> As mentioned in our recent blogpost, all publishers will soon be
> required to update their AdSense account login to a Google Account.

> If you have any questions or concerns about this change, I recommend
> you check out the blogpost:http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/make-moveto-google-accounts.html

> Our Help Centre also contains information on updating your login:https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=7432

> Ashley

> As mentioned in our recent blogpost, all publishers will soon be
> required to update their AdSense account login to a Google Account.

> If you have any questions or concerns about this change, I recommend
> you check out the blogpost:http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/make-moveto-google-accounts.html

> Our Help Centre also contains information on updating your login:https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=7432

> Ashley

> I posted what I did above to try to warn people of problems that could
> occur when using a Google Account based on a non-Gmail account and
> then creating a Gmail account later.

> But, the problem is not actually an AdSense problem other than
> AdSense, like all the other Google products and services have to rely
> on one other Google service, "Google Accounts".

> They even have a Help Center athttp://www.google.com/support/accounts/

> The problem for me though is that I can't find a Help forum for Google
> Accounts like there is this for AdSense and I can't find anything that
> covers the situation I am seeing in their Help Center.

> One thing I do know though, although I am hoping the AdSense crew can
> convey our frustrations with our Google Accounts service to the people
> at Google Accounts, we pretty much have to try to work through the
> Google Accounts system in order to get anything done.

> That won't work. A person is only allowed one Individual Account if
> and one is found to have more than one, likely both will become
> disabled.

> You could however request to have the one you have now canceled but
> make sure the request to cancel it is preceded by approval to cancel
> and create a new account or you could end up running into the "one
> individual account" situation again having had one already.

> I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> access altogether.

> Why do I get the feeling this announcement has not been met with as
> much joy and happiness as previous announcements?  :-()

> "You have the same situation I have, started with a non-Gmail address
> account and created a Gmail account.  Now everything goes to the Gmail
> account no matter what I try to do."

> "I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> access altogether."

> You don't need to delete the gmail account. Just forward your gmail to
> the email account that you actually use. I've been doing this for over
> 2 years now. I hardly check my gmail account at all, having gotten
> used to my other email account. I only use it when I need to reply
> using an @gmail address. Heck, I even found out I got accepted into
> Adsense while checking my non-gmail account. Of course, within
> seconds, I was logging into my gmail account to confirm what was
> forwarded. True enough, there it was. : )

> On May 31, 7:48 pm, Cass-hacks wrote:

> > > Ok what I'll try is register a completely new google account, request
> > > adsense for it.

> > That won't work. A person is only allowed one Individual Account if
> > and one is found to have more than one, likely both will become
> > disabled.

> > You could however request to have the one you have now canceled but
> > make sure the request to cancel it is preceded by approval to cancel
> > and create a new account or you could end up running into the "one
> > individual account" situation again having had one already.

> > I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> > access altogether.

> > Why do I get the feeling this announcement has not been met with as
> > much joy and happiness as previous announcements?  :-()

> On Jun 4, 2:04 pm, ski44 wrote:

> > "I've created a gmail account and attached that to my adsense account.
> > But just wondering, will I still get adsense related mail to the
> > original account? Since I check my real email every day a few times,
> > and this gmail account's most likely only every 6 months."

> > "You have the same situation I have, started with a non-Gmail address
> > account and created a Gmail account.  Now everything goes to the Gmail
> > account no matter what I try to do."

> > "I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> > access altogether."

> > You don't need to delete the gmail account. Just forward your gmail to
> > the email account that you actually use. I've been doing this for over
> > 2 years now. I hardly check my gmail account at all, having gotten
> > used to my other email account. I only use it when I need to reply
> > using an @gmail address. Heck, I even found out I got accepted into
> > Adsense while checking my non-gmail account. Of course, within
> > seconds, I was logging into my gmail account to confirm what was
> > forwarded. True enough, there it was. : )

> > On May 31, 7:48 pm, Cass-hacks wrote:

> > > > Ok what I'll try is register a completely new google account, request
> > > > adsense for it.

> > > That won't work. A person is only allowed one Individual Account if
> > > and one is found to have more than one, likely both will become
> > > disabled.

> > > You could however request to have the one you have now canceled but
> > > make sure the request to cancel it is preceded by approval to cancel
> > > and create a new account or you could end up running into the "one
> > > individual account" situation again having had one already.

> > > I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> > > access altogether.

> > > Why do I get the feeling this announcement has not been met with as
> > > much joy and happiness as previous announcements?  :-()- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

> On Jun 6, 10:44 pm, mist wrote:

> > one question, i do use gmail account but i would like to change the
> > email add. how do i do it ?

> > On Jun 4, 2:04 pm, ski44 wrote:

> > > "I've created a gmail account and attached that to my adsense account.
> > > But just wondering, will I still get adsense related mail to the
> > > original account? Since I check my real email every day a few times,
> > > and this gmail account's most likely only every 6 months."

> > > "You have the same situation I have, started with a non-Gmail address
> > > account and created a Gmail account.  Now everything goes to the Gmail
> > > account no matter what I try to do."

> > > "I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> > > access altogether."

> > > You don't need to delete the gmail account. Just forward your gmail to
> > > the email account that you actually use. I've been doing this for over
> > > 2 years now. I hardly check my gmail account at all, having gotten
> > > used to my other email account. I only use it when I need to reply
> > > using an @gmail address. Heck, I even found out I got accepted into
> > > Adsense while checking my non-gmail account. Of course, within
> > > seconds, I was logging into my gmail account to confirm what was
> > > forwarded. True enough, there it was. : )

> > > On May 31, 7:48 pm, Cass-hacks wrote:

> > > > > Ok what I'll try is register a completely new google account, request
> > > > > adsense for it.

> > > > That won't work. A person is only allowed one Individual Account if
> > > > and one is found to have more than one, likely both will become
> > > > disabled.

> > > > You could however request to have the one you have now canceled but
> > > > make sure the request to cancel it is preceded by approval to cancel
> > > > and create a new account or you could end up running into the "one
> > > > individual account" situation again having had one already.

> > > > I'm tempted to just delete my Gmail account but I'm afraid I'd lose
> > > > access altogether.

> > > > Why do I get the feeling this announcement has not been met with as
> > > > much joy and happiness as previous announcements?  :-()- Hide quoted text -

> > - Show quoted text -

> So I have to use a band-aid to fix a system that doesn't allow me to
> choose?

> I didn't ask for my Gmail account to take over my Google Account.

> There was no warning it would happen.

> There was no verification that I wanted it to happen.

> There is no way to change where subscription updates go.

> There are a lot of "you can just do" but that doesn't mean the system
> isn't broke.