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> * I personally ran a website with Google Ads, and the first time I tried to cash out was accused of click fraud and had all the earned money stolen, I've hea
by whatamidoingyo 3y ago
> * I personally ran a website with Google Ads, and the first time I tried to cash out was accused of click fraud and had all the earned money stolen,
I've heard of this happening to a lot of people. I hate using Adsense, and have mainly disabled it in the past, but it seems when I do, I get super heavy traffic and always think, "darn, I should have kept Adsense running".
I'm wondering if it's worth slowing down my sites and annoying users to eventually get to $100 to see if I'll be able to cash it out. It's getting close to $100, so it's hard to deactivate.
- winter_blue 3y ago> but it seems when I do, I get super heavy traffic Do you mean you get more traffic when Google Ads are active/present on your website? I.e. that the google search ranking algorithm prioritizes websites running Google ads?
- uxp8u61q 3y agoMaybe I misread but GP seems to be saying the opposite.
- whatamidoingyo 3y agoNo, the opposite. When they're inactive, traffic reaches all time highs. When they're active, traffic is still decent, but nowhere near as high when they're off. Google ranks your site based on speed (as well as a few other factors), and their product (adsense) slows everything down, so that's potentially a reason. So, it's like... wow, I should have kept adsense on (although I probably wouldn't have the same traffic if it was).
- dcow 3y agoThe Google Catch-22
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- simonlc 3y agoIf I recall correctly, if you choose to close your adsense account send you your remaining balance even if it is below $100.
- sct202 3y agoAs long as you don't turn on auto-ads, you can control Adsense to take up a limited amount of space as small as you'd like. Most of the users that would be offended by ads are already blocking.