Uh oh help please!

[Brndnjng]

I accidently clicked my own ad! =( What will happen!?

[sarpras]

Send email to google and report your click.

Request them. other wise google suspend your account

email: [email]adsense-support@google.com[/url]

[lionstarr]

lol...
nothing will happen!
Google is not as bad as you think!
But it's always better to report, i would say.
bye,
lionstarr

[mike323]

Originally Posted by Brndnjng

I accidently clicked my own ad! =( What will happen!?

Do two things in your email to google:

1.) Offer to pay for the ad in all sincererity. They won't make you but they like that.

and

2.) Politely suggest that there be a way for adsense publishers, who make an honest mistake, to report themselves through their account.

See this thread to see how to word your email (but don't copy it word for word...or they will conclude you're insincere):

http://www.googlecommunity.com/about8991.html

Good Luck

[Brndnjng]

Ok thanks.

If they suspend your account when will you know? ;/

[mike323]

Originally Posted by Brndnjng

Ok thanks.

If they suspend your account when will you know? ;/

I don't know. I've haven't been suspended. but people who have been suspended report being informed at or around their first or next payout.

In my case, google responded to my email report of my own clicks and basically hinted I was still in good standing. Hopefully, they'll be as understanding of your circumstances.

[Brndnjng]

So I won't know until the time of my payout???

And one more question do they ever warn you before hand about violations?

[mike323]

Originally Posted by Brndnjng

So I won't know until the time of my payout???

I would guess "Yes"

Originally Posted by Brndnjng

And one more question do they ever warn you before hand about violations?

From what I've heard from other people whose accounts have been suspended, there is no warning. But Google did reply to MY email when I admitted to accidentally clicking on my own ads. Granted, they were basically confirming my violation wasn't too bad and I could continue with the program but their reply DID come with a reminder of the adsense rules...so that could be considered a warning.

I think their system might be set up where they don't initiate contact with publishers unless they receive a query from them or if there is an update to adsense all publishers have to be informed about.

[Brndnjng]

I emailed them and recieved this:

Hello,

Thanks for notifying us of the clicks that have been made on your Google
ads. Please note that clicking on your own ads for any reason is
prohibited, as it has the potential to inflate advertiser costs. We
appreciate your efforts toward avoiding such clicks in the future.

For future reference, to check the destination of ads on your page without
the risk of invalid clicks, we suggest using the AdSense Preview Tool,
available here:

https://www.google.com/support/adsen...c.py?topic=160 .

For additional questions, we suggest you visit our AdSense Support site at
https://www.google.com/support/adsense . If you're unable to find an
answer to your question on our site, please feel free to reply to this
email.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team