Google banned 1.7 billion ads

by seobro
10 replies
Google banned 1.7 billion ads last year. That is a lot of money. Well, they are turning into my granny. She is really nice. However, she does not like bad words like shoot or dam any. Basically, this is not a start-up company. What we have is a game. Not sure where this new development puts us.

Forbes Welcome
#ads #adwords #banned #billion #google
  • Profile picture of the author Lucian Lada
    It puts us where we should have been from the get-go: in a normal world.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993565].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Google is a profit-driven company that isn't "beholding" to anyone except their shareholders. They do business as they see fit.

    They have a fairly consistent history of keeping advertisers "guessing" probably because so many, many marketers try to "game" their system and spam their audience (customers).

    You gotta tip your hat to them if they can filter their clients and keep control of what they allow and what they don't.

    Steve
    Signature

    Steve Browne, online business strategies, tips, guidance, and resources
    SteveBrowneDirect

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993568].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author shmol
      Originally Posted by Steve B View Post

      Google is a profit-driven company that isn't "beholding" to anyone except their shareholders. They do business as they see fit.

      They have a fairly consistent history of keeping advertisers "guessing" probably because so many, many marketers try to "game" their system and spam their audience (customers).

      You gotta tip your hat to them if they can filter their clients and keep control of what they allow and what they don't.

      Steve
      Well said.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993576].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
      Banned
      Originally Posted by Steve B View Post

      Google is a profit-driven company that isn't "beholding" to anyone except their shareholders. They do business as they see fit.
      Good point. Although it probably doesn't matter something to remember is that their profit is generated by their Advertisers.
      Signature
      "Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity."―Joseph Sugarman
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993579].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by seobro View Post

    Google banned 1.7 billion ads last year. That is a lot of money. Well, they are turning into my granny. She is really nice. However, she does not like bad words like shoot or dam any. Basically, this is not a start-up company. What we have is a game. Not sure where this new development puts us.

    Forbes Welcome
    Interesting. I wonder how many accounts they have suspended/banned?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993598].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author risgirly
    That's a lot of lost revenue. But being Google, they are happy with how much they are making.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993616].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    Who cares, like anyone wants to see a bunch of crap on the web.
    • Ads for illegal products
    • Misleading ads
    • Bad ads on mobile
    • Ads trying to game the system
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993642].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Where does this put us?

    It depends on who the "us" is.

    If your revenue depends on any of the nonsense Google killed ads for or publishing things not allowed or trying to game the system, your ass is grass and Google has fired up the mower.

    If you're following the rules and advertising legit products/services, or publishing according to their standards, it leaves you with less crabgrass to fight with.

    As Martha would say, "it's a good thing."
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10993789].message }}
  • Originally Posted by seobro View Post

    Google banned 1.7 billion ads last year. Well, they are turning into my granny. Not sure where this new development puts us.
    They can turn into anything they want. They're operating from a standpoint of biases. Everyone's using a non-agnostic search engine. One that's controlled by a multi-billion dollar corporation that profits from the contributions of everyone. Unless that changes, everyone using their property's staying right where they are.
    Signature
    • Deep Learning & Machine Vision Engineer: ARIA Research (Sydney, AU)
    • Founder: Grayscale (Manila, PH) & SEO Campaign Manager: Kiteworks, Inc. (SF, US)
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10994186].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Iam going to stomp, scratch, and cry my eyes out and then going home and not take this stuff anymore
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10994334].message }}

Trending Topics