For quite a while now I’ve been unable to log into my Adsense account. As a result I’ve stopped using Adsense ads.

Here’s the problem: some time back I attempted to log in as I had always done before, using the email address I had used to signup to Adsense with, which is not my gmail address. I got this:

Welcome! You’re signed in to Google Accounts under the email [email protected] and your Google Account password, but this is not a valid AdSense login. If you’re an AdSense advertiser, try signing in using your AdSense email and password. Or, sign up for AdSense.

Strange. I hadn’t changed my password and I was typing it in correctly. I noticed it was recognizing me via my gmail ID, so I tried that, putting in my gmail ID and password.

Welcome! You’re signed in to Google Accounts under the email [email protected] and your Google Account password, but this is not a valid AdSense login.

That’s true, but I’m not able to get in with my regular AdSense login, so what do I do?

I navigated the feedback pages and sent in a request to get access to my account. Two weeks, no response. So I sent in another message. This time I got a message telling me I should make sure I’m not using my gmail address for my non-gmail login. I wish I had thought of that.

I pretty much let it go and forgot about it, figuring Google doesn’t want my business (which is perfectly reasonable; I’m generating almost no revenue).

Then last week I get an email from Google titled “Tips and Information on how to get the most out of AdSense”:

We’ve noticed that you’re not showing contextually targeted Google ads on your pages through the AdSense program at this time. We’re following up to see if we can help you to get started again or to maximize your site’s potential with AdSense.

Yup. Excellent. How about letting me log in?

If I try to log in now I get:

Welcome! You’re signed in to Google Accounts under the email [email protected] and your Google Account password, but this is different from your AdSense account email and/or password. If you’re an AdSense publisher, try signing in using your AdSense email and password. Or, sign up for AdSense.

Same if I try my gmail account.

I think this is the same problem being discussed over on search engine watch.