AdSense account got banned, reinstated! Nobody is safe out there

Ok, so I have been running Adsense for about two years now. Earnings are nothing really great to cherish about, but a $8-$12 a day is ok for me as a part time income without much effort and for doing what I love to do!

I have taken utmost care of my account in all respect. Always updated sites, always created good content, ensured non copyright violation etc etc etc.

But to my shock, on 1st of May 2013, my account got banned by Google. Surprisingly I received no mails from their side. It was when I checked it out with their enquery form after seeing no ads in my site, I came to know that it was for invalid click activity. I was utterly surprised and disgraced!.

When I check my analytic account , I saw the traffic was really very low for the week leading to the ban. I appealed against the ban and to be very honest with more than 200% surety that it is gone for ever.

But as we have several Apps in different app stores, I decided to use the sites for advertising about those apps and it was working out well till now. Revenue from app was compensating from Adsense loss. So there was not much economic concern.

However to my utter surprise, yesterday Google reinstated my account. I do knot know if I am lucky or stupid or whatever and how long will it remain. But interestingly after reinstating the account they reset the earning so far to zero. Yes whatever I was supposed to receive from Google was made zero.

For people who dreams of or plan to make a lifelong carrier out of adsense, please be aware and give this a second thought. It might happen to anybody, anytime and certainly without your knowledge and fault.

Probably I am lucky, probably they have considered my technical contribution or papers or tutorials, I never know. Thought would post it here to let you know that there are also cases where Google reinstate the account.

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