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This is why we need account managers

         

7_Driver

11:30 am on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Over the weekend I contacted AdSense support regarding something that happened with our site which may have affected EPC on some of our pages.

I explained the issue carefully and created some graphs that would illustrate my point, and offered to send them by email if that would help.

Today, I get back a standard "we understand you're concerned about your earnings" email from AdSense support. It makes no reference to my email whatsoever - and has clearly been picked from a bunch of standard emails, as the one most likely to make me shut up and go away. Which it probably will - though in frustration and annoyance rather than satisfaction.

I made more than $20,000 with AdSense last month - and average more than $15,000 / month. So I don't think it's asking too much to get a human being at Google to spend more than a few seconds on the first thing I've sent them for months.

Some maths on why I think Google could afford to offer account managers to a few more large publishers:

If I sent one query every 3 months (unlikely to be as much as that), and it took half an hour to look into properly, then a full-time AdSense account manager should be able to manage more than 800 accounts similar to mine.

These accounts would be generating $144m per year in payouts - so let's say $60m to Google. If the cost of employing an AdSense account manager was $100,000 per year, that would be 0.2% of income - hardly staggering.

So how about it Google? Technology can't do everything - sometimes you need a good old-fashioned human being!

BeeDeeDubbleU

11:57 am on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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So how about it Google? Technology can't do everything - sometimes you need a good old-fashioned human being!

I think you may be proposing this to the wrong company :)

blairsp

1:52 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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So how about it Google? Technology can't do everything - sometimes you need a good old-fashioned human being!
who is sensible, can understand plain English and has a business qualification. Actually the last poster was right. Technology is king!

Content_ed

2:06 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Just reply to their canned response with, "I'm very dissapointed that you sent me a canned response on this important matter..."

You'll here back from a real person. It's just like any other large support organization, they have levels you have to work your way through.

Hubbard

2:26 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I have a human being. If the first response sounds too generic follow up the reply with very specific questions that require a human opinion.

I also find that all my emails are signed by one person so maybe we do have account managers who earn a commission from handling our accounts. That might explain why some of them say yes to Kontera/Intellitxt/other systems while others say no.

humblebeginnings

3:35 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I really don't get this kind of behavior of Google. Even if I buy a burger for 1 buck it is served by a real human being...

alika

4:19 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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For your level of income, I'm surprised that you don't have an Adsense rep working with you.

We have an Adsense rep that we can call on the phone or email. The rep even calls or emails us when the rep has some suggestions on how to improve our Adsense performance. There was a time when I contacted Adsense support using their standard contact us form (I think it was about opting out of CPM ads) - and our Adsense rep called us up and talked us into changing our minds.

ken_b

4:46 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Hit the reply button and maybe you'll get a human response next time.

[I too am surprized that you don't already have an account rep.]

[edited by: ken_b at 4:59 pm (utc) on June 19, 2006]

Car_Guy

4:56 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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"We have an AdSense rep that we can call on the phone or email."

I wish I did. How does one get one?

Jean

5:00 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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At what sort of income level would you get an AdSense rep?

G_Smitty

7:34 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I have never been in need of a rep but it would be nice knowing I had one. My earnings are also up there where yours are. I have always wondered at what point they would offer a rep. It seems to me that it is not solely dependent on earnings but maybe traffic volumes and earning potential.

alika

7:46 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I would think more of earning potential, instead of income. We got ours after we hit only $10K. With the help of the rep in terms of optimization suggestions, we've been able to double that income.

Car_Guy

8:10 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I searched and found this:

How do I get a personal representative for my account?
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