Follow the money. It is the traditional advice for everyone who wants to understand why someone is doing something that is not obvious. If I ask: why are big and small technology businesses collecting personal data of people and tracking their activities? The answer is: that’s where the money is … Read >
Tag: advertising
Tipping point for online ads: already half of users block them
Online advertising industry must be doing something wrong if half of all internet users have ad blockers on their mobile devices and computers. Digital 2020 Global Overview report produced by a consortium of publishers, marketeers, consultancies and social media companies indicates that online citizens not only worry about their privacy … Read >
Hey Google, when will your engineers resolve the AdSense account access problem?
I’m not 100% sure, but because I have been in similar situation with other Google products before, I think that AdSense doesn’t like the fact that I travel for work. During the last four weeks, Google AdSense advertising service has kindly, but somewhat confusingly informed me that our account is … Read >
Your Google Ads account was cancelled due to no spend
Google kindly informed me about a Google Adwords advertising account I had completely forgotten. After changing the name from Adwords to Ads, Google has searched its archives for unused accounts, and is closing them without warning. The last time I used the account was years ago, although Google is saying … Read >