I used to have google adsense in my blog but they suddenly disappeared these days. I don’t see the adsense in my blog. Instead, I see ads stating ‘Microfinance Empowers‘ in some of my adsense block. Others are empty.
I googled the web and found the following cause and solution:-
Problem:
I used to have adsense showing in my website and blogs but I use to have adsense showing on my website and blogs but recently they don’t show on websites again instead what i see is this their microfinance stuff “Microfinance Empowers”.
Cause:
Since April 2009 it has been a term of service that Adsense publishers have a data protection compliant privacy policy on their site(s). Those who do not have such a policy often find that their ads turn to public service ads.
Solution:
In your adsense report page, you will see the following text highlighted in red:
Your pages are displaying Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) because you haven’t yet verified your PIN and/or phone number. See the Payment History page for more details.
You should verify your PIN Information in order to show adsense like before.
Login to your adsense account and go to this link: https://www.google.com/adsense/account-settings
You will see the following notification about PIN Information highlighted in red:
As part of our effort to protect the accounts of AdSense publishers, we have mailed a Personal Identification Number (PIN) to the payment address entered in your account. This PIN must be entered on the PIN Information page before any payments can be issued to you.
In the meantime, your account remains active, and you may continue to show ads and accrue earnings. If you have not received your PIN within 3 weeks, you may request that it be resent.
Please use the link below to enter your PIN or to request a reissue:
PIN Information page
Google will mail Personal Identification Number (PIN) to the payment address entered in your account.
You can request PIN from this link: https://www.google.com/adsense/pinentry
Be sure that you have correct Payee information entered. You can edit Payee information from this link: https://www.google.com/adsense/account-edit
The PIN information for your account will be mailed to you by google within 3-6 weeks after your request for PIN.
When you get the PIN card sent to you by Google, you can enter the PIN in the PIN Entry section of this page: https://www.google.com/adsense/pinentry
After that, you can see adsense in your site as before.
Hope this helps and thanks for reading.
Update (23rd March 2010): I got the PIN verification number from google. Now, the Public Service Ads (PSA) are gone from my site. :)