Let me tell you a story about karma and how I made $250 byreporting an Adsense cheater!

It started when I came upon a web site where some kid wasblatantly breaking the rules by asking his buddies to click onhis Adsense ads.

This has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves! Why do peoplethink they can break the rules at the expense of other peoples'AdWords budgets?

So I did what a lot of people do... I contacted Google!

I figured Google would shut this punk down immediately. Boy wasI wrong!

Every time I went back to this kid's web site the message askinghis friends to click the ads were still there! This went on fora few weeks and I really started to get ticked off at the lackof response on Google's part.

So I decided to take matters into my own hands.

I used this software I created called "Google Sponsor Lister"(You can get it at AdsenseSchool.com) to find every sponsor whowas targeting this kid's niche.

I contacted each sponsor directly and told them there was achance their ads were being displayed on a cheater's site. Ifigured if THEY complained to Google, something would happen!

Well I guess I was right! One of the sponsors emailed me backtwo days later and said:

"I want to thank you for pointing out the kids clicking on myads. I turned it over to my Google rep, and he called today tolet me know Google is disabling their account. Also, he saidGoogle is crediting me a decent amount for fraudulent clicksover the last quarter. What's your address? I'd like to send youa little thank you gift."

How awesome is that? I was so excited! Not because he was goingto send me a "thank you gift"... but because I figured out howto get that punk's shut down!

It's funny how Google shut this kid down in TWO DAYS because asponsor contacted them but when I had been trying for weeks,nothing happened. Makes you think...

Anyway... I told him he didn't have to thank me and hedefinitely didn't need to send me a gift. I was just happy toknow I saved him a couple bucks and this punk got his accountcanceled.

He replied with the following...

"Thanks again. I actually spend several hundred thousand dollarsa month on Google, so at least they responded to me quickly.Also, the rebate they gave me was fairly substantial (severalthousand). I'd really like to buy you an Amazon gift certificateor an iPod or something if you'd like to tell me how to send itto you, because I don't think I would have been proactive aboutthis if you hadn't contacted me. Either way, it's great thatyou're being a good samaritan."

SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS? I thought I saved him a couple bucksat most!

I was floored when I read that because I knew Adsense cheatershurt sponsors but I never thought it was that bad!

So I told him if he REALLY wanted to send me an iPod or anAmazon gift certificate, I wouldn't stop him! ;-)

He ended up sending me an Amazon.com gift certificate worth$250!

Long story short... I am now a true believer in Karma! :-D

I think this teaches us a couple important lessons...

First, telling Google about Adsense cheaters is fruitless... butinforming the sponsors, and asking them to contact Google, worksimmediately!

And second, ripping off AdWords sponsors is big business. Don'tthink for a second it's a victimless crime!

Oh and now I'm a true believer in Karma!

Maybe you won't make $250... but at the very least you'll helpget rid of another Adsense thief and save a business owner somemoney!