On Safari this site is blocked by AdGuard. I wonder what you did to end up getting on blocklists.
Ok I figured out why. AdGuard saw “Google” and “Ad” in the URI and blocked navigation to it.
Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear
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Re: Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
I applaud Googlers who try to put the "don't be evil" genie back in the bottle, but I wish you would point your energy toward a more-achievable goal.
I applaud Googlers who try to do the right thing and I don't understand why a random person on HN should dis them for it.
"Just get you issue to the front page of hacker news, if you can't make it fuck off" is not a valid support strategy for one of the biggest corporations in the worls
Re: Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear
#143Another story here for the list.
I have a blog where I post about my android app development. My apps have a link to a page in that blog explaining some details of the app. A few months after creating it the "show ads" button was enabled and available to be pressed (and even encouraged you to do it). I pressed it to see if it was worth it, a few days later the account was suspended.
As usual, I never got any confirmation about the reason, but years later I think the issue is that one of my apps is very popular (1M users) and basically the 99% of the blog visits are from that app, directly to the app page. I suspect some visits are from bots too, so the most probable cause is that the traffic was flagged as invalid.
Re: Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear
#144On Safari this site is blocked by AdGuard. I wonder what you did to end up getting on blocklists. Ok I figured out why. AdGuard saw “Google” and “Ad” in the URI and blocked navigation to it.
OP here.
I seem to have a talent for upsetting computer programs.
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
> that was blocked for promoting birth control I can't let this pass without commenting on it. When did promoting birth control become a problem ? Is Google run by some religious cabal who believe that we shouldn't contradict God's will ? I assume the intention is to keep various groups in the USA happy ? Would be interested to know if you can "promote birth control" outside of the USA.
> Google doesn't allow ads related to birth control or fertility products in the following countries: Bahrain, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Yemen https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/176031?hl=en
A nice list of countries to not do business with, I see!
Re: Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
I applaud Googlers who try to do the right thing and I don't understand why a random person on HN should dis them for it.
"Just get you issue to the front page of hacker news, if you can't make it fuck off" is not a valid support strategy for one of the biggest corporations in the worls
Would you prefer nothing to happen? In the real world, we have two bad choices: either google ignores it completely, which I’m certainly not defending, or some of its employees try to make good. Why punish people for doing the right thing?
Of course I think their support is generally reprehensible. But we don’t have a third choice right now, so these employees taking initiative seems like a win.
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#147There needs to be some kind of law that mandates that a company MUST reply to customers and/or users within a given time and offer a proper redress process. I remember years ago FB would block your site and they would give you NO OPTION to contact them - like AT ALL (they used to hide the support chat button, and I think they still do from some people). I also knew a company that got its own IG account indefinitely s…
I hear you, but it isn't going to happen. Somebody needs to create a viable competitor to Google. A lot of people have tried, but it is extremely difficult.
Friends who use DuckDuckGo tell me that the quality of their search results has become quite good in the last year. I’m a new user so it’s hard for me to say.
Does it seem like a viable competitor to you?
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
What system do you envision for bringing awareness of your product to new customers? Or do you just mean traditional advertisement and not marketing in general (ex: paid or incentivized product reviews). From the advertiser's perspective, if I can spend $x to acquire a user with an LTV (lifetime value) of $y, and $x I like to think that I'm immune to advertising, and I suspect a lot of people here think that way too,…
Why do you think your new product deserves customer awareness? Why is it so important to impose yourself upon the awareness of others? How is doing that with a goal of acquiring money even slightly morally acceptable?
If I figured out how to do something for $1 and it provides $3 worth of utility, how is it immoral to pay some money to inform people so they can get that $2 of extra utility in their lives by making that trade? As far as I’m concerned, stopping me from running that ad is morally equivalent to destroying the mail sorting machines at USPS.
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#149The biggest indicator of a monopoly is when they can treat customers like garbage and keep doing business anyway. Google suspended the Ads account of our largest agency client ($20,000 per day) with no explanation other than a vague “policy violation”. They steadfastly refused to explain how the policy was violated or what we could do to come into compliance. We contacted attorneys, wrote letters to Google executives…
How did you find out they took a bribe?
He had to find out, otherwise his fake story wouldn't make sense.
Re: Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
> their old agency paid off a Google insider to flag our client’s account resulting in suspension That's extremely serious. If you wanted to share details with me I can raise the issue internally; my email is in my profile. (Speaking only for myself)
I applaud Googlers who try to put the "don't be evil" genie back in the bottle, but I wish you would point your energy toward a more-achievable goal.
This would fall under anti-corruption laws, it's a legal matter and Google is obligated to show due diligence in investigating any disclosures, in any form they may appear.