Recently, I received an e-mail stating that my Google AdSense has been disabled to one of my websites due to policy violation. 2 weeks prior to this I received a warning e-mail stating the same policy violation. I made some modification but unfortunately “Policy Specialist” ad Google AdSense still not satisfied.
The problem is “LAYOUT ENCOURAGES ACCIDENTAL CLICKS.” Luckily, Google allows me to appeal after make a modification to comply with the policy.
These were what I’ve modified.
- Add more space between AdSense ads website content.
- Avoid placing AdSense ads close to navigation menu.
- Change AdSense ads texts & links other color that does not match the color of website theme.
- Add border/box to AdSense ads, so that the ads clearly visible.
- Remove, AdSense ads from page that does not have much value such as “Disclamer” and “Contact” page.
- Remove some AdSense ads from page that have little content so that the page display nicely.
After I’ve done, I went ahead and make an appeal by explaining what I’ve done to comply to AdSense policy. 2 days later, I received another e-mail from Google stating that they are happy with my modification & enable the ads serving.
Below was the e-mail copy from Google AdSense.
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Hello,
This message is to alert you that one of your websites is not currently in compliance with our AdSense program policies and as a result, ad serving has been disabled to your website.
Issue ID#: ID NO
Ad serving has been disabled to: mydomain.com
Example page where violation occurred: http://www.mydomain.com/
Action required: Check all other remaining sites in your account for compliance.
Current account status: Active
Violation explanation
LAYOUT ENCOURAGES ACCIDENTAL CLICKS: Publishers are not permitted to encourage users to click on Google ads in any way. This includes any implementation that may encourage accidental clicks, such as placing ads near flash games or navigation bars, or placing ads and site links extremely close together.
Action required: Check account for compliance
While ad serving has been disabled to the above site, your AdSense account remains active. Please be aware that the URL above is just an example and that the same violations may exist on other pages of this website or other sites you own. Therefore, we suggest that you take the time to review the rest of your sites to ensure that they’re in compliance with our policies, and to monitor your sites accordingly to reduce the likelihood of future policy emails from us. Additionally, please note that our team reserves the right to disable accounts at any time if we continue to see violations occurring.
Appeals
If you wish to appeal this disabling then you can do so by using the Issue ID listed above to contact us via our Help Center: https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113061