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Posted By: Sandi Moses In Response To: My Adsense account was SUSPENDED and if it's OK with MaaMaw... (Bluto ^_^)
Thursday, 28 September 2006, at 9:58 p.m.
> could you possibly post a link to that forum thread you mentioned?
> I got my AdSense account suspended not too long ago and they will not
> reinstate me - no way, no how. I don't even know really why I was
> suspended except for "invalid clicks", which is totally bogus as
> far as I can tell because I never clicked on my own ads nor would anyone
> in my home or locality have done so.
> Someone told me that this "invalid clicks" is what they tell
> everyone and it could be possible that they suspended me because I was
> visiting my own site too much. The reason this is a problem is because
> some of the advertisers may have been paying on a cost-per-impression
> basis, not a per click basis. So visiting your own site would inflate the
> impressions, obviously. This is totally possible as I was building the
> site and visiting it a lot when I got suspended.
> It really put me in a huge rut because I had devised a plan to make some
> money with adsense. I was doing OK until this happened. I have been trying
> for about a year now to get accepted to YPN and I never hear from them
> with either a yes or no. I have tried applying about 3 or 4 times in the
> last year or so. I have also tried some adsense alternatives and I can
> tell you that it really is not worth it. Your lucky if you get over 5
> cents a click and the conversions suck - BIG TIME.
> I only had about $50 in my account when it was suspended so the money
> isn't really the issue here at all. The issue is that there is no real,
> comparable alternative to adsense at this point in time except for YPN
> which is probably going to be in Beta and hard to get into forever and
> ever amen. My only hope at this point is MSN, but it will be a while
> before they get an adsense-like system in place.
> I always hated Google for various reasons, I admit that. But now I can't
> help but wish the worst for them and anyone who works for them (uh, oh. I
> hope the "law of attraction" doesn't kick in or I may be facing
> death soon (or something far worse). LOL). I'm game for joining any group
> that wants to legally be a thorn in Google's side (or at least try to be).
> ^_^
There really isn't one thread, so I'll just post the addresses people are complaining to and you can go from there.
The Attorney General's Office
Your State
Federal Trade Commission
Division of Marketing Practices
http://www.ftc.gov
Direct Marketing Association
http://www.the-dma.org
BBB of Silicon Valley (where Google is located)
(San Jose, CA)
700 Empey Way, Suite 110
San Jose, Ca 95128
Phone: (408)278-7400
Fax: (408)278-7444
email: info@bbbsilicon.org
web: http://www.bbbsilicon.org
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