Comments on: When Will Google Stand Up to Spam?

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By: Dmitri

Dmitri — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:42:12 +0000

Fortunately there are ways to report spam… I’m rather new to Internet, but as far as I know there are two ways of reporting spam (I read about it recently, so I don’t know the exact date from when it is possible): annonymous and not quite. When you report annonymously, the Google engineers don’t guarantee reviewing your query. But when you do everything right, they’ll do it right away (as far as I understood).
P.S. R’acquel’s comment about the ‘Send us you thought’ – good one… seems like I’m blind… never saw it

By: Dmitri

Dmitri — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:42:12 +0000

By: JB

JB — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:02:03 +0000

AKA R’acquel,

The problem though is two-fold. First, Google still requires a faxed or mailed DMCA notice, as you pointed out. Second, If Google would simply tighten the controls on who gets an Adsense account, the entire problem would go away.

For every spam blog account that gets reported, at least a dozen don’t. There’s no way that user reporting alone can solve the problem.

Google is still going to have to step up and make some changes. That’s just the way it is.

Still, thank you for posting the report procedure for Adsense. I think I have it elsewhere on this site but it needs to be with this article as well.

Thank you for your comment!

By: JB

JB — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:02:03 +0000

AKA R'acquel,

The problem though is two-fold. First, Google still requires a faxed or mailed DMCA notice, as you pointed out. Second, If Google would simply tighten the controls on who gets an Adsense account, the entire problem would go away.

For every spam blog account that gets reported, at least a dozen don't. There's no way that user reporting alone can solve the problem.

Google is still going to have to step up and make some changes. That's just the way it is.

Still, thank you for posting the report procedure for Adsense. I think I have it elsewhere on this site but it needs to be with this article as well.

Thank you for your comment!

By: aka R'acquel

aka R'acquel — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:33:43 +0000

You can report offending Splogs abusing Google Adsense by clicking the “Ads by Goo(ooooo)gle�? link that’s listed near the advertisements. At the next screen, you’ll see a link at the bottom where it says: “Send Google your thoughts on the site or the ads you just saw�? – click that and you’ll see a link where you can report the Google Adsense violation & copyright infringement as well.

If you add your email address, a request to send them a DMCA complaint (with the details they need from you) will be forwarded to your address with a ticket number. You will also receive the physical address and fax number to forward the complaints to directly HTH

By: aka R'acquel

aka R'acquel — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:33:43 +0000

You can report offending Splogs abusing Google Adsense by clicking the âAds by Goo(ooooo)gleâ? link thatâs listed near the advertisements. At the next screen, youâll see a link at the bottom where it says: âSend Google your thoughts on the site or the ads you just sawâ? – click that and youâll see a link where you can report the Google Adsense violation & copyright infringement as well.