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When I was in college I ran a forum that got some decent traffic. I put Google Ads on my site and after a few months had enough money to pay for school books. I
by tedivm 8y ago
When I was in college I ran a forum that got some decent traffic. I put Google Ads on my site and after a few months had enough money to pay for school books. I went to cash out and they suspended my account claiming click fraud and stole the money.
This is how google has always operated, and it's one of the reasons why their near monopoly on advertising is horrible for everyone.
- braco_alva 8y agoThis exact thing happened to me too. They claimed click fraud and terminated my account. It was 10 years ago, and I have tried to make an appeal about it but always with the same response.
- kalleboo 8y agoExact same situation here. I don't need Google Ads so it doesn't really affect me, but I'm terrified that some day in the future it will come back and kick me in the ass somehow when some algorithm (sorry, "AI") decides that it has some significance so I get kicked out of email, YouTube, Maps, Google docs, etc