im sad =( one violation

[soul814]

I want to know what my violation was. Is putting Please support me by clicking on an ad a violation because I see alot of people doing that and thats the only thing I can think of. I also post the amount I earn but I emailed them earlier about that and they said that wasn't a problem.

Thanks for your inquiry. You are welcome to disclose information about your gross earnings with AdSense. However, we ask that you please refrain from disclosing other account information, including but not limited to, page views, number of clicks, and your click-through rate.

It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on
the Google ads on your site(s).

As a reminder, any method of generating invalid clicks is strictly
prohibited. Invalid clicks include but are not limited to any clicks
that are generated through the use of robots, automated clicking tools,
manual clicks by a publisher on the publisher's own web pages, or a
publisher encouraging others to click on his ads.

Publishers may not provide incentives of any kind to encourage or
require users to click on the ads, due to the potential for inflation
of advertiser costs. If we find your account to be in violation again,
action may be taken against your account and payment may be withheld.
Please be sure to review and remain in compliance with our Terms and
Conditions and program policies:

https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl=en_US
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies?hl=en_US

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team

[Lupine1647]

By stating please click our ads to support us is creating invalid clicks because those people clicking on the ads couldn't really care less about the product they are seeing.

[soul814]

Alot of people do that, but I guess I understand it now. Still waiting on what they have to say. Sucks that that was strike one because if anything else happens I'll be screwed.

[Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks]

If you had read the Adsense guidelines properly, this wouldn't have happened. It clearly states that you can't motivate your visitors directly into clicking your ads, doesn't matter whether in an imperative or a beseeching manner.

[markhutch]

Alot of people do that, but I guess I understand it now.

Just because they haven't been caught yet doesn't mean that it's something you should do. Remember the old saying from mom? "It doesn't mean you should jump off a cliff just because other people do"!