The search giant might punish you

May 29, 2007 15:12 GMT  ·  By

Some of you might be tented to make a joke to the search giant Google and create a Googlebomb that usually modifies the results returned by the search technology. For example, Google was affected by a bomb that brought the face of George W. Bush every time a user typed "failure" in the search box. However, a simple joke like this one can get you in trouble and , instead of some users' praises, you can receive a ban for your account. The AdSense account is also very important for all the users because the parent company Google prohibits a lot of unfair moves such as clicking on your own adverts.

"While these clicks still show in your reports, we filter out their associated earnings so that advertisers aren't charged. However, please keep in mind that we don't ignore the clicks completely; if it appears to us that a publisher has been clicking on his own ads to inflate his earnings or an advertiser's costs, we may disable the account to protect our advertisers' interests," the search giant recently said.

As you might know, every action that infringes the AdSense guidelines gets your account banned and brings you in trouble. That's why you should always avoid infringing them and remain a Google friend.

YouTube is another service that might get you in trouble and this time it is even more serious as it can send you to the judge. In the past, the online video sharing service had a lot of problems caused by the clips uploaded by its users because numerous companies and persons sent Google to the judge for copyright infringement. Some time ago, Fox contacted YouTube's representatives to obtain private information on a user who uploaded pirated clips of one of its creations, although the videos were not officially released. Obviously, YouTube offered the details so the user was involved into some serious trouble.