Christopher D.

I read so many reviews saying AdSense
Would shut down my account before I ever saw a dime and sure enough,
Right before the $100 threshold, my account was disabled for "invalid
Activity." Here is the information they were able to provide me about
This activity:"We are limited in the amount of information we can provide about your specific violation. We understand that you may want more information about your account activity. However, in order to protect our proprietary detection systems, we are unable to provide further details."I appealed, and they politely told me no, my account was permanently shut down. At no point was there any explanation of the nature of this mysterious invalid activity. My site is a modest one with no purchased traffic, partnerships with other sites, or even any other ads previously than AdSense. What is more likely, that there was something that warranted shutting down my account, or that Google is profiting off of publishers by taking the revenue from advertisers and pocketing it before the hosts of those ads ever get their fair compensation?