Comments on: Google AdSense is a scam! http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/ If I can dream it, I can do it!                 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stephen Blair http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Stephen Blair Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:09:39 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-203 I am still seeking a good alternative, but have not found one that I would vouch for at this point. Please drop a note here if you end up finding anything yourself. I am still seeking a good alternative, but have not found one that I would vouch for at this point. Please drop a note here if you end up finding anything yourself.

]]> By: acrow http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-201 acrow Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:44:12 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-201 I am in Google Adsense hell right now too. I got my notice on September 29, 2009 and filled out the "Invalid Activity Appeal" form. I have yet to receive a response from Google. I have pretty much reached my boiling point with them and would like to know of alternate methods for earning income from advertising. I like the "idea" of Google but think they have just become a bully when it comes to customer service. Who do you guys use instead? Thanks! Aaron I am in Google Adsense hell right now too. I got my notice on September 29, 2009 and filled out the “Invalid Activity Appeal” form. I have yet to receive a response from Google.

I have pretty much reached my boiling point with them and would like to know of alternate methods for earning income from advertising.

I like the “idea” of Google but think they have just become a bully when it comes to customer service.

Who do you guys use instead?

Thanks!

Aaron

]]> By: Stephen Blair http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Stephen Blair Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:30:29 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-189 Iskander, I have just started using a free analytics service called <a href="http://www.woopra.com/?rel=www.srblair.com" rel="nofollow">Woopra</a>. Aside from it taking about a week for them to approve and activate my account with them, I am quite impressed with the analytics they provide in almost real-time using their desktop app. I have their desktop app installed on my Vista machine as well as my Mac and it is pretty slick. Iskander, I have just started using a free analytics service called Woopra. Aside from it taking about a week for them to approve and activate my account with them, I am quite impressed with the analytics they provide in almost real-time using their desktop app. I have their desktop app installed on my Vista machine as well as my Mac and it is pretty slick.

]]> By: Stephen Blair http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Stephen Blair Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:59:57 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-188 It just amazes me how obvious they are about it, yet remain to stay in business. Comments like yours and the others here really make me wish my website were something more popular and powerful than my little blog. I believe we would find an incredible amount of cases where Google has done this and far more pissed of website owners than we could imagine... Maybe enough to tackle the giant with a barrage of lawsuits. I personally am still searching for a reliable and trust-worthy replacement for AdSense that is not known for ripping off the little guy. If anyone has any suggestions please post them here. Also, thank you for your donation jcnieves, your generosity is greatly appreciated! It just amazes me how obvious they are about it, yet remain to stay in business. Comments like yours and the others here really make me wish my website were something more popular and powerful than my little blog. I believe we would find an incredible amount of cases where Google has done this and far more pissed of website owners than we could imagine… Maybe enough to tackle the giant with a barrage of lawsuits. I personally am still searching for a reliable and trust-worthy replacement for AdSense that is not known for ripping off the little guy. If anyone has any suggestions please post them here.

Also, thank you for your donation jcnieves, your generosity is greatly appreciated!

]]> By: jcnieves http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-187 jcnieves Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:46:05 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-187 Put one more website to the list, our account was cancelled with the same text and the same situation, being on the limit of the Google payment, the account gets cancelled, all this Google adsense is a fraud, I used that also as an advertiser and it is very expensive for a few clicks and pays nothing to the publishers for thousands clicks and visits with this same scam behavior. Put one more website to the list, our account was cancelled with the same text and the same situation, being on the limit of the Google payment, the account gets cancelled, all this Google adsense is a fraud, I used that also as an advertiser and it is very expensive for a few clicks and pays nothing to the publishers for thousands clicks and visits with this same scam behavior.

]]> By: Iskander http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Iskander Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:54:57 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-184 Well you can add my site to that list, I got kicked out but not at $100, I was at $40 or so,..Seriously who does that? What would you say if an affiliate program kicks you out and takes your money and doesn't offer any proof or any real reason other then "we got a funny feeling about you so tuff muffins , we are taking your money.. oh oh but not for us, for our beloved advertisers" what a crock! I wouldn't be surprised if google went the way of Enron! anyway the program they offer i realy use is analytics. do you have a non google replacement for that one? Well you can add my site to that list, I got kicked out but not at $100, I was at $40 or so,..Seriously who does that? What would you say if an affiliate program kicks you out and takes your money and doesn’t offer any proof or any real reason other then “we got a funny feeling about you so tuff muffins , we are taking your money.. oh oh but not for us, for our beloved advertisers” what a crock! I wouldn’t be surprised if google went the way of Enron! anyway the program they offer i realy use is analytics. do you have a non google replacement for that one?

]]> By: Stephen Blair http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Stephen Blair Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:29:32 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-17 Other people I have found that have also been scammed by Google: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090306-120235 http://www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t21605.html http://www.gidforums.com/t-9822.html http://www.leefleming.com/neurotwitch/index.php?/weblog/comments/google_adsense_a_scam/ http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/4561.htm http://seoblackhat.com/2009/03/07/what-if-everyone-whose-account-was-canceled-sued-google/ Other people I have found that have also been scammed by Google:

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090306-120235

http://www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t21605.html

http://www.gidforums.com/t-9822.html

http://www.leefleming.com/neurotwitch/index.php?/weblog/comments/google_adsense_a_scam/

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/4561.htm

http://seoblackhat.com/2009/03/07/what-if-everyone-whose-account-was-canceled-sued-google/

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]]> By: rgloginja http://www.srblair.com/2009/04/google-adsense-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-13 rgloginja Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:17:23 +0000 http://www.srblair.com/?p=219#comment-13 And to think I am waiting on approval for one of these accounts... Thank you. I've made up my mind. And to think I am waiting on approval for one of these accounts… Thank you. I’ve made up my mind.

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