So, in my blog 2 days ago, I wrote about the passing of a good man, Scott Michael Trager. I linked to the Fox32/9&10 News site showing the announcement. I wanted to get the word out about how great of a man he was, and how we will all miss him. I then followed up with a link for a memorial fund for his family that people could help donate to. Because of this Google has punished me.
The Daily Skid Mark received over 2500 page hits that day, and additional 800 the yesterday. Because of the sudden traffic on my site, Google deemed in "false traffic" and "Invalid clicks" because every time I get a hit, I earn money through Google AdSense. This was the money I was earning to fund my ability to get computers to those who cannot afford them. I had earned $156. 00 in the time this blog was up. It was only a small percentage of the money the advertisers that I allowed on my page made just to have their products shown.
They took my account, and suspended it for goo. taking the money I had earned, and gave to it to the advertisers, as well as them keeping the money they earned from being on my blog. I made my appeal explaining exactly why the Internet traffic had increased, and they didn't care. here is the content of the e-mail they sent me 2 nights ago:
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"Hello,
With our advertising programs, we strive to create an online ecosystem that benefits publishers, advertisers and users. For this reason, we sometimes have to take action against accounts that demonstrate behavior toward users or advertisers that may negatively impact how the ecosystem is perceived. In your case, we have detected invalid activity on your site and your account has been disabled.
We're limited in the amount of information we can provide about your specific violation. We understand this can be frustrating for you, but we've taken these precautionary measures because intentional violators can use this information to circumvent our detection systems.
In some cases, publishers can make significant changes to correct the violation and are willing to comply with the AdSense program policies (google.com/adsense/policies). For this reason, we offer an appeals process as an opportunity to work with you to resolve the issue. To help you with the process, we’ve created a list of the top reasons for account closure for you to review before submission at http://support.google.com/
Thanks for your understanding,
The Google AdSense Team"
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And then this afternoon, this is what I received from them after I filed my appeal:
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"Hello,
Thank you for your appeal. We appreciate the additional information you've
provided, as well as your continued interest in the AdSense program.
However, after thoroughly re-reviewing your account data and taking your
feedback into consideration, our specialists have confirmed that we're
unable to reinstate your AdSense account.
Please know that, once we've reached a decision on your appeal, further
appeals may not be considered, and you might not receive any further
communication from us. Note that AdSense publishers whose accounts are
disabled for violations of our Terms and Conditions are not eligible for
further participation in AdSense. For this reason, you may not open new
accounts.
Also, accounts disabled for invalid click activity will receive no further
payment nor any reissue of previous payment. Your outstanding balance and
Google's share of the revenue will both be fully refunded back to the
affected advertisers. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
We understand that you may want more information about your account
activity. However, because we have a need to protect our proprietary
detection systems, we're unable to provide our publishers with any details
about their account activity."
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That was it. Too bad, so sad. Put up a tribute to a great man who passed suddenly? We don't care, because in our eyes, you were just another way for advertisers to make money from you. What a bunch of tools.
I am from here on out boycotting any use of Google for my search engine, as well as YouTube and any other products that Google owns, or advertises. I know that The Daily Skid Mark is on a Google Blogger site, so in that case they have me by the balls, but at least this way they will see how upset I am. Will they get the hint and reinstate my account? Probably not. I don't have the following I need to make an impact on the BILLIONS they earn every year. They don't understand that it is us, the everyday clickers that made them what they are today. Google no longer cares for the average user. They care ONLY about money.
PLEASE, I implore you to share today's blog with as many as you can and get the word out about what has happened to me, because it can and WILL happen to you. This has put me in such a funk that I can hardly think straight. They take away money that was intended for those less fortunate, and I even TOLD them what I was using the money for, and they just brushed those people aside.
GOOGLE IS NOTHING BUT A HEARTLESS GROUP OF MONEY GRUBBING TOOLS. AND I AM BOYCOTTING THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. And Mark my words, I will take my blog to another account once I am able to, furthering my frustration with them.
Once again, PLEASE SHARE TODAY'S BLOG! It is VERY important that people see how a once enterprising small search engine, has turned into just another faceless corporate monster.
Thank you.
I have tweeted this for you.
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