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meet is down as well.


My only request to admob is at least give us some explanation

Don't let some computer algorithm decide our future Google you don't wanna be skynet


2 days later and we have stopped the discussion , am i the only one bothered by this uncanny act of admob ?

OP sure got his account re-enabled, but that does not mean we should stop the protest


Yeah, and unfortunately the losers at HN are deleting comments because they think Google is ubergod and can do no wrong. What are they so afraid of?


oh forgot to ask, are your stats (i.e. earnings, impressions etc.) the same or it is a fresh account.


Congratulations on getting your account back

Its a good sign that they are still working

I just wish they answer my email and reevaluate my account


It sure doesn't look like robbery to me. Look on the bright side-- at least they are not trying to get you to pay them back money they may feel they improperly paid you for invalid clicks in the past.

i am pretty sure its a robbery. since the pending payments tab is something we have earned by displaying the ads in two months time (before they start processing our payments) , hadn't we be using them , we might have earned the same with some other ad network


So here is my story.

I have been android app developer and been using admob for past 5 months to monetize my apps , since most of them are free.

My apps are in the android market , they are not a website that anyone/bots can access and since it works by google login , all my app users are actual human being so there is no question of invalid click activity

None of the apps have a high CTR or eCPM , my apps range between $0.10 - $0.20 eCPM , which is very low but since they have aggregate impressions of 20-30 million per month , they make up for the low eCPMs

None of my apps violate admob's policy , since they are in android market they are compliant with Google's content policies which is essentially the same as admob's

So i am having a hard time trying to figure out why my account has been banned ? and that too without explanation/prior notice whatsoever

An email explaining why they picked me would have been appreciated , but they have not yet responded to my email.

I will update the post when i hear from them , which i have a feeling is unlikely

Edit : On the side note one of my app offered a ad removal key for those who wanted to remove the ads from the app. now since the ads are gone from the app , everybody is a premium user and my "Ad removal key" sales have come down to 0.

i hate you admob... i hate you


you are lucky if you get any reply! I've sent total of 3 emails to support and only got one reply! it was a copy paste one!


so i should probably write more emails , maybe one will hit their inbox


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