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pecuniumDo no evil?
The short of it... Google's automatic systems decided this guy was breaking the adsense rules. He has two places in which AdSense runs... on gets 50,000 odd hits a day, and is a major source of his income. The other gets a lot fewer hits, but has much more targeted ads, and so has an abnormally high click rate.
Google recouped all the money he was owed, from both sites.
Also, they are still placing ads on his YouTube files... that is to say, using his labor while no longer paying him for it.
The short of it... Google's automatic systems decided this guy was breaking the adsense rules. He has two places in which AdSense runs... on gets 50,000 odd hits a day, and is a major source of his income. The other gets a lot fewer hits, but has much more targeted ads, and so has an abnormally high click rate.
Google recouped all the money he was owed, from both sites.
Also, they are still placing ads on his YouTube files... that is to say, using his labor while no longer paying him for it.
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Date: 2011-01-01 12:05 pm (UTC)(With a side order of "They object to promiscuous clicking on ads?")
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Date: 2011-01-01 06:34 pm (UTC)The worst part, when one reads it, is that no one is able to not violate the contract. The requirements for reporting others (some of whom are institutional, like Yahoo, and YouTube, who encourage people to click on ads.
Also, the contract requires that the people who click through not be curious, but be planning to buy.
If the people who hit your site see the ads, and decide to help you out, even if you don't have anything to do with it, that's also a violation.
Worst, errors in one place void all places; even if the site holder isn't responsible. There seems to be no nuance.
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Date: 2011-01-01 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 12:24 am (UTC)