Funny story. Yves banned me from Naked Capitalism over a decade ago. And I’ve been screwed more times than Stormy Daniels by Google Ads and their other ad company whores.
Yves sob story isn’t even in the ballpark of what has happened to TBP over the years. My ad revenue is now at a five year low. The only dependable revenue stream is donations from people who find your site worthwhile and truthful.
Guest Post by Matt Taibbi
On March 4th, Yves Smith — nom de plume for the editor of Naked Capitalism, a popular site containing economics commentary and journalism — received an ominous letter from its ad service company:
Hope you are doing well!
We noticed that Google has flagged your site for Policy violation and ad serving is restricted on most of the pages with the below strikes…
The letter went on to list four data fields: VIOLENT_EXTREMISM, HATEFUL_CONTENT, HARMFUL_HEALTH_CLAIMS, and ANTI_VACCINATION. From there the firm explained: “If Google identifies the flags consistently and if the content is not fixed, then the ads will be disabled completely to serve on the site.”
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