jensense.com — We have had the same Google AdSense policies in place since March 2006, and with recent changes being made to things such as how publishers can use images with their ad units an updated Google AdSense Policy wasn't too far behind. The policies have now been updated and revamped with a new order and look, and with one very significant change.
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unicornhunterJan 19, 2007
What about all the millions of crappy auto-generated sites? Those are ok b/c they bring in millions.
dpierceJan 19, 2007
What if you, by blocking ads, miss an ad that was relevant to what you were looking for that could have saved you time and money?/AdSense Publisher
rovoJan 19, 2007
Google is no longer the "non-evil" company they purported to be. I use to have a google adsense account. Then one day they sent me an email telling me it was closed. No explanation beyond, "Invalid clicks". Where or who created these invalid clicks, I have no idea. When I inquired for more details, they put up a wall with the attitude of, were-a-super-mega-corporation-and-there's-nothing-you-can-do-about-it. So gone was the $100 dollars I had finally earned after a couple of months. From my experience, Google is a very cold company. I used to think they were the lesser of two evils, but I realize now I was duped.
13tongimpJan 19, 2007
Same thing pretty much happened to me. I was given an email address to send an appeal to, but got nothing but automated replies. I never even remotely tried anything shady and never would because I'd never stoop to click fraud. They never even tried to sort things out and just left me high and dry. When you deal with a huge corporation, they just don't care about individual service because they are all about volume. It sucks that they treat people in such a manner because I used to have a great deal of respect for them.
bisqwitJan 19, 2007
Last time (and the first time) I tried to participate in Google Adsense as a publisher, they cut me off just a week later because of "invalid clicks detected", i.e. click fraud.I tried to ask them numerous times what kind of invalid clicks they supposedly detected (because to the best of my knowledge, I never clicked on the ads), but I never received an answer other than "we have reconfirmed that invalid clicks were detected". Months later, I tried to reapply but they promptly rejected every one of my attempts, without explaining a reason.In the light of this "shoot first, don't ask later" policy of theirs, I find it strange to find people complaining that Google is not doing anything to stop click fraud.
diggalfJan 19, 2007
Tell us the other half of the story.
rovoJan 20, 2007
Check out this article on Newsvine:<a class="user" href="http://clarkesimo.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/19/527773-do-no-evil-google-grows-microsoft-devil-horns">http://clarkesimo.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/19/527773-do-no-evil-google-grows-microsoft-devil-horns</a>