Does Google Think We’re Spammers?

When we first set up this blog, we applied for an AdSense account, but for whatever reason, we decided not to add the AdSense code to this blog, so I never did. The account is there, and I’ve even got the code in a widget (I think), but I never made it go live.

Now, this past week, we received this e-mail from the AdSense team:

Dear Scott Orth (ed. – SEMpdx Treasurer)

While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers. Since keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our advertisers in the future, we’ve decided to disable your account.

Please understand that we consider this a necessary step to protect the interests of both our advertisers and our other AdSense publishers. We realize the inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

If you have any questions about your account or the actions we’ve taken, please do not reply to this email. You can find more information by visiting here.

 

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team

We’re a “significant risk”? To whom, and exactly how?

I could understand disabling our account due to inactivity, but why would keeping our account in the Google publisher network “financially damage their advertisers in the future”?

Is it because I’ve been critical of putting clients in the content network at all? – I doubt that.

Is it because I’ve pointed out some inconsistencies in their unfair and stupid rules? – I hardly think so.

Is it because I’ve taken occasional and random jabs at them in the SEMpdx forum? – Not a chance, right?

So what then? How exactly are we a danger to Googles advertisers, especially if we haven’t even put in the code?