When dealing with google, Don't do it!
Well, this is pretty obvious for the people who have been doing this for a while (or even if you know the basics of advertisement). I'm going to make a suggestion. But first, let me tell you what happened. I was well on my way to getting my YouTube channel to 1000 followers and I had that and my blog all set up to run google ads. Mater of fact I was running google ads on my blog. The short of the story is, is my family thought they would help me out by going on to my site and clicking on some ads for me. I think it happened a grand total of 5 or 6 times. When I found out all I could do was hope it skated by. Nope, google put 2 and 2 together and put a complete and utter stop to my ad service by a good ol' fashion banning. I appealed the charge only to have them decide again, Nope! I think it's more automated than anything because it wasn't that major an offense. So my suggestion is DO NOT click on your own ads and make sure your family is informed so that they don't "help" you.
OK so silver lining because I refuse to just give up. When you are doing affiliate work online there is always options. I put more amazon product links and now I will adjust my content to be more sales centered. As far as my YouTube channel goes I can basically use it for free advertisement to my blog and "when in Rome" I suppose I'll sell t-shirts.
Anyway it will all work out. This in the end was mainly written for the new people just to give you a warning. Please learn from my mistake and good luck in you ventures!
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Really sorry for you!
This is Goolge's policy unfortunately. Relatives who think well doing by helping us move forward are poorly perceived by Google. But thanks for this reminder it will help people avoid the trap of family and friendly help on Google and Amazon.
Ingrid
Hey there,
Just a friendly tip on this post, you can get training on this through the Youtube academy and google Digital garage. This will help you understand both platforms better and will help you grow your YouTube.
Thanks for sharing, Christopher.
All the best.