Hi everyone,

I've used Adsense on my sites for over a decade, attended Google seminars across the continent, all that stuff. I recently sold my company but retained several sites. The Adsense account stayed with the company, so that required that I apply for a new account under a new company name, new contact info, etc, for the sites that I retained.

Long story short, I applied, got accepted, even corresponded over the phone and via email with an account rep as we worked to get everything on the up-and-up. Then suddenly one morning about 50 days in my account was banned due to fraudulent activity. The account rep said he was unaware of what had happened, and that was that. Game over.

It's all so odd. I'm not a scammer, never so much as clicked on my own advertisements, but after all of these years (one site is over a decade old) suddenly Google determines there was some sort of fraudulent activity going on and kills my account? Seems bizarre, especially since nothing ever raised any alarm bells over so many years.

Is there any rhyme or reason to this sort of thing? I know that once an account is banned that's it, but I operate a reputable company that has high quality traffic. The content is the sort you'd think Google would want its ads on, and yet here we are.

Any thoughts on this? Any recourse at all?