in the wrong), it must be very difficult to monitor whether clicks from AdSense are legitimate or not. Since they have so many publishers using AdSense on their pages, there must be many cases where Google simply closes an account based on suspicion.

It's Google's program and they set the rules, but I can see how many webmasters can be frustrated, including yourself.

Originally Posted by webfreak

In Google defense (don't mean to say you're in the wrong), it must be very difficult to monitor whether clicks from AdSense are legitimate or not. Since they have so many publishers using AdSense on their pages, there must be many cases where Google simply closes an account based on suspicion.

It's Google's program and they set the rules, but I can see how many webmasters can be frustrated, including yourself.

I agree, yet disagree. If adsense works the way it should, then the click through rates should be high on high traffic sites.

They must have an algo to calculate the "fraud" possibility, assuming adsense is as "smart" as Google search.