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BUT, I did see one thing that pissed me off though - adsense wise and not related to my articles. I'm on a site for some other reason and I click a page and it goes to a fake "404 page not found" with only adsense on the page. I'm thinking to myself "what a [jerk] this guy is". I mean, he would be banned in 2 seconds if I told Google and these are the sites that should piss all of us off. I mean how friggin obvious and spammy can you get doing that?
What do you guys do? Have you ever ratted out a spam site with adsense to Google?
[edited by: Huntster at 4:23 am (utc) on Jan. 17, 2007]
[edited by: martinibuster at 5:21 am (utc) on Jan. 17, 2007]
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I don't know how they decide on who to ban, but it doesn't seem to be very closely related to viewer complaints.
I mean, he would be banned in 2 seconds if I told Google
I wouldn't bet the farm on that happening.
FarmBoy
I'm an advertiser and publisher. That makes me a partner with Google - albeit a small one. As a partner, I've turned in any and all sites I when see TOS violations.
It's up to the publisher to explain what they are doing, from my perspective I'm protecting the Adsense system and my Adwords money.
Of course, I only double-check after a major algorithm update -- I assume Google uses spam reports to feed the algorithm, not to feed humans engaged in a whack-a-mole game of manual banning.
From experience it takes up to 6 weeks for Google to react.
fake "404 page not found"
What's a fake 404 page? I've heard of custom 404 pages, but fake?
Have you ever ratted out a spam site with adsense to Google?
All the time.
