dougd1
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- Oct 1, 2007
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Here is the email that I received from Google AdSense about a month ago:
<pre>This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not
accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account
poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a
responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due
to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense
account. Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will
both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.
Please understand that we need to take such steps to maintain the
effectiveness of Google's advertising system, particularly the
advertiser-publisher relationship. We understand the inconvenience that
this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and
cooperation.
If you have any questions or concerns about the actions we've taken, how
you can appeal this decision, or invalid activity in general, you can find
more information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
</pre>
Here is the reply after the appeal:
<pre>Hello,
Thank you for your appeal. We appreciate the additional information you've
provided, as well as your continued interest in the AdSense program.
However, after thoroughly re-reviewing your account data and taking your
feedback into consideration, our specialists have confirmed that we're
unable to reinstate your AdSense account.
As a reminder, if you have any questions or concerns about your account,
the actions we've taken, or invalid activity in general, you can find more
information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
</pre>
I am actually quite puzzled by all of this.* I have seen Google AdSense advertisements all over the internet.* It seems to be quite a popular way to fund sites.* I thought surely this would be a way to have a very limited and targeted method to deliver ads and have it support this site without asking for donations or putting up with ads from companies that sell penis pills and weight loss plans.
Boy, was I wrong!
It seems Google is quite large. Over 24,000 employees.* Lots of brilliant scientists, engineers, sales and marketing folks.* Except in their Google AdSense division.
Google has a lot of patents and they have developed some very useful systems and technologies that are used by millions of people every day.* Except in their Google AdSense division.
Google is rated as THE if not ONE OF THE best search engines out there.* As a matter of fact, I'll bet within a few hours of posting this, it will appear on some high level executives desk over at the Google headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. Hell, it may even hit the desk of Mr. Page or Mr. Brin by tomorrow.
Why am I puzzled?* Why all of this ranting? Because I don't get it. We seem to "pose a risk of generating invalid activity" according to Google AdSense.
WTF? Generating invalid activity? WTF does that mean? You mean you have the ability to narrow down my searches to give me the best possible results with your supercomputers and search engine technology, but, you can't filter out "invalid activity" generated from someones cat sitting on their keyboard?* WTF?
Anyway, all of this ranting has made me ponder where we would like to head with all of this Donations vs. Advertising stuff.* Many of you have already spoken and it seems that most like the Ad-Free zone that TrawlerForum has to offer.* I use and have used many products from folks on the internet that rely on donations for their continued existence. Many offer very good products without all of the advertising trash that clutters the site.
If and when we do advertise it will be with advertisers that have participated in discussions on this forum in the past. Boaters such as yourselves. Not advertisements sold by some twenty something marketing major that can't tell the difference between a trawler and a trowler.
My new home page has been changed from Google to Bing. I am convinced that Google is just like the rest of some of those over size companies that are largely run by complete idiots without a clue. I fired Bank of America a few months ago because they were able to finally convince me that they didn't know what they were doing.
In the words of Donald (God I hope he's not the next president) Trump:
Google, you're fired!
<pre>This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not
accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account
poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a
responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due
to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense
account. Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will
both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.
Please understand that we need to take such steps to maintain the
effectiveness of Google's advertising system, particularly the
advertiser-publisher relationship. We understand the inconvenience that
this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and
cooperation.
If you have any questions or concerns about the actions we've taken, how
you can appeal this decision, or invalid activity in general, you can find
more information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
</pre>
Here is the reply after the appeal:
<pre>Hello,
Thank you for your appeal. We appreciate the additional information you've
provided, as well as your continued interest in the AdSense program.
However, after thoroughly re-reviewing your account data and taking your
feedback into consideration, our specialists have confirmed that we're
unable to reinstate your AdSense account.
As a reminder, if you have any questions or concerns about your account,
the actions we've taken, or invalid activity in general, you can find more
information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
</pre>
I am actually quite puzzled by all of this.* I have seen Google AdSense advertisements all over the internet.* It seems to be quite a popular way to fund sites.* I thought surely this would be a way to have a very limited and targeted method to deliver ads and have it support this site without asking for donations or putting up with ads from companies that sell penis pills and weight loss plans.
Boy, was I wrong!
It seems Google is quite large. Over 24,000 employees.* Lots of brilliant scientists, engineers, sales and marketing folks.* Except in their Google AdSense division.
Google has a lot of patents and they have developed some very useful systems and technologies that are used by millions of people every day.* Except in their Google AdSense division.
Google is rated as THE if not ONE OF THE best search engines out there.* As a matter of fact, I'll bet within a few hours of posting this, it will appear on some high level executives desk over at the Google headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. Hell, it may even hit the desk of Mr. Page or Mr. Brin by tomorrow.
Why am I puzzled?* Why all of this ranting? Because I don't get it. We seem to "pose a risk of generating invalid activity" according to Google AdSense.
WTF? Generating invalid activity? WTF does that mean? You mean you have the ability to narrow down my searches to give me the best possible results with your supercomputers and search engine technology, but, you can't filter out "invalid activity" generated from someones cat sitting on their keyboard?* WTF?
Anyway, all of this ranting has made me ponder where we would like to head with all of this Donations vs. Advertising stuff.* Many of you have already spoken and it seems that most like the Ad-Free zone that TrawlerForum has to offer.* I use and have used many products from folks on the internet that rely on donations for their continued existence. Many offer very good products without all of the advertising trash that clutters the site.
If and when we do advertise it will be with advertisers that have participated in discussions on this forum in the past. Boaters such as yourselves. Not advertisements sold by some twenty something marketing major that can't tell the difference between a trawler and a trowler.
My new home page has been changed from Google to Bing. I am convinced that Google is just like the rest of some of those over size companies that are largely run by complete idiots without a clue. I fired Bank of America a few months ago because they were able to finally convince me that they didn't know what they were doing.
In the words of Donald (God I hope he's not the next president) Trump:
Google, you're fired!
