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Probably just coincidence. Google over-zealously suspends ad accounts, listings, etc. all the time.

• AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  That's odd. Suspending an ad account means losing revenue; I'd expect them to be very reluctant to do so.
• winternett 4y ago
  Extortion basically... They track clicks on profiles and keep tabs on many businesses undercover. I get tons of junk calls and calls from companies that are obviously trying to market to me or from competitors trying to copy my business methods. It's not really been useful to have a google profile, though it's also essential. The monopoly effect is here, and firmly embedded, they have far too much money for anyone to reliably counter their tactics. Small and medium sized businesses are being squeezed harder than ever by big industry, and by the Internet being shrunken, and everyone wants a piece of your profit now, or you simply don't pass. I make business web sites and apps, but the cost to customers is mostly going towards advertising them now, even more than development budgets. Because of how ads are set up (based on what is trending at each moment), it's also very hard to get the right reach every time with a fixed budget. Because of the gamifying of SEO and search ranking, customers are often upset by fluctuating prices for our work. I don't know what to tell people, but things are getting more complex, and insanely mathematical in order to just make a few bucks. Something has to give, and we've got to start boycotting certain things to remind companies that they are not invincible.