WebMasters Be Wary Of Auto Surf Programs

I assume that a lot of webmasters probably are members of auto surf sites and where I agree that many of these can generate a substantial amount of traffic, though I prefer manual surf to auto surf as I beleive most autosurfers don't even sit in front of their screen, how many of you realize that they can cost you your Google Adsense Account. Do you really want to take that chance because once you lose that account its almost impossible to get it back.

This is extremely important. I received the following email from Google after trying auto surf for less than a week.

Quote:
Hello,

It has come to our attention that invalid clicks or impressions have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s) through users of third-party programs paid or provided with other incentives to visit your site. Such programs may include, but are t limited to auto-surf, pay-to-surf, pay-to-read, or pay-to-click sites.

As a reminder, any method of generating invalid clicks or impressions is strictly prohibited by our Terms & Conditions and program policies:


If we continue to detect invalid clicks or impressions from these services on your ads, we may disable your account to protect our advertisers.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team


I took their advice and deleted all such accounts. That was a sheer panic reflex action. I have rejoined some auto surf sites, my favourite being Traffic Rodeo, but now I use these sites to direct traffic to my affiliate links such as my Web Template Design page which actually makes me more money than Google Adsense.

I would be interested to know if any-one else has received such mail from Google.

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