Recently, I have my Google closed for suspected fraud click. Imagine my surprise when I tried to log on to my account, only to receive a message that my account has been closed due to click fraud. It was beyond anything I have experienced during my brief time as an online marketer.

The thing that makes it the more surprising is that the previous night; I was still checking my stats and everything seemed normal. There is no surge in traffic to indicate I may be a victim of someone trying to get my account closed by Google.

A quick check on Google Adsense forum revealed that a large number of webmasters are affected too even though there are no indication of any click fraud involved. Some webmasters suggested writing in to Google to highlight our plight. However, the general reply from other more experienced webmasters is that the chances of getting your account reinstated will be very slim. Left with no further options, I sent an appeal email to Google immediately and I hope to get a reply from them as soon as possible.

Although only a small part of my online income comes from Google Adsense, I have gotten so used to them that most of my websites are carrying Adsense ads. Add to the fact from my experiences from using other contextual networks, Adsense provides the most relevant ads of all the contextual networks and this is a very important consideration in making your visitors click on ads.

Right now, I am investigating other channels of monetizing my websites left vacant by Adsense ads. I will once again look at contextual networks which I have used in the past but with limited success. This incident made me realized that one cannot be too complacent about things and should always look for better ways to monetize one’s websites. This is something that I should have done long time ago.