Google Adsense and Yahoo?

Question

Google ads will now be on Yahoo. Does anyone believe that Google would ever ban Yahoo from it's Adsense program? And does anyone believe that Google would send an email to Yahoo

with no option of communicating with Google? I doubt that Yahoo will not have suspicious clicks being as big as they are, but they wont be banned because they are big business. Google's official philosophy # 6 is "You can make money without doing evil". They do evil every day by banning publishers for life with no explanation, and no recourse. You also loose any revenue due to you. If you are considering placing Google Adsense on your website, don't. There are better options out there. Do you think Google is a good company?

Answer 1

I have had a healthy business relationship with Google for over a year now.

Not sure where you got the notion that 'they do evil everyday'

They give precise guidelines before you join the adsense program and if you work within the TOS, you do not get banned. It is simple really

Answer 2

As in the case of virginity, question of opportunity, don't have many. Yahoo surrenders and MSN is still to understand market dynamics.

Answer 3

It's naive to think that there will be no special arrangement and deals with big partners like Yahoo (or AOL or Washington Post). Of course the rules are different with the big fish and the small fish!

I would not even be surprised if the revenue sharing between Yahoo/Google is higher compared to the rest of us. Afterall, Google needs to make the deal sweeter to get the Yahoo account.

As for banning publishers, there have been reports of publishers who were accepted back again after review of their site. However, if Google thinks that there is indeed fraud, or the risk of having the site is more than keeping it, then unfortunately their loyalty is not to the publishers but to the advertisers. Afterall, it is the advertisers who pay the bill

Re communicating with Google -- if you actually reach a certain income, Google gives you an Adsense account rep that you can email and even call directly.

Do I think Google is a good company? As long as I earn the kind of money I earn from them, I'd think of them as always a good company :o)