[Tpsoc]

This was years ago for me, but as bad as it is losing the amount earned, it was just the lack of response when trying to understand why you were terminated. I had no idea why I was banned. I didn't employ any shady tricks. The only thing I noticed in the few weeks prior to the account banned was a higher CTR.

I actually emailed Adsense support at that time to let them know that it was out of the ordinary for my site.

Additionally, I also had an account on the CPA affiliate side of things with the same account that was banned because it was tied with the Adsense email account.

[bridanp]

Same for me here. The lack of response was ridiculous. I would have loved to been told what was wrong or why the ban so I could at least try to resolve the issue somehow. But the only thing I received in return was that the decision was final. I noticed a higher CTR prior to the ban, but nothing else out of the ordinary.

I had Webmaster tools and Analytics on site, so after the ban I could still research backwards, and could not find anything that was out of the ordinary other than the CTR was just a bit higher.

Eh, it seems this is still a bit of a sore subject for me. I lost a good bit of income from this decision, and it hurt at the time. Looking back, I'm glad I don't gain income from this any longer. It just seems like a scam. I started out using my websites as a place to teach and inform and the different subjects I have knowledge and interests in. But trying to blend keywords in so that Google and the other ads I ran could get high quality "eyeballs" on my content really became an inauthentic experience.

[Tpsoc]

I'm glad I don't gain/depend on income from adsense any longer as well. Moved on to CPA and then SaaS.

[noitsnot]

Same here. They won't do anything about a wrongful ban unless you're someone making decent money.