AdSense Disabling Arbitrage Accounts by June 1st

[Freddy81]

They told me my account will be disabled at 1st June, and also added that I'll receive payment for all outstanding earnings in accordance with the standard AdSense payment schedule.

For this day (17 May), does it mean that they will pay for April 1-30 earnings, or for May (1-18) also?

[simey]

A lot of people get audited,not because they are suspected of doing anything wrong, but because they fit in a higher risk category ...ex. (own business with lots of write-offs) or just for quality control reasons. )

[sailorjwd]

"You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who participated in ARB and didn't know they were."

Ya, right. While at the same time Adwords folks were happily setting up whole campaigns for me with the goal of getting the most visitors to the arb pages at the lowest cost. As well as giving me 2nd accounts so I could add another 200,000 keywords.

And, Adsense folks were reviewing landing pages offering tid bits of encouragement and tips on how to get the most clicks out of the visitors (hotspot, etc). I had my pages reviewed a dozen times to improve performance.

And, adwords sending refrigs and adsense sending all kinds of crap grateful for the large sums of money put into their pockets.

That's the experience I come from.

ps. and at the same time selling more software and consulting services than I could keep up with.

[edited by: sailorjwd at 1:25 am (utc) on May 22, 2007]

[europeforvisitors]

So? Their business model changed, and publishers who depended on that model need to change, too. Any reasonably intelligent arbitrageur who remembers what happened to datafeed affiliate sites must have seen this day coming: To quote Yogi Berra, it's like deja vu all over again.

[martinibuster]

Just a note to announce that all personal attacks are going to be removed without notification.

Please keep your posts on topic.

Thanks.

[hyperkik]

One of the interesting aspects of large corporations is that different divisions can have goals which are very much at odds with each other. When AdSense sought to place its ads on as many publisher sites as possible, Anti-Spam had to figure out how to get MFA's out of the SERPs. AdWords wanted to maximize its revenues, and arbitrage helped with that but it ultimately threatened the long-term viability of AdSense such that AdSense is no longer willing to support that business model.

[sailorjwd]

"datafeed affiliate sites" Don't know what that is.

My point was - fine to bash the MFA sites but not all arbritrage is the same. There are shades of white to gray. And, as I said before, most of you are doing variations on arbitration whether you admit it or not.

I'm happy for you hobbyists - keep up the cute sites.

ps. Darn, I think I missed a personal attack!

[sailorjwd]

Right Hyper,

Just like my health insurance carrier has decided not to carry sole proprieters so now I'm without health insurance - I guess my health doesn't fit their business model. Or, maybe I should have diversified.

Sh*t happens. Go with the flow. etc etc.

[celgins]

I think many of us (you) dabble in arbitrage to some degree whether you admit it or not....

And, as I said before, most of you are doing variations on arbitration whether you admit it or not.

I can honestly see why you say this. ARB is so easy to do and it is tempting. But I've personally never participated in it and my low earnings are probably a reflection of that. :)

Either way, I don't see sending out a monthly newsletter and receiving 100 clicks from the influx of users -- as ARB.

But maybe it is... (send users to site via advertising/marketing/newsletter --> some users click ads and generate revenue for publisher)

We could probably debate this for decades, but I think we'll get a better feel for the future of Adsense/Adwords once we're a few weeks into June 2007

[sailorjwd]

celgins,

well said. I just hope I have an excuse to read the adsense forum in june :)

[spaceylacie]

If Google felt they were breaking their TOS they'd be saying goodbye with a boot in the butt. Instead, Google is sending them off with a hug and a kiss. What do you think that means?

I would like to comment on this... Reminds me of a great American who once said, "keep your friends close and your enemies closer". Something like that.

I'm happy for you hobbyists - keep up the cute sites.

I'm planning to keep up with my "cute" sites. And, do just fine money-wise for many years to come. Thank you for the encouragement.