My Google adsense account was deactivated to day with no warnings no notices or anything. I cannot even get in-touch with anyone at Google to dispute this. I was supposed to receive my very first and much anticipated $100 payment from them this month, but it never showed. Mind you it took me almost 6 months to get that much built up so this was a big deal for me and I was quite excited to get this first check. A few days ago I requested that they re-send my check because I never received it. I got no response or anything and today I received the below email stating that my ad sense account has been disabled.
Is this really how the big internet giant Google makes it's money? I can't believe that they would have to nickel and dime the little guys like myself out of $100 to make a buck on their services. For over 6 months I have given up prime real estate on my websites to earn that $100 and they just pull the plug. That seams like a great business plan. They must just figure they are so big and popular that scamming a few little users here and there will be well worth it, and maybe it is, but I am not going down quietly on this one.
As of today I am 100% completely anti-Google. I have already canceled all of my Google accounts and services and I encourage anyone reading this to take a hard look at which Google services you use, find a replacement and cancel your Google account as well. If you don't want to do the looking, post a comment here with which Google services you currently use and I will find you an alternative myself.
By the way, here is the wonderful letter they sent me out of the blue, with no previous warnings or anything:
Hello,
While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense
account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers. Since
keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our
advertisers in the future, we've decided to disable your account.
Please understand that we consider this a necessary step to protect the
interests of both our advertisers and our other AdSense publishers. We
realize the inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you in advance
for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have any questions about your account or the actions we've taken,
please do not reply to this email. You can find more information by
visiting
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
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