david_uk - 6:53 pm on Aug 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

Ok all - I *know* that it's not proof that being an adwords advertiser makes you exempt from obeying the adsense TOS - it's the message that comes across though.

EFV:-

I am aware that the enforcers may well have a huge backlog - I would have thought they might have done something within a month though.

Maybe they are concentrating on click fraud this month - who knows. BUT it would be nice if they'd just reply to emails occasionally.

The AdSense TOS enforcers are leaving the site in place (at least temporarily) for testing of "junk site" detection algorithms. (This would be similar to what the Google Search team sometimes does with known spam pages.)

Fine - no problem with this. I'd even let the site stay as an advertiser IF they'd communicate with me and assure me that smartpricing wouldn't penalise me.

What really p*ss*s me off is the lack of communication from Google, and the messages they send out by their actions.

My site rates so highly because of content. I've spent a LOT of time on it over the last few years. The article I'm currently working on has taken quite a long time to research, will be quite short by the time it's put online, and probably won't have an adsense banner! But it will benefit the site as a whole and is worthwhile doing.

The message Google are sending out is "Don't bother" Just make a click trap and use adwords to get visitors - there's no way we will boot you out!