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I find it hard to believe that a multibillion dollar company is plotting to steal hundreds of dollars from publishers. Perhaps a more productive activity would

by Donzo 12y ago

I find it hard to believe that a multibillion dollar company is plotting to steal hundreds of dollars from publishers. Perhaps a more productive activity would be to post the reasons Google cited for ceasing the ad serving on your site and then explain what you changed. Linking to your site would also be helpful. In this way we can determine more reasonably whether they were right in suspending your account. Surely it is not the number of accounts that were banned that is important but rather the reasons why they are banning them and the fairness of the review process.

sp332 12y ago
Maybe they're not plotting, maybe they're just overlooking an overzealous ban-bot.
- jeffmould 12y ago
  I agree. I do think there is a problem with the system. But I don't believe it is a "plot" by Google specifically. I think it is more, like you say, overzealous algorithms that are resulting in the problems Adsense publishers are seeing. I do think there are some other areas of the algorithm that are just not working properly such as the PPC & CPM calculations. I don't think Google is necessarily doing this on purpose, but I do think, as with most Google products, they don't utilize their resources properly to gather feedback from the publishers to identify exactly where the problems are and what is occurring in order to properly resolve them. Instead they see a fire internally and attempt to put it out which just pushes the problem to another area. Adwords, and in turn Adsense, are the bread and butter for Google earnings, and while I understand it is nearly impossible to handle every publisher issue they must receive, Google has a bad reputation when it comes to dealing with any problem at all. I do know that when your Adsense account reaches I believe $100 a week (not positive on the exact amount but that is what it was at one time) in earnings you do get direct email access to their support team, but even this is not enough in most cases. It doesn't take long to do a quick Google search to see that these issues are not isolated to one or two users. It is a systematic problem that has been occurring for several years now. Some larger publishers have even identified specific IP addresses for click bots and reported them to Google, yet Google does nothing to ban these IP addresses causing more users to experience the problem.
- cordite 12y ago
  That seems to be their pattern, considering on YouTube they readily ban and remove NASA published content once other news stations or publishes like SONY share some of it.
photonstorming 12y ago
When you're banned they don't give you a reason. It's a template email which explains how they CAN'T give you a reason because then it would allows others to start gaming the system.
FroshKiller 12y ago
You don't get billions of dollars by ignoring small change.
- chaz 12y ago
  Sure ... mind the pennies, but don't risk your dollars to do so (aka penny wise and pound foolish). Ads are a trust business, and a lack of trust erodes their entire business away.

by Donzo 12y ago

sp332 12y ago

Maybe they're not plotting, maybe they're just overlooking an overzealous ban-bot.

jeffmould 12y ago
I agree. I do think there is a problem with the system. But I don't believe it is a "plot" by Google specifically. I think it is more, like you say, overzealous algorithms that are resulting in the problems Adsense publishers are seeing. I do think there are some other areas of the algorithm that are just not working properly such as the PPC & CPM calculations. I don't think Google is necessarily doing this on purpose, but I do think, as with most Google products, they don't utilize their resources properly to gather feedback from the publishers to identify exactly where the problems are and what is occurring in order to properly resolve them. Instead they see a fire internally and attempt to put it out which just pushes the problem to another area. Adwords, and in turn Adsense, are the bread and butter for Google earnings, and while I understand it is nearly impossible to handle every publisher issue they must receive, Google has a bad reputation when it comes to dealing with any problem at all. I do know that when your Adsense account reaches I believe $100 a week (not positive on the exact amount but that is what it was at one time) in earnings you do get direct email access to their support team, but even this is not enough in most cases. It doesn't take long to do a quick Google search to see that these issues are not isolated to one or two users. It is a systematic problem that has been occurring for several years now. Some larger publishers have even identified specific IP addresses for click bots and reported them to Google, yet Google does nothing to ban these IP addresses causing more users to experience the problem.
cordite 12y ago
That seems to be their pattern, considering on YouTube they readily ban and remove NASA published content once other news stations or publishes like SONY share some of it.

photonstorming 12y ago

When you're banned they don't give you a reason. It's a template email which explains how they CAN'T give you a reason because then it would allows others to start gaming the system.

FroshKiller 12y ago

You don't get billions of dollars by ignoring small change.

chaz 12y ago
Sure ... mind the pennies, but don't risk your dollars to do so (aka penny wise and pound foolish). Ads are a trust business, and a lack of trust erodes their entire business away.