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10 Years in Google Prison
jonart
Published on January 21, 2013
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Back in 2002, when I was beginning to think about getting into Internet Marketing, I discovered Google Adsense and put some of their ads on my website. I saw a couple of ad postings that looked interesting and clicked on them, not even thinking that I was doing anything wrong. Then Google dropped the bomb. I got a notification that my account had been cancelled and that I could no longer use AdSense. Go directly to Jail - Do not pass GO!
That was 10 years ago. In 2005 I decided to use AdWords to advertise a blog that I was doing called "A Drawing Per Day". I had a low budget of $30 a month and my daily views went from zero to as high as 400 per day, pretty quickly. I did this for about six months and then stopped the campaign and to my surprise the daily clicks have stayed up for several years now.
In about 2008, (still in jail), I sent Google a message to see if I could get reinstated and the answer came back "No"! It is now 2013 and I hesitate to think about how much AdSense revenue I might have made on my dozen or so blogs and websites. I have often wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience and I'm sure the answer is yes.
Sadness prevails - maybe in another 10 years I'll be up for probation.....
That was 10 years ago. In 2005 I decided to use AdWords to advertise a blog that I was doing called "A Drawing Per Day". I had a low budget of $30 a month and my daily views went from zero to as high as 400 per day, pretty quickly. I did this for about six months and then stopped the campaign and to my surprise the daily clicks have stayed up for several years now.
In about 2008, (still in jail), I sent Google a message to see if I could get reinstated and the answer came back "No"! It is now 2013 and I hesitate to think about how much AdSense revenue I might have made on my dozen or so blogs and websites. I have often wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience and I'm sure the answer is yes.
Sadness prevails - maybe in another 10 years I'll be up for probation.....
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