“AdSense” Archive
Jun
28
Thanks to everyone who has stuck around over the past few days as I have spent quality time with my family. My daughter’s third birthday was a smashing success and we had a great 4 days together doing all kinds of fun things here in Seattle. My employer provides a plethora of discounts on local attractions, including most of the kid-friendly venues, so costs were kept to a minimum. Thanks to everyone who posted a comment for your kind birthday wishes.
On the monetization front, my appeal to Google regarding my AdSense account was turned down. So, along with my AdSense account went nearly $1,000 in advertising revenues. Oh well! The good news is that YPN - Yahoo Publisher Network has approved me for their beta so I should be able to monetize the site that way. I never intended to get rich by blogging about my situation so no big deal, no matter what happens. I will continue to blog about my journey and take things from there.
I’m pretty exhausted today after getting back to the grind, so look for some fresh content tomorrow, including a new poll. My Feedburner stats have been as high as the mid 90s and now I find myself back in the 60s so it looks like there is some built up demand for some new postings.
Jun
15
Today I got an email from Google stating that my AdSense account had been disabled because there were invalid clicks/impressions detected on my account. I had a huge spike in traffic and clicks when my CNN interview aired that lasted for a few weeks which drove the click-rate and number of clicks MUCH higher than they had been. Other than that, I have had the occasional day where my click-rate has been higher than normal but I often don’t get any clicks in a given day. I have appealed to Google, because as my readers know, I have NEVER encouraged anyone to click on my ads or otherwise generate invalid ad impressions. I hope that Google will reinstate my account or all the hard work I have put in over the past two months will essentially be wasted. At that point, I might have no choice other than to put up a donation button. Come on Google, work with me here. I’m too non-technical to have an automated click program running.
