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Basically, when clicks increased on one of my sites (20-30 times higher than usual, with revenue jumping sharply), AdSense put the account under review, and this has been going on for a month and a half already. Has anyone experienced this?
Traffic came from the US and then got cut off. But that spike was enough for AdSense to place the account on hold.
Revenue dropped to zero) so much for AdSense)
And it makes you realize that there is nothing stable about making money online, not even AdSense))
From the comments: Had the exact same thing.
I think it wasn’t actual US traffic, but some scumbags either warming up bots, manipulating user behavior factors, or something else, and somehow clicking on fixed and interstitial ads right at that time.
They come from Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. The referrers vary and aren’t identical.
So what do you do about that???
Another comment: Sign up with ad networks like Ezoic or Setupad.
And you’ll earn through their AdSense, but I guarantee you should get more revenue, even after their commission.
And another very useful one: The restriction lasts for 10 days, then ads appear, and if the bot likes everything, the restriction is lifted after another 10 days.
This mostly hits new accounts.
As an option, I removed almost all banners from the site and then added them back gradually. But there’s no guarantee you won’t hit it again.
As a backup, add domains across multiple accounts, and if one account gets flagged, switch the codes.
And also approve domains in platforms like Ezoic and Setupad as a backup so you don’t lose income.
Conclusion: overall, you need to try adding sites to other networks and maintain multiple AdSense accounts.
Thanks everyone for the answers, super helpful!