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As of midday today, my AdSense account suddenly just stopped working (now it's only showing blank ads).

I didn't receive any messages or notifications about violating AdSense policies. I have my domain opted as a valid domain in the account settings. What else can it be????

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This thread shows the right first checks from and the follow-up from . Below is a concise, practical checklist to diagnose sudden blank ads and a short review/appeal workflow to recover site-level ad serving. The steps focus on verifiable evidence, safe fixes, and documentation for any appeal.

  • Check the AdSense Policy Center for site-level actions or messages; the interface will indicate whether ads on specific sites are restricted and surfaces the review option.
  • Search the account email (and spam) for policy notices from Google; some messages reference site-level enforcement.
  • Review Google Search Console (Security Issues) and run a malware/hacked-content scan. Remove any malicious pages and record timestamps.
  • Isolate the ad code in a minimal page served from the same host, test in incognito with ad blockers off, and confirm the publisher ID and tags are unchanged. This separates implementation problems from site or traffic issues.
  • Inspect analytics and server logs for sudden traffic spikes, odd referrers, or bot activity—invalid-traffic detections can reduce or stop ad serving.
  • Verify site accessibility to crawlers (robots.txt, noindex tags) and check ads.txt for obvious misconfiguration.
  • If a site action exists, document every corrective step, collect before/after evidence, and then request a review in the Policy Center.

Suggested review message outline: state the observed action, summarize exactly what was changed (specific URLs and timestamps), attach logs or screenshots showing cleanup, and request a re-review. Avoid creating bypass accounts or otherwise trying to circumvent enforcement; retain full records of fixes. Reviews can take several days or longer, so patience and clear documentation help the process.

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I would tend to beleive that if you violated their policies, they would have notified you via email as well. Must be something else.

If you take a blank web page, locally on a computer and insert the adsense script for your account, does the ad show?

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It does ... I was able to figure out that my domain got banned, and not my account. Working on resolving this :( UGH.

Super busy at the moment but I'll come back in a little bit and post the details. I know what happened.

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