ABCtales and Google

You may have noticed that the Google Ads have disappeared from the site.

This is because there has been, what Google term, 'invalid activity' on the site. What does that mean? I don't know - has someone clicked on loads of ads to try and help us, have the ads been displayed on a page with a swear word? I don't know. They won't tell me.

I have appealed against the decision - but that's hard to do when you don't know why they made the decision in the first place! That appeal has been turned down and all they will say is:

'Because we have a need to protect our proprietary detection system, we're unable to provide our publishers with any information about their account activity, including any web pages, users, or third-party services that may have been involved.

As you may know, Google treats invalid click activity very seriously, analyzing all clicks and impressions to determine whether they fit a pattern of use that may artificially drive up an advertiser's costs or a publisher's earnings. If we determine that an AdSense account may pose a risk to our AdWords advertisers, we may disable that account to protect our advertisers' interests.

Lastly, please note that as outlined in our Terms and Conditions, Google will use its sole discretion when determining instances of invalid click activity.'

This seriously threatens the future of ABCtales. I urge any of you to write to Google (but I haven't a clue where!) and to support us with donations as best you can.

This is the future - get used to it. Big Brother is here.