Google Refusing to Pay AdSense $ from Valid Clicks for Disabled Account!

Google is refusing to pay revenue earned from valid clicks for my disabled account.

The reason for the account being disabled is as follows:

"Publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on sites with content advocating against any individual, group, or organization"

This would not be a big deal if they just canceled the account since I have already replaced the ads. The problem is the other part of the message:

"Additionally, as stated in our Terms and Conditions, publishers who have breached this agreement may not receive further payment. The earnings on your account will be returned to the affected advertisers"

The problem with this is even if Google does not want to advertise on the site anymore they had previously approved it at a time (nearly a year ago) when it contained the content for which the policy violation was issued. In addition since all clicks were valid Google has no right to withhold payment for services rendered. I am currently negotiating with Google to assure that they recognize their error and issue a check for all ad revenue leading up to the date of cancellation.

If my appeal for money rightfully owed to me fails Google will be given a deadline to send notice that payment will be made in full or a campaign will be launched to deter people from using the AdSense service. I am currently seeking advice on how to persuade Google to pay what is owed to avoid this last step and any activity that may be necessary afterward.

I am sure they have done this to others and paying earning to the owner of a deactivated account is no different than having to give a fired employee their last paycheck. If the money was earned they owe period.

 

If you read Googles "terms", you will see that their approval of your web site at ANY given time does not mean approval in a literal sense. Maybe they did a quick peek and said OK and then later did a deeper look and said "OH NO".

Regardless what or how it happened it is their legal right to do what they are doing to you

 

If you violated the T&C, they have the right to cancel the contract at any time. Do you really think they looked that hard at your site when they approved your account? I doubt it. Plus, there is no campaign that you could launch that would deter others from using an extremely popular and profitable publisher program for many site owners. Just move on and deal with it.

 

Their Terms and Conditions are very straight up. Make sure you read it before do something else.

 

The issue is not whether or not the site advocated against a group orf people. Advocating against others if you have a good reason is the foundation of my site and other Rant and Rave sites like RipOffReport.com and RottenNeighbor.com which is why I made sure that the sites purpose was presented clearly when I applied for the AdSense program. I consider the ability of my sites users to express their views without censorship both one of its most attractive features and a freedom that every website should provide for its users. The issue is that the nature of the violation does not warrant a withholding of payment. I found many examples online of an account being sanctioned or terminated for a content violation, but in no such case was the statement of money being returned to advertisers that accompanies click fraud suspension or suspensions that could financially damage advertisers used in connection with content issues. For example read this article: http://www.black-and-right.com/2009/01/14/google-email-of-the-day/

Google has the right to enforce contracts, but they do not have the right to enforce the same contract on different partners unequally for identical policy violations. That constitutes illegal discrimination no different than if a bus driver were to tell a black person they have to ride in the back of the bus. This applies to my case because if the inclusion of the invalid click payment withholding part of that message was not in error then someone at Google is treating written opinions either by me or one my users with biased based on their personal opinion of what was said.

I don’t care if I don’t have their ads anymore. I had backups lined up for just this contingency. I just want my money. Whether or not Google has some small print the can hide behind is irrelevant to me and will not be used as a factor to dictate whether or not to conduct reprisal operations in response. Although I could never sink AdSense I could quickly and easily cause problems for the program that would inflict far greater financial losses on Google then it would cost them to pay me and do it legally. Hopefully I can make Google recognize this and they will make the right decision for their investors. It’s like selling drugs. If you front a bag of quality product that weights out and the dope head you are pushing it to refuses to pay you for any reason it is your duty to apply a beating appropriate to the money lost and then some to protect your business so others don’t think they can do the same thing to you and escape punishment.

You don’t know who I am, but if you did you would know that when hit I hit back hard (too hard in the opinion of most people).