FYI https://race-term.com is blocked by NCSC's Protective DNS service using my UK University's connection. Are you sure your domain is not blacklisted somewhere?
How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
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Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#22Google has forgotten the plot. A quick tangent story follows: I attempted to add a Tesla Supercharger as it went live to Google Maps. I was the very first to pay to recharge at the new location. The process went something like this: 1st time: Uploaded 4 photos, local business info, current charger prices, and GPS coordinates. Google replied this would be sent to human review. It was rejected within 6 minutes. 2nd att…
I tried to remove a not-anoymore-existing company I had a business profile before from Google Maps. I was close to giving up, it's such a complicated process that is fully intransparent.
Kudos for you for trying 4 times.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#23Neat terminal, I've been building the same thing in my free time but haven't reached a point where it is complete / stable enough for being my daily driver. Have you (anyone) actually sticked to the way of working this enables, or is this just a gimmick?
This is my driver since it become usable. I have 140 terminals on 2 workspaces. Grouped by project/task. I know, I'm the author, so I'm biased, but I love working using it.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#24Maybe Google have detectors of some sites that are mostly vibe-coded also being associated with AI slop. Also why use Google Ads in the first place? Given that HNers and technical users are extremely allergic to that?
My Show HN failed. Might resubmit some time later, but HN (in general) is a lucky draw. And also I figured that trying to sell a indie software might be a good idea for own business and HN can't help with getting enough potential customers :)
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#25That’s surprising, because in my opinion Google doesn’t care about malicious anything. The other day I had to look for something on YouTube on my dad’s computer with a disabled ad-blocker. I saw like 30 ads in 15 minutes, every single one of them was a scam, literally not a single non-fraudulent ad. Google is full cartoon villain evil at this point.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#26Google has forgotten the plot. A quick tangent story follows: I attempted to add a Tesla Supercharger as it went live to Google Maps. I was the very first to pay to recharge at the new location. The process went something like this: 1st time: Uploaded 4 photos, local business info, current charger prices, and GPS coordinates. Google replied this would be sent to human review. It was rejected within 6 minutes. 2nd att…
I've found that if you attach any pictures at all: rejected.
So what I've taken to doing is adding the business without photos (almost always accepted), and then trying to attach the photos later after that goes live (mostly works). But I agree, their process is completely broken, and I doubt they have any incentive to fix it.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#27Check if chrome flags your site as malware. If it does, hire a lawyer and sue them for defamation.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#28Maybe Google have detectors of some sites that are mostly vibe-coded also being associated with AI slop. Also why use Google Ads in the first place? Given that HNers and technical users are extremely allergic to that?
> Maybe Google have detectors of some sites that are mostly vibe-coded also being associated with AI slop.
That is definitely not the case. At least 90% of google results are AI slop now.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#29I'm guessing "race term" got automatically flagged because it can be understood as "word or expression that refers to a racial group or to race/ethnicity" i.e. an euphemism for a slur.
Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
#30Google has forgotten the plot. A quick tangent story follows: I attempted to add a Tesla Supercharger as it went live to Google Maps. I was the very first to pay to recharge at the new location. The process went something like this: 1st time: Uploaded 4 photos, local business info, current charger prices, and GPS coordinates. Google replied this would be sent to human review. It was rejected within 6 minutes. 2nd att…
I've found that if you attach any pictures at all: rejected. So what I've taken to doing is adding the business without photos (almost always accepted), and then trying to attach the photos later after that goes live (mostly works). But I agree, their process is completely broken, and I doubt they have any incentive to fix it.
Question here then, is when will we see a competitor enter the market who both cares about getting it right and is actually able to compete with google maps