Comments on: The Grassy Knol http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/ Alex Miller's technical blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Bobbie http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-76615 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:29:02 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-76615 Thanks, Ive been waiting for three weeks already and nothing. I guess I have to be patient. Thanks, Ive been waiting for three weeks already and nothing. I guess I have to be patient.

]]> by: Alex http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-76498 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:35:06 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-76498 I think a couple weeks. But I have no idea how (or if) I'm actually getting page views from them. I think a couple weeks. But I have no idea how (or if) I’m actually getting page views from them.

]]> by: Bobbie http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-76489 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:15:11 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-76489 How long did it take to get your adsense account approved and see your ads on your knol? How long did it take to get your adsense account approved and see your ads on your knol?

]]> by: Peter Becker http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-68514 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:33:03 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/07/25/the-grassy-knol/#comment-68514 The policies of Google AdSense are completely secretive and Google does (ab)use its power -- just <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=google+adsense+disabled" rel="nofollow">google for "google adsense disabled"</a> and you will find many a story. At least they don't filter these results in their search engine :-) The <a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38;answer=57153" rel="nofollow">Google AdSense FAQ</a> on the topic is scary by itself. The reason I know all of this is that I never got my account enabled in the first place since it was found "to be closely related to an account disabled for invalid click activity". I have not the faintest idea what they are talking about, the first appeal produced some non-informative templated answer, afterwards they just ignored me. I like Google's services but I don't think I'll ever do business with them. The policies of Google AdSense are completely secretive and Google does (ab)use its power — just google for “google adsense disabled” and you will find many a story. At least they don’t filter these results in their search engine :-)

The Google AdSense FAQ on the topic is scary by itself.

The reason I know all of this is that I never got my account enabled in the first place since it was found “to be closely related to an account disabled for invalid click activity”. I have not the faintest idea what they are talking about, the first appeal produced some non-informative templated answer, afterwards they just ignored me. I like Google’s services but I don’t think I’ll ever do business with them.

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