With our advertising programs, we strive to create an online ecosystem that benefits publishers, advertisers and users. For this reason, we sometimes have to take action against accounts that demonstrate behavior toward users or advertisers that may negatively impact how the ecosystem is perceived. In your case, we have detected invalid activity in your AdSense account and it has been disabled.
well yesterday google closed my admob account. and they send me this mail.
To preventint closing Admob account, Should I add this code:
AdRequest request = new AdRequest.Builder()
.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR) // All emulators
.addTestDevice("AC98C820A50B4AD8A2106EDE96FB87D4") // My Galaxy Nexus test phone
.build();
Also I am not clicking my admob. But I want to prevent Admob close. How should make strong (not closing)Admob?
Since your account was closed for "invalid activity", the code you present may be one possible solution, but it comes down to the more exact (not disclosed by AdMob in this case) reasoning behind it. The code you present will only remove invalid activity from your own personal device, if you have previously clicked or viewed ads on it yourself.
I encourage reading "How Google prevents invalid activity" and "AdSense program policies". Key points to evaluate against how you've acted with your account are:
Publishers may not click their own ads or use any means to inflate impressions and/or clicks artificially, including manual methods. Clicks on Google ads must result from genuine user interest. Any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions on your Google ads is strictly prohibited. These prohibited methods include, but are not limited to, repeated manual clicks or impressions, automated click and impression generating tools and the use of robots or deceptive software. Please note that clicking your own ads for any reason is prohibited.
Publishers may not ask others to click their ads or use deceptive implementation methods to obtain clicks. This includes, but is not limited to, offering compensation to users for viewing ads or performing searches, promising to raise money for third parties for such behavior or placing images next to individual ads.
In short, don't view, click or promote ads yourself. Only let your real users view and click ads out of their own free will.
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The application worked fine for half a year, I tried to upload an update, everything was as usual, but the console received "We have determined your app contains code to facilitate Ad Fraud", although I almost did not change anything. The only change that had at least some relation to the advertisement, after the splash, an advertisement appears, after it is closed, it shows the main screen of the application, it was decided to extend the display time of the splash screen, so a slight delay was added so that the advertisement had a little more time to load. After that, the update failed.
We wrote in support, after almost 2 weeks, they replied:
"I’ve reviewed your appeal request and found that your app still violates Google Play Policy. I’ve included details below about the specific issue with your app and what you can do to get your app back on Google Play.
Step 1: Fix the policy violation with your app
During review, we found that your app violates the Ad fraud policy:
Your app is not compliant with the Ad Fraud policy. Ad fraud is strictly prohibited. Ad interactions generated for the purpose of tricking an ad network into believing traffic is from authentic user interest is ad fraud, which is a form of invalid traffic.
Ads should not be shown in a way that results in inadvertent clicks. Forcing a user to click an ad or submit personal information for advertising purposes before they can fully use an app is prohibited.
Ads should not appear after the user has exited the app, or after the user has pressed the back button to exit the app.
Ads associated with your app must not interfere with other apps, ads, or the operation of the device, including system or device buttons and ports.
This includes overlays, companion functionality, and widgetized ad units. Ads must only be displayed within the app serving them. You can refer the attached screenshot for additional information.
You can read through the Ad Fraud policy page for more details and examples of common violations.
Please update your app to fix this issue. You may also want to double check that your app complies with all other Developer Program Policies, as additional enforcement could occur if there are further policy violations.
Step 2: Submit an update to your app
To submit an updated app bundle or APK:
Prepare your updates.
Create a new release using the compliant app bundle or APK. Be sure to create the new release on the same track(s) as the non-compliant app bundle or APK, increment the version number, and set the release to 100% rollout.
Follow the on-screen instructions to add APKs or app bundles, then review and roll out your release.
Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for working with us to fix the policy issue and for your continued support of Google Play."
It seems like the application does not break anything, but I came across this answer Uncaught exception thrown by finalizer: All WebView methods must be called on the same thread. (Expected Looper ) th / 57308639 # 57308639 it is possible if the application is minimized and the advertisement is loaded and is shown not in the application. Or, due to problems with the connection, it does not show ads immediately after the splash, but passes it to the main screen and then it already shows that it also seems to be wrong, but then problems with the update appeared earlier. Could any of this be a problem? What else could be the problem? Maybe someone did something similar, please tell me what are the solutions?
Update Admob library to 19.7.0 or later and follow the migration guide to update Rewarded and Interstitial Ads in the app.
I have an app on both iOS and android platforms.
I use Ad Manager SDK for displaying ads. Everything is ok for android app. But there is something wrong for iOS app.
Google says "invalid traffic and click".
Interstitial ads' impressions and clicks are well. But banner type ads don't count clicks. They don't earn money.
I did everything what google documents say.
I tried the following methods:
I improved the viewability for ads. Every ad is requested on time.
I used Charles Session too. There is no duplicate or spam requests.
Then I created new adIDs. It works well just a couple of day. Then again same problem occurs.
Google says:
"Non-Human Traffic: Traffic or clicks generated via robots, spiders or crawlers are filtered by DFP
Automated ad clicking: The instances include: multiple clicks fired and clicks fired without user interactions are marked as malicious activity in the system"
in email.
They dont say anything else. My account is not blocked.
How can I avoid invalid traffic and bot clicks? Is there anything else I must do?
I use:
pod 'GoogleAds-IMA-iOS-SDK'
pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK'
for ads.
I was thinking to integrate the Google AdMobs SDK in my free app. Now, I have read the terms of use regarding publishing ads:
If User is a publisher, User shall not, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to generate fraudulent impressions of or fraudulent clicks on any advertisement.
But, I'd still like to ask if the following is allowed:
I have a free app with a locked feature (a disabled ListView item). And below it I plan to say the following "Watch 5 ads to unlock this feature". Now, I'm NOT going to be showing any dialog boxes encouraging the user to watch an ad or any other way. And it's completely fine if the user doesn't want to watch an ad; he just doesn't get to unlock that feature. I think this way is more of a passive nudge than actual encouragement. And I plan to stop showing ads as well after the user has watched 5 ads. I don't think that it's fraudulent either.
Considering games like Subway Surfer and Doodle Jump use this method if I want to unlock in-game prizes or start a game from where I left off if I lose, I don't think this should be a problem.
However, I would like to know all your thoughts on this. Is it ok to do this?
Admob doesn't allows this. but you can check with other third party ad providers like chitika https://chitika.com/mobile if they allow it.
If User is a publisher, User shall not, and shall not authorize or
encourage any third party to generate fraudulent impressions of or
fraudulent clicks on any advertisement.
I accidentally clicked my ad in the emulator (not a test ad) and my app is linked with AdMob. Will anything be shut down for false reporting of ad impression and clicks? Like my application is not in google play just yet, I am still testing things out in the emulator. Is this something to really worry about or no not really?
According to this:
"Publishers may not click their own ads or use any means to inflate impressions and/or clicks artificially, including manual methods. Testing your own ads by clicking on them is not allowed.
Google treats invalid activity very seriously, analyzing all clicks and impressions to determine whether they fit a pattern of use that might artificially drive up an advertiser's costs or a publisher's earnings. If we determine that an AdMob account might pose a risk to our advertisers, we may disable that account to protect our advertisers' interests."
You don't have to worry if you only clicked once or twice. However, multiple clicks even when done unintentionally would be detected and treated as clicks generated with malicious or fraudulent intent aka click fraud which leads to disabling of associated accounts.
No safety threshold has been given so to be on a safe side just make sure you test via test ads. You only need one line of code to so :
AdRequest request = new AdRequest.Builder()
.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR) //Remove this line after testing
.build();
Is it reasonable to give a user an option to either purchase the full version or click on an advertisement to unlock a feature in the application. From my understanding, AdMob pays based on clicks, not impressions. Also is it possible to listen for ad clicks in Android?
From the AdMob terms of use available here
If User is a publisher, User shall not, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to generate fraudulent impressions of or fraudulent clicks on any advertisement,
You should not ask your users to click on the advertisement. It's against the terms of service.
You do need to carefully read your agreement with the advertisement provider. For example, I know that Google Adsense would not allow this. I admit this may not apply to AdMob (of whom I have no experience) but for those who find this question some time down the line, read the fine print. Here's the part of Adsense's Terms and Conditions I'm thinking of (Section 5):
You shall not, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (i) directly or indirectly generate queries, Referral Events, or impressions of or clicks on any Ad, Link, Search Result, or Referral Button...
Aside from breaking Terms and Conditions, your users may still not click on them. New study has some interesting numbers to keep in mind...