Google Adsense are thieves
61Here’s a lesson in life. Do not become too successful or too good too fast. I had several furlough weeks off at my job when I first started participating in Hub Pages. I put a lot of time and effort into writing quite a few, high quality hubs. Within a few weeks of me going back to work, I started receiving a lot of traffic and a few devoted fans. Out of the blue I get an email from Google Adsense saying they were closing my account. After several attempts to contact them I finally get a response saying that I had gained too much attention too fast for it to be legitimate and I must be behind it. The clicks weren’t coming from my computer and were coming from all over, and I tried to explain to them that I am working full time and trying to run a business on the side, so there is no way that I had the time to go out on the internet and find people to click on ads. This was just crazy. They refused to listen to reason, and then stole the money that I had earned. Basically I made them a bunch of money in a short time, so they pocketed the profits from me without giving me my due share. They refuse to return emails or give me any further explanation other than we have the right to do what we want. I’m not sure what gives them the right to accuse someone of doing something without any justification, especially when the evidence actually supports that there wasn’t any wrongdoing. Then they feel they have the right to steal money that someone earned. Can you imagine going to work for a month and busting your butt to help the company make a large profit, and then the company saying there is no way you did that work yourself, and then fire you without even paying you for what you did. This is exactly what Google Adsense did to me. If I had actually started doing this as a means to make money, I would have been irate at the way I was treated.
For all of you new to Hub Pages, I recommend staying away from Google Adsense. They are an unmoral and unprofessional business that will do anything and step on any one to make more money. I ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE NOT TO CLICK ON ANY GOOGLE ADS. IF YOU HAPPEN TO FIND SOMETHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, GO TO THAT SITE USING THE INTERNET EXPLOYER. DON’T ALLOW A CORRUPT COMPANY TO MAKE A PROFIT.
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I am aware of how people are. The evils of the world are growing expodentially. These people can't take the money with them, and we all have to be judged one day. I am satisfied with knowing that the people who do things like this will one day have to answer to why they would take money from someone who is working as hard as he can to keep a roof over his family's head and food on the table. Even if I was spiteful about it, I work and am starting up a business and trying to take care of my family. I don't have the time or energy to invest into spitefullness. They were inmoral and unjust and it is they who will have to answer to God. I am going to try to keep myself on the straight and narrow path, and keep fighting to find a way.
Ofcourse,undoubtedly...not only they are thieves, they are big bastards.They don't have any morals to follow...they simply favour anyone who do THEY want by allowing them to continue with google adsense earnings and DISABLE ANYONE'S ACCOUNT anytime as they wish without any genuine reason and then don't enrol in their program for future.Come what may! Just spread the word for their dirty dual standard.
What is really messed up is that I still get the same amount of traffic as before. Obviously they made a huge mistake, but they won't even respond to an email let alone listen to reason.
I have never had a bad experience with AdSense. If they have detected a fraud, then it does not mean it was done by you; maybe somebody else wanted to see you going down; this is how people are these days; they got a lot on their head so if you are sure you are clean then try to get in touch with them; as far as I know they are receptive
I tried to do that. I actually get more traffic now than I did when I was with adsense which is why I don't understand what the issue is.
I'm curious, what were your earnings exactly and in what span of time? I've heard of some companies such as yahoo being able to decide if your traffic warrants inbox growth, etc. I'm wondering if there was a specific rate. I'm also wondering if someone didn't hack your computer and use your IP address to frame you.
It was around $20 over 2 1/2 months. They acknowledged that it wasn't coming from my IP address. They tried to say that I must have been paying peoople to do it.
$20 bucks? That doesn't sound too crazy... hmm, it shouldn't have flagged their system like that. I'm sorry about your situation. Have you tried creating a new google account using a different email address? Maybe you could start over on a different sn and email and see if it happens again?
GovHater says:
5 months ago
Hey dawg. I read a couple of your hubs and they are very well written. you are a gifted writer but you seem to be to nice of a person to make it in this world. the government and big business rule the world. you are nothing but a number and a very small stepping stone. don't let them get by with what they did. dont encourage people to boycott. that isnt going to hurt them much. the only way to beat them is at their own game. what you do is recruit people to target some of google adsense bigger advertisers. if you can get enough people to go around and drive the marketing prices up for them, then you contact the companyies, tell them what you are doing, why you are doing it and if they dont stop advertising with google you are going to continue to drive their costs up. after you make goodle loose a couple of their big customers, they will have to listen to you. if you get enough people to be able to really take control, they will have to kiss your feet. wake up and go do something.