In today's email (11-26-18) I received the following from Google:
"Your Google Ads account was cancelled due to no spend
Your Google Ads account XXXXXXXXXXX was automatically cancelled on 11/26/18, as it has not spent for over 15 months. Learn more about inactive account cancellation.
Ads will stop showing within 24 hours of account cancellation. If you have money left in your cancelled account, we'll refund it to your payment method within 4 weeks.
If you’d like to reactivate your account, you can do so by signing into Google Ads account. Learn more about reactivating cancelled accounts.
Thanks,
The Google Ads Team"
I hope this isn't regarding the AdSense program here on HP; if so, this makes no sense at all, because I know ads are being placed all the time.
I don't even remember if or when I ever signed up for this on my (badly neglected) blog, years ago. If that's the case, it's well over the 15 month period they reference; more like 2 or 3 years.
In any case, I still don't understand; if you sign up for their ads, it was/is my understanding that they place the ads, not the person who signed up; therefore, it should be automatic, hence no cancellations for 'no spend.'
Signed,
Dazed and Confused in CA
Glad you posted this as I had the same email a week or so back. I felt concerned but then figured it was because I was only for people who pay for ads so I just ignored it.
I received the same email. I didn't worry about it, tho because I knew it referred to my website I took down a few years ago. Just to be sure I compared the account number they showed to my HP Google Adsense account number. They're not the same, so all's good.
This is a fake email. I received it as well. Don't click on any link in the message!
Edit: Thanks to Beth and Brandon, I've learned that it's not a fake email.
The wording sounds a little off. Can it possibly be spam, predators, hackers, ghouls, etc.?
No it is not a fake email. For details of how to reactivate etc click this link.
https://support.google.com/google-ads/a … content=US
"There are two primary reasons your Google Ads account may be canceled:
• A user with administrative access to the account requested to cancel the account.
• Your Google Ads account has been inactive for more than 15 months - meaning your account hasn’t spent in more than 15 months, and was automatically canceled."
As Beth says, this is not a fake email even though it does read like one. I received it a few weeks or months ago too. It's your Google Adwords account and not your Google Adsense account. So your HP ads and blog earnings will not be affected by this.
P.S: Do not ever click links in emails if you are not sure. I wasn't so I directly logged into the Google Adwords account to look it up and saw the message there.
Unless you are placing paid-for ads to market your blog or your own website, then you don't need a Google Ads account.
NB. This is a completely different account from Google AdSense which is what you need in order to earn with HubPages.
Thanks for sharing the information, Beth and Brandon. I'll investigate this.
Thanks, Beth.
I just sent them an inquiry via their 'contact us' form. Lot of good that will do, I'm sure! (heavy sarcasm).
I just wanted to double check that it had nothing to do with AdSense. Honestly, I have no recollection of signing up for anything involving the placing of ads (where I had to spend money to do so) anywhere at all.
That's not something I would do; I have nothing to advertise, so why would I spend money to place ads? Makes no sense at all.
I'll probably get that email as well. I setup an AdsWords (not AdSense) account years ago. In the internet wild west days, it was a common practice back then to advertise an article that had your AdSense ads on it. The idea was to make more money on the AdSense ads than you spent on the AdsWords account. There's even a name for this practice, but I've forgotten what it was. At any rate, I haven't done that in years. Besides, I heard that Google isn't thrilled with the practice and it really wasn't worth the bother anyway. I'll be glad to get the email; it'll be nice to get the $20 I still have in the account
I know what this is. If you ever used Google Adwords Keywords tool, you will have an Adwords account. I haven't used mine for a while as there are better alternatives out there.
Thanks lobobrandon
I tired ubersuggest - based on a recommendation from one of your SEO hubs. Maybe I was to critical, but it seemed only so-so.
I will checkout your other suggestion soon.
GA
I prefer SEMRush, but when it comes to free keyword research tools Ubersuggest is a lot better than the Adwords tool. Maybe the best free resource out there, but that's my opinion.
??? Using Adwords Keywords didn't require me to sign up to BUY ads, which is what this sounds like...At the time I used it, EONS ago, when I first started writing here, it was all free, and much more user-friendly than it is now.
No, but it gave you an Adwords account. You had to have it to use the service. It's no big deal now there are better ones around.
My keyword research days are over. I do check out what Google is up to on their front page, but that's it.
I was puzzled by my email too. Then it suddenly dawned on me! Back in the day, before hubpage ads, we had other ads that we no longer use? Can't remember if it was google ads or amazon, but as we now do it a different way its probably the old ones closing. Am I wrong? not sure if I am talking sense or not! LOL!
Okay re read the comments. No, I was on the wrong page as usual!
Very informative and useful discussion. I learned some new things.
I knew about the existence of Adwords and got many emails requesting me to signup with an offer of free Rs.2000 AdWords if I subscribe for a minimum paid account of Rs.2000 but I never cared about their emails.
by brownlickie 13 years ago
I have now had my adsense account cancelled for whatever reason, only they know and it would be nice if adsense them selves would at least tell me why instead of me waiting for a new adsense account, standing by the computor ,waiting, waiting for five days now. Hubpages is at fault also because...
by Roberta Kyle 16 years ago
Yesterday, when I went to check my adsense account, the google site kept telling me to sign up for a new account--didn't recognize that I already had one. There is no place to sign in either. And google adsense help wasn't helpful either. Same thing happened whether I tried to access...
by Getting Along 11 years ago
I keep submitting my request to AdSense, which keeps denying me because of 'insufficient content,' but I have four substantial hubs published AND... ads ARE showing up on my hubs but I'm not being paid for them! Help!
by Pamela Lipscomb 11 years ago
I was kind of frustrated with my earning for a while. Since last Feb as a matter of fact. Last month I decided to block Google certified ads and my earnings a up 100 last month. I would be really interested to know how this works for other as well. I also blocked...
by Chaotic Chica 14 years ago
Naturally I would like to earn money for writing but I rather enjoy writing so it does not neccesarily bother me if I do not. My thing, though, is I'm confused about the whole URL thing. When signing up, it tells me to list my primary URL. Does that mean that every time I publish...
by John Coviello 4 years ago
I have the following message on my Google Adsense account. How can I create an ads.txt file for hubpages.com when I don't control this site? Is this something HubPages will take care of?---------------------------------------------------The message from Adsense:Create an ads.txt file for 1...
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |