Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Regarding Google

Some of you may have noticed that the Google Ads at the right of the page have disappeared.
Many of you will not have noticed, as they were rarely clicked on.

Anyway, here's an email I got from Google on Saturday:

"Hello,
While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense
account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers. Since
keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our
advertisers in the future, we've decided to disable your account.
Please understand that we consider this a necessary step to protect the
interests of both our advertisers and our other AdSense publishers. We
realize the inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you in advance
for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have any questions about your account or the actions we've taken,
please do not reply to this email. You can find more information by
visiting
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team"

I followed the link and discovered that my only avenue to discuss this situation was through an online appeal form. I filled it out, and got this reply:

"Hello,
Thanks for providing us with additional information. However, after
thoroughly reviewing your account data and taking your feedback into
consideration, we've re-confirmed that your account poses a significant
risk to our advertisers. For this reason, we're unable to reinstate your
account. Thank you for your understanding.
As a reminder, if you have any questions about your account or the actions
we've taken, please do not reply to this email. You can find more
information by visiting
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153."


So yep. No more ads here. Don't know why. It's not a huge blow as the income derived from the service is minor. What is frustrating is the inability to find out why this has happened. All other avenues of communication are shut, or route me back to the FAQ which is supposed to answer all my queries, or a forum full of people with problems that are being met with a similar level of customer service.

3 comments:

jay said...

maybe its all those anti-twilight posts? hehe :P

then again, scrolling down your labels list i see: deep sarcasm, satan, the butt, swearing, underpants, jerks..

these things are significant risks to advertisers, stefan!!

i mean, they are worse than all the porn in googlegroups!

Anonymous said...

You're a risk?
A significant risk?!?

I knew it...a homegrown anti-google risk-maker in our midst!

B.

Anonymous said...

Stef, tell Obscene Pickle to change the way you can comment on her blog...I can't do it like I can do it with you...(that' sounds so 80ish one hit wonder, doesn't it?) anyway, I'd love to comment, but it won't let me...I need to have one of a couple of accounts or something...it's crazy, not easy like yours...you are so easy...Can you fix?

B.