On many webmaster forums there’s a topic regarding the payment delay for some publishers who selected western union as a payment option. This category includes me also, and it doesn’t quite suite me to wait after google to get the payment, but there isn’t anything that i can do.

If you are facing this problem then you will have an alert message in your adsense account saying::

Your payments are currently on hold. Action is required to release payment. Click here for details.

At first i taught i set my payments on hold, but after following the link from the notification i found out that the problem didn’t occur because of me, but because the mess-up Google made.

Required Action:
Deposit payment technical error - Please contact AdSense Support.

So what the heck, i sent them an email and in matter of one week i got the same reply that many other publishers who mailed them regarding this issue got:

Hello,

We wish to inform you that your April AdSense Western Union
payment has been unexpectedly delayed due to a technical error.

During this time, you may see the following messaging in your
account: “Deposit payment technical error - Please contact AdSense
Support.” Please be assured that there is no need to contact us as
we are working hard to resolve this issue. We’ll be sure to
provide you with more information soon.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience
and understanding.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. WTF? my payments are delayed more than 2 weeks and i have to understand them and stay calm. This is absurd!

DareDevils also got a reply to his mail, but its unprofessional and gives you the feeling that some of the employees at the adsense team have no idea what’s going on.

Hi,

Thank you very much for bringing this issue to our attention. I have
forwarded the information you provided to our engineering team for
further investigation.

For additional questions, I’d encourage you to visit the AdSense Help
Center ( http://www.google.com/adsense_help ) or the official AdSense
blog ( http://adsense.blogspot.com?utm_source=txft ). Alternatively, feel
free to post your question on the AdSense Help Forum (
http://groups.google.com/group/adsense-help?utm_source=txft ).

Sincerely,

Soumya
The Google AdSense Team

The bottom line is that there’s nothing we can do but wait and see the outcome. Let’s hope google won’t make a habit out of this.

As usual i was checking the DigitalPoint forums with a cup of coffee in one of my hand this morning. As i mentioned in previous posts i only check the Buy/Sell/Trade section.

When i got to the link exchange forums the thread title immediately got my attention(i had a feeling it will be something stupid) - Looking for google exchange click

Here’s what the thread starter wrote: 

Are you interested in exchanging a few clicks for adsense? Only 1-2 clicks spread through out the day, and only once every few days.

I realize this is against the Adsense TOS, but i’ve been getting alot of clicks, and 0 earnings from them.

The best method i’ve found is to search for a term from google.com and then visit our sites and click an ad. Please only do 1-2 daily and spread though out the day for best results.

If you’re interested, please reply / pm me with what i should search for, and what site to visit.

I mostly laughed because he admitted that he knows what he wants to do is against Adsense T.O.S  but he still wants to do it.

You got to be either stupid or willing to give up your adsense account to post a thread like this, especially if you would post your URL.

He edited the post, so i’m thinking that he removed the URL from his post and signature, because marieg warned him about the consequences:

I hope people will not report the site not because he’s looking to exchange google clicks.. I was thinking like maybe it’s not his site…

Oops it’s in his signature though

Although it seems that he found some click exchange partners, some people are really desperate to make a few cents without thinking of the consequences or alternatives which could help them make money from their sites.

This is a heads up for every one who tried/is doing/wants to do click exchanges. Google can easily determine if the clicks are legit or not. And if it turns out that the clicks are not legit they won’t hesitate to close your account.

Don’t be stupid! The whole world knows you can’t get rich over night.

It seems that the google adsense team ddin’t stop at adsense refferals beta and some extra features and continues to upgrade and tune-up adsense.

This feature is really cool, it allows the visitor to see extra ads by using the arrows. The arrows will make the ads slide and 2 different ads slide in. this AJAX feature is really great and will surely help publishers and also will provide a more appealing ad display to the visitor.

Check out this preview: