Comments on: Where has all the advertising gone? The failure of sudden success

By: Tateru Nino

Tateru Nino — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:54:40 +0000

Well, while it’s only bringing in a tiny fraction of the revenue I was getting with AdSense, Adbrite seems to be working out alright. It’s possible some ads from Project Wonderful will make it in soon.

By: TigroSpottystripes Katsu

TigroSpottystripes Katsu — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:48:37 +0000

this sucks

I hope you can get a good system working to replace what they took from you

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:46:00 +0000

all p[raise google…… told ya all.

By: Jacek

Jacek — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Ugh, what a bunch of [REDACTED]. Your account did pose a significant risk to their advertisers, though… risk of getting click-throughs and them having to actually pay you, that is.

By: Danton Sideways

Danton Sideways — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:02:00 +0000

I perceived some injustice in Google’s system back when I was trying to get my first websites listed. It seemed outrageous to me that certain sites could get thousands of pages listed, while Google refused to crawl any of mine. Then I started getting hits and links, and forgot about my initial frustrations.

But this story got me thinking again. I Googled (what else) the expression “risk to our advertisers,” and was scandalized by what I learned. They arbitrarily cut off many small adverstisers, whose checks from Google then bounce at the bank, without giving any explanation – in fact, the replies to appeals seem to be automated. The only rationale for the cutoffs seems to be “invalid click activity,” but how could that possibly concern Tateru Nino’s blog?

This is another example of the damage caused by huge IT monopolies, such as Microsoft and Google – which each in its own way fights against transparency. The solution is always the same: develop alternatives.

By: Patchouli Woollahra

Patchouli Woollahra — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:04:00 +0000

I’m closing ranks with you – there won’t be any more AdWords advertising on any of my published content this weekend. Google can go ream themselves with a giant vibrator for punishing a resounding success with this sort of nonsense.

A giant CONCRETE ANTI-SETTLING vibrator.