hey all. Just checked my mail on the iPhone and got a mail from widgetbucks saying I violated their tos and my account is suspended. Hmmm their 3 reasons were non English, pornographic or ad-only sites. A bit too fishy since the only page I got with widgetbucks is http://kendlojrash.com and none of the reasons apply. What I think yielded to the ban was that they don't know how to count impressions. My adsense usually shows about 5000 impresions a day on that site but widgetbucks seems to show only 500 giving me 20% ctr hmmmmmm Thats bullcrap. I was making 15-20 bucks a day too. Thought it was going to be a nice addition to the adsense earnings but I guess they want simple retarded websites that get 1 click a month. I don't wanna go out and call them fraud but they are in my case. I followed the tod just as well as I to with adsense and as strict as google is with their advertising tos I never ever had any problems Just sux. Nothing else.
They are a business. They banned you for a reason. They lost money when they banned you, so Im sure they didn't do it because they're wrong.
Em very upset to hear that! 20% CTR is really high though, Maybe your CTR is the main factor behind your account suspension.
I thought they provided three days of correspondence with the publisher prior to a suspension, let alone a termination? Oddly enough, that particular website of yours is still displaying WidgetBucks' advertisements, in spite of you being banned. Is it also a possibility that certain games, such as this, got you banned? After all, it may be deemed 'adult' in content.
1. I don't know what the losing money has to do with it. I put game ads on a gaming website. Not much fraud there. 2. I never did anything I wouldnt do with adsense. 3. 20% ctr is high but it isnt my fault they cant count impressions. The banner i left there on top right says 5000 impressions daily and the adsense skyscraper i had in place of widget bucks said the same when it was in place. I dont know what i could have donewrong
My guess is that your arcade traffic doesn't convert. They track conversions and ban non-performing publishers.
if they are doing that then a lot of ppl will see this soon. when they do cpc they know it's gonna happen. who say every site converts.
Funny thing is I don't know if I should take the widget off, or keep it. I can still access my account...
May be it was a mistake they contacted you. may be it was someone else they were trying to contact but contacted you by mistake!
Eventhough I changed it, I can put anything on title... It won't change my site's content. And watch your mouth because you calling my language gibberish isn't cool in my book.
ok take a look at my site. I took the widget off but on the left sky scraper imagine a widget that lists 10 games. Yes you would get clicks. Now the problem is that they dont count impressions the same. Im getting like 500 impressions when i get at least 700 uniques a day. I dont feel like defending my case any more so ill just keep adsense and be happy. Ps i can still access my account but im not gon waste my time with a company that would ban mefor no reason. I made 90 bucks plus the 25 bonus so qhen i get the check that should be a go ahead for me to use them.
You obviously went out of your way for them I am sure they appreciate it , however bad business models are even being copied in this case its just gone really bad for you. The problem is their isn't one system that works and no one can afford to reward anyone properly for the time they spend trying to make money online which is sad. I can relate these two things connect the dots and quite a few other special things now. Too bad it happened but still doesn't change the fact money doesn't grow on trees except for the US government , something canada wont ever dare do which is why the loonie is so strong. Good business ethics strong sense of reality and internet don't go hand in hand.
yup, i'd say 20% ctr is quite high, considering you also have other ads on your site other than wb. Not impossible though. i get around .6% ctr from 2 million ad/page impressions/day and ad is placed above the fold.