The method that I found out about this is a little odd, but I’m kind of glad in a way.
A few weeks ago, I received some Adsense credit from a hosting account I had opened and decided to place some ads promoting the Electron Plumber. I used one of the more popular keywords we were getting traffic from at the time, basically a bunch of different variations on the “Los Angeles Tribune News Scam”. Anyone actually looking at this site should recognize that we work hard to call out and warn people against such scams, not promote them at all.
For the first few weeks I was getting 10-20 hits a day on the ads, all at a really really low rate since it I had a high quality score with my content and it wasn’t a keyword that had any competition.
Then last week I noticed that I stopped getting ANY ad hits, that overnight my quality score had dropped from the highest number to the lowest number.
Now today in the mail I get this:
It’s come to our attention that you have submitted ads that promote Google Money Tree or ads that promote a misrepresented affiliation with Google. Due to multiple complaints from our users and publishers, we’ve made the decision not to accept these ads.
This is a notification that your account has been suspended due to the submission of these ads and your ads will no longer run on Google. Please note that future accounts you open will also be suspended.
As noted in our Terms and Conditions, Google reserves the right to terminate advertisements for any reason. To view our Terms and Conditions, please visit https://adwords.google.com/select/tsandcsfinder.
We appreciate your cooperation.
Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043
You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your AdWords product or account.
Which is actually really great in one respect, that Google has finally decided to try to clean these scammers off of Adwords. But it kind of sucks in another resepect, that my adwords account was suspended. I wrote back to them that it was a mistake, that I never advertised such scams but rather warned people against them (long before Google did anything about them I might add), please come take a look at this site and reinstate my account.
I’ll keep you posted on what happens…
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i would not blame google for bad advise if you did it without any research well then you are dumb i just got that breaking news from “so called google” and i type in on google to see if it is true and guess what google says it is a scam so why do you blame google for it they tell you it is a scam
Moments before i went through the basic traing site setting up the account
i noticed scam ads on this google cash , by kevin
I quickly contacted the bank and stopped all payments
and had the card replaced new no# ect..
it was a blessing that i could catch this only 1/2 hour in to the training
when backed up by news and television ads you still have to investigate it
before you give your card info .. beware
Google Cash is what i’m looking for , and i was wondering if there was a difference in if u get it free or oay, also on how much to be paid for the kit….i’m hearing different things for different names tho this is mostyl what i’ve heard it called, what else can i find to secure i’m following a good prgram to ensure better growth knbowledge of this fortune, plzzzz help me pliz : )
Gordon and Phil have the right idea. Yes, you can gain success on Google and the Internet in general. As stated, it ain’t easy. Takes hard work, good ideas, research, originality. No one will give away the secrets to “millions”, but sites like this can give you some tips and do’s and don’ts.
Kaye and Gordon though, please don’t uncategorically shun anything Google — some of us are honest Advertisers and Publishers. You just have to use the brains and intuition that you folks demonstrated in your posts. Just look at any ad, search result, offer skeptically. And know that no one is giving you the road to riches. Read here, read Webmasterworld.com and if you are thinking of buying a product on the Internet, analyse it carefully.
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In this dire economy, scammers are pulling out all the stops. I’m mostly confined to a chair in a room with no TV but I overheard a scam that is really pulling out all the stops.
Jeff Paul’s Shortcut to Internet Millions — Do nothing, the $$$ pour in while you sleep once you give your credit card for a “membership”.
This was a long informercial where folks who were down and out a week ago, “took a chance” and are making $100,000.00 USD a week just by doing “nothing”. And your membership gives you everything including the kitchen sink once you sign up and “do nothing” — just sleep in your brand new mansion.
It sounded sickening. Just one more to avoid.
All you can do is educate yourself and follow Phil’s Dad’s wise advise.
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Kaye, you’ve already educated yourself by being bilked by slick talkers. That counts! It won’t happen to you again.
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Remember, nothing comes easy in this life. Still doesn’t mean Google itself or the Internet doesn’t offer possibilities. You’ve just got to do the work yourself. You know that now.
Good luck all!
Antony
I have looked at a lot of so called systems that appear “too good to be true” and then I remember two things that my dad would say: “If it sounds too good to be true, then It’s probably “NOT” true”! “You won’t get something for nothing”! So, when I see these advertisements, I consider what he always said.
In my opinion, the only way to make an honest dollar on the internet is to sell a needed product. This is why I created my own website, to sell valuable informational cds. There are no scams connected to my site, you simply purchase products that will help to improve your life and that’s it! On one of these cds there are sixteen different e-books, some of which tell how to make money. If you are interested, checkout my website
FWIW, I’m seeing “Make big $$$ with Twitter Kits”, “Make big $$$ with Facebook Kits”, “Make big $$$ with Blogs Kits” also.
Antony
Do NOT trust anything with the Google name attached to it.
Watch for the latest scam technique!
— the sites are set up to look like those Yahoo answer sites. A shill asks a question like “Can you make any $$ with the Google Wealth Connection?”
Many shill responses “Of course, I did, blah, blah blah”. Of course the shilliest answer is “Voted” Best Answer and the “Question” marked Resolved at the end — just like the real Q/A sites.
This one is running on a site called webanswerspro.com
Doubt its the only domain they are using.
Antony
Looks Like I have possibly been scammed by a “Google Profit House” scam site. My credit card company is taking steps to stop it from being done again after I called and spoke to a rep personally about it. No More “Google” anything at all for me!!!
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