I’m not sure if this is on purpose, but it’s most likely that google is also moderating the biggest moderated directory on the net. Hehe that’s a good one.

See it yourself (I’m not sure for how long this links will be alive)
Dmoz link : updated around June 4th
Google’s Link: doesn’t exist as of June 5th

Also I’ve found if you search for url that exist on dmoz’s certain category, google returns a result but the link is simply for oh for.
See the first link.

Last notes: Yahoo’s directory doesn’t have the category too. I kind of understand it since the category is under Business branch and it’s a paid service for yahoo to appear under that branch.

Simply you add a line into your robots.txt saying

Sitemap: <sitemap_location></sitemap_location>

This part is really cool but for site harvesters it’s an unbelivable tool. So you can handover the key to your site and web harvesters can crawl your site really easily because probably you’ve put all your site’s pages into your sitemap.

Sounds like a good plan in an ideal world. With all the cloakers and content scrapers you must be really smart not to be ripped apart.

My suggestion is to know who you’re serving the sitemap. Currently Google, Yahoo and Ask is supporting this sitemaps.xml and no other site has anything to do with it.
Here is a simple check you can add in the begining of your sitemap thing:

< ?php
    function botIsAllowed($ip){
        //get the reverse dns of the ip.
        $host = strtolower(gethostbyaddr($ip));
        $botDomains = array('.inktomisearch.com',
                                     '.googlebot.com',
                                     '.ask.com',
                             );

        //search for the reverse dns matches the white list
        foreach($botDomains as $bot){
            if (strpos(strrev($host),strrev($bot))===0){
                $qip= gethostbyname($host);
                return ($qip==$ip);
            }
        }
        return false;
}

if (!botIsAllowed($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])){
    echo "Banned!";
    exit;
}
?>

I’m sure everyone can get the idea of reverse dns and forward dns checking.
If I missed any decent site that uses the sitemaps let me know.

Note: If you’re still using static sitemaps (!) you can just include the xml after the code.

It’s a stupid keyword match, not a context match. This means you can’t really post anything about those keywords even if you’re writing against or for.

Here is the list I’ve found that is banned. Maybe there are more.

Update: I’ve found this one which is really weird: iraqi dinar

iraqi dinar
anabolic steroid
buy diethylpropion
buy ephedra
buy generic viagra
buy levitra
buy pain relief
buy phentermine
buy prescription
buy re
buy viagra
cable descrambler
casino online
casino roulette
child pornography
designer replica
fake degrees
fake diploma
find pharmacies
get medications
get viagara
internet casino
internet gambling
online blackjack
online casino
online craps
online kasino
online kasinos
online poker
online roulette
online slots
play online casino
play online poker
play roulette online
play texas holdem
pokeronline
replica designer handbags
replica handbags
replica watch
sportbetting
sportsbook

Some of Google’s non-search projects are really extensions of its search monetization, and are likely to succeed. But others projects mean entering areas where Google doesn’t have much experience, and is taking a risk. With regard to those riskier areas, the key question for Google’s future is whether it can realize that losing is really one of the best assets the company has.

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I was really confused, I checked my emails an the bad news: Google AdSense Account Disabled.

“Due Invalid clicks, your google adsense account disabled”, is the email you receive and you don’t know what you’ve done wrong. Also the email reminds you that :

Publishers disabled for invalid click activity are not allowed further participation in AdSense and do not receive any further payment. The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers.

You can appeal to the account closure but it’s uncertain that they’ll enable you again. Google is really taking the invalid click issue seriously. I started searching the internet about other people getting disabled, to see if anyone has been able to get their accounts back.

But I was getting desperate after reading that people are kissing their accounts good bye after closures due to invalid clicks.

I replied to the email immediately asking why I am kicked out. There were no replys for the first day. So started changing all the adversitements on my site to other pay-per-click ads. Oh God no other PPC program pays as good as Google does. Why? Should I start worshiping Yahoo?.

I checked Yahoo’s PPC program but devastated by the notice: You must have a valid US SSN. Hey I’m a canadian can’t I participate Yahoo Ads?

I even changed my default search to Yahoo because I was so pissed off to Google.

The other day I received a brief email from Google Adsense saying “yeah you can appeal to this by sending an email to blah blah blah but it’s in our rights to accept you back or not.”

Good enough! I replyed the second email and waiting for an answers, 2 day passed.

By the time I realized that google was a really important part of my internet life. Switching to yahoo for search engine really sucked! It was really slow to do the searches, something that I haven’t realized before. I even stoped using Gmail, Google Groups etc. And I realized life without google is a real pain.

After the second day of appeal, I received another email from Google.  Hey they are taking me back!!! effective immediately and I’ll be saving my un-paid balance as well. Yes this is a good ending story. Maybe I’m the only one blogging about being taken back.(at least that I know)

I waited another 24 hour until the ad-display turns to normal.

In conclusion, in 3 days I realized how Google is important to me and to my website. I understand Google for the account closure, because there are 1000s of cheaters that they have to be careful about. But Google showed it’s spirit as concerning about my appeal. Google is really giant as a corporation but they are really keeping the amateur in spirit as they grow , concerning about each individual’s situations and etc.. That’s the difference between Micro$oft and Google I see. And I don’t think that Google will be a real big brother like everybody is affraid of.

Even if they become “the biggest” it’s no harm to the people like me. We should try to take benefit from that. But it’s a harm it’s competition and that’s too bad for them.

Anyway, loosing only 3 days of income, I’m back showing up the Adsense Ads. I strongly suggest you not to put all the eggs in the same basket, just in case. If you’re not a cheater and got a closure, don’t feel bad, explain your situation to google. Try to explain that your traffic is legit and you’re sensitive about the invalid clicks too.

They are in the end got bigger because of the people like you and me. They still care. At least by now.

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Thoughts Aside:
The search engine submission is the most basic method to drive good traffic for your website. Plus email marketing enables your visitors to visit your every so often. Several network marketing tools are available on the internet that provides internet marketing solutions. And they can also inform you in case if Google disables your adwords advertising.

So go ahead and download then install…
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