Is the notice pdf text near-unreadable for anyone else or is it just pdf.js being messy? http://www.adsensepublishersettlement.com/docs/notice.pdf
Reads fine for me in Safari.
$11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
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Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
>What the title has to do with the page? I could not find this $11M anything on that page! It is on page #9 of the settlement PDF: http://www.adsensepublishersettlement.com/docs/settlement.pd... "1.44. “Settlement Fund” means a cash fund of $11,000,000, to be paid by Google in accordance with the terms of this Settlement Agreement. " and later on the same page: "2.1. Settlement Fund. Subject to the terms of this Agre…
OP should have linked the PDF instead.
He was not the poster of this article.
Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#63This was years ago for me, but as bad as it is losing the amount earned, it was just the lack of response when trying to understand why you were terminated. I had no idea why I was banned. I didn't employ any shady tricks. The only thing I noticed in the few weeks prior to the account banned was a higher CTR. I actually emailed Adsense support at that time to let them know that it was out of the ordinary for my site.…
Same for me here. The lack of response was ridiculous. I would have loved to been told what was wrong or why the ban so I could at least try to resolve the issue somehow. But the only thing I received in return was that the decision was final. I noticed a higher CTR prior to the ban, but nothing else out of the ordinary.
I had Webmaster tools and Analytics on site, so after the ban I could still research backwards, and could not find anything that was out of the ordinary other than the CTR was just a bit higher.
Eh, it seems this is still a bit of a sore subject for me. I lost a good bit of income from this decision, and it hurt at the time. Looking back, I'm glad I don't gain income from this any longer. It just seems like a scam. I started out using my websites as a place to teach and inform and the different subjects I have knowledge and interests in. But trying to blend keywords in so that Google and the other ads I ran could get high quality "eyeballs" on my content really became an inauthentic experience.
Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#64When I was in college I had a website that I ran google ads on. I let a balance build up over time so I could use the money to buy school books. When I attempted to cash out Google (which up until that time had no problem profiting off of my site) decided that I was part of a clickfraud ring and refused to pay out the money. There was no way to appeal. Honestly, to this day, I am still far less likely to use Google s…
Exactly the same here, I was looking forward to the day I could finally cash out and use it for stuff I needed (also a cash-stripped kid at the time), and then they decided I had committed fraud.
Nowadays I’m trying to avoid using any hosted services at all due to that (and later, similar) experiences.
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#65I get the "We think your business is a scam and so we are terminating our relationship" but I don't understand why "... and we'll keep the money." doesn't result in criminal charges.
What's even worse is that they won't tell you what you allegedly did wrong. You can appeal, but you have to guess what you did wrong and provide evidence, but you can't even access your click data anymore since you're now locked out. It's like being in a relationship with a psychotic person.
Exactly and that's one of not-so-many reasons I'm so happy for GDPR to kick in!
Basically a big fuck you to Google: "give me all the data you have on me or I will report you and you may be on the hook for 4% of your revenue".
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#66Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#67I had an adsense account to profit from an IP address i randomly purchased from an ISP, which was formerly apparently a somewhat popular porn site. Racked up about $950 in a month, then they turned me off, something about violating terms etc etc.
It was a glorified 404 page with a google search widget & adsense ads on it.
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#68My first respsonce was, that's it? Even personal injury lawsuits get bigger verdicts than that, and this involves actual businesses and thousands of people. The lawyers and other fees will eat much of that. No wonder google does not have to worry and can act with impunity .
Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#69When I was in college I had a website that I ran google ads on. I let a balance build up over time so I could use the money to buy school books. When I attempted to cash out Google (which up until that time had no problem profiting off of my site) decided that I was part of a clickfraud ring and refused to pay out the money. There was no way to appeal. Honestly, to this day, I am still far less likely to use Google s…
when it comes to customer support Do they have customer support? Last time I used my google account (a few years ago) to attempt to buy a Nexus, my transaction was flagged as fraud and I was locked out of my account.. I tried for a few days to find a way to contact anyone from Google.. never happened.. I eventually gave up and bought an iPhone and it was ironically the best thing that could have happened in that scen…
if you are a big ad words spender, they have some support
Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#70When I was in college I had a website that I ran google ads on. I let a balance build up over time so I could use the money to buy school books. When I attempted to cash out Google (which up until that time had no problem profiting off of my site) decided that I was part of a clickfraud ring and refused to pay out the money. There was no way to appeal. Honestly, to this day, I am still far less likely to use Google s…
Exactly the same here, I was looking forward to the day I could finally cash out and use it for stuff I needed (also a cash-stripped kid at the time), and then they decided I had committed fraud. Nowadays I’m trying to avoid using any hosted services at all due to that (and later, similar) experiences.
are you talking about the $100 threshold?