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Google just shut down our $1M business

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Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by upseo »

So sorry it happened, But your budget could afford $5-10k per month for SEO. Which in 6-12 months could provide you with a comparable volume of organic traffic.

Also, lead generation can help with this problem. I don't know what you sell, but let's imagine it is eco phone cases. So, you register a domain name bestecophonecases.com with a new company(no law prevents you from that) and open a Google Ads account from another company, phone number and website. From accounting point of view, this company is 0 profit advertisement agency. With lead generation templates and webflow, Tilda and other cms it all can be done within a day. Saying from my personal experience, after I purchased a 20 years old domain name that was banned in Google Ads 10 years ago which they refuse to unban.

Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by carlosjobim »

osirisgothra wrote: post #80
carlosjobim wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it wasn't for Google, millions of businesses would never have had a chance to exist, because they didn't have anywhere near the initial budget or right political connections to reach their customers through traditional media. It is a terrible power they have in their hands, but it is leagues better than what was before. But I think it is outrageous how they mistreat important customers like OP and let some petty e…

But it isn't really Google you are all praising. It's the company that bought them. They just go around using their name because it would have failed if they'd done otherwise. Companies today are just like life. They don't care about the individual. Just like Life has no problem killing a young innocent child with cancer, Google has no problem killing a thriving business with policy. For every one person who got a ch…

I struggle to understand your point, but I can only speak for myself coming from a place where there is immense hatred towards young people coming from the old generation. Before Google and social media you couldn't get a business started unless you had old family members "blessing" your endeavour, or had connections with the right political crowd. That would include long years of sucking up and eating abuse to get the chance to "prove your worth" to people who know less than you - if you ever get that chance. Google and - to a lesser extent - social media allows the "millenials" to bypass the gatekeepers and mount successful businesses on their own merits and skills. That is revolutionary! That's the difference between having dignity in your life or staying in the dirt.

> For every one person who got a chance, a thousand more were taken away.

In my view for every one person who lost his chance, a thousand got theirs from Google.

Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by s1k3s »

This happened to me as well, same exact scenario. Created a separate ads account to keep my business away from my personal stuff. On Feb 21 I got an email saying that my 2nd account is suspended. Amusingly, the personal account seems to be fine (no ads currently running), but I assume that if I start a campaign on it it's going to get banned as well?

Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by nexthash »

Not the first time, won't be the last. Google is an egocentric company with a nihilistic and destructive indifference towards its customers. Fortunately people are learning to avoid Google products, as seen with Stadia's demise. Here are some other instances of Google's negligence:

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19124324

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19432702

3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30855065

4. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23193857

5. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32547912

Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by leros »

This is why I also fear using Google Cloud. You might do something weird to get banned from YouTube or Google Ads and then next thing you know you've lost access to your Google account including Google Cloud. Good luck if you used any proprietary GCP services.

These worries don't matter as much if you're large enough to have a human sales rep, but as a smaller company, a false positive algorithmic suspension can shut down your business.

Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by flaviolivolsi »

What about involving lawyers? It happened once that Google banned my Adsense account and didn't pay $30k, which were the earnings of the launch month of my website. They didn't provide any reason at all. I gave the case to a lawyer and after one year they apologized, reinstated the account and paid what was due.

Re: Google just shut down our $1M business

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Post by hacker_doumer »

nexthash wrote: post #84

Not the first time, won't be the last. Google is an egocentric company with a nihilistic and destructive indifference towards its customers. Fortunately people are learning to avoid Google products, as seen with Stadia's demise. Here are some other instances of Google's negligence: 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19124324 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19432702 3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id…

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