Comments on: “Dont be Evil” but intentionally deceptive is ok

By: Odero

Odero — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:36:02 +0000

yeah good point Odero, when I press Delete on my keyboard, the text disappears too. It’s gone. Not sure why Adwords should operate any differently to any other system.

By: Odero

Odero — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:24:38 +0000

I have been programming for the last 3 years and the ‘delete’ function has never meant an item is available afterwards. One requirement i had once is that delete means ‘archive’, that means its not available in the user interface and can only be retrieved by the administrator through special means. Once still(in google’s case), ‘deleted’ can never mean ‘paused’ by all means!

@Fin Keegan, I agree, google, which WAS a small and smart company has surely grown into a big and dumb company. A sure sign that somebody is soon taking over.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:08:05 +0000

This is a really typicall google behaviour. They have these little scams they pull very discreetly. For example if you have google ads on your own webpage, you have to reach $100 before you get paid. Google uses this rule to their advantage by closing people’s account for “violations” and such and never paying out any money if they had under $100 earned. Same thing with google checkout, they close your account and you’ll never get the pending payments. Can’t remember the url for the article I read about google ads, but I found the one about google checkout: http://www.slash7.com/articles/2009/3/26/google-is-evil-worse-than-paypal-don-t-use-google-checkout-for-your-business

Good article though. Google only cares about profit, that’s it.

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:56:51 +0000

It’s slightly surprising that there are actually people siding with Google on this, when it’s clearly a case of Google pushing the penalty for a systemic bug onto their users rather than fixing and doing the right thing.

By: TB

TB — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:21:21 +0000

Did you “Hide” deleted campaigns so you could not see when Google resumed them? That does seem to be unfair on Google’s part. I demand that Google fixes whatever technical glitch does not allow deleted campaigns to actually be deleted, and delete should mean delete, or not be available at all.

By: SV

SV — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:10:18 +0000

I would have to take Google’s side on this. The deleted campaigns are clearly mentioned and as somebody said above when you are selecting all campaigns and clicking ‘Resume’ it means you want to resume all your campaigns.

While I agree there is no difference between paused and deleted, the 2 different functions exist for easier view options.

I think it’s great Google offered the 50% credit.

By: Janis Krums

Janis Krums — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:53:13 +0000

Very interesting experience… good tip for everyone to double check their accounts and make sure they are set for least amount of damage.

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By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:57:40 +0000

What campaign were you running where you were charged $10 per click?

By: andy iosifescu

andy iosifescu — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:13:09 +0000

Well… if there are no bugs, the users will find them!…
Too bad you had to pay for something you should have been paid for!