Some Drawbacks to Google AdSense

1. Life Ban from Google

Any publisher caught by Google with invalid clicks on its ads gets a life ban from the network. Publishers who have built and optimized their blogs to earn from Google AdSense would find themselves in a very precarious position to have gone extra miles looking for other ways to monetize their blogs.

2. Country Change Not Allowed

Once your application has been approved by Google, there is no possibility for a change of country should a publisher relocate. A publisher cannot receive payments from Google AdSense in a different country. There is just an option for publishers who reside in countries eligible for electronic wire transfer.

3. Issue of Privacy

Google tracks the browsing history of users of its products and services. They also track the activities of a webpage with AdSense ad code. Chrome browser isn't left out as users' browsing activities are tracked by Google.

If for instance you make a search on "migrating to Canada", you will find that a significant number of ads displayed to you after that search would be about Canada or migration to Canada. This is because your browsing activities have been captured by Google and used to serve you those ads.

4. AdSense Supported Languages

One of the many Google AdSense requirements for approving you as a publisher is the primary language that your blog is written in. There are restrictions on languages and only a handful is supported by Google.

Supported languages are Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian and Filipino.

Other supported languages are Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

5. Account Verification and Payments

Google still makes use of the traditional post card verification for publishers living in certain countries. They are required to enter the PIN number received from Google before they can receive payments. Cases of publishers not receiving the post are many, even after repeated attempts by Google to reach out to them.