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Google Adsense Nonsense Final Chapter?

17. July 2007

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The bad check story seems to have struck a chord with lots of people. I’ve enjoyed reading the various posts and comments left here and elsewhere. Thank you to everyone who added to the conversation. First, the story was picked up by Valleywag and the avalanche began from there. The [...]

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Adsense Nonsense - by the numbers

12. July 2007

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Two days have passed since I tried to cash my Google Adsense check. Two days ago, I tried to call someone, anyone at Google to find out what to do. I’ve replied to the email address from which Brian the Adsense payments operations guy wrote to me. Who knows where that thing goes as [...]

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Adsense Nonsense 2.0 - Google writes a bad check

11. July 2007

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If I tried, I couldn’t make up a story like this. First, there was the problem, then, there was the solution, and now comes the comedy. I hope you’re wearing your laughing pants. Catching everyone up to date quickly: Google Adsense technical gitch screwed up my address change for a month The check is already six weeks [...]

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Adsense Nonsense or Dell Hell 2.0

4. July 2007

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I’ve been interacting with Adsense customer service for a week now, and I empathize with Jeff Jarvis’ Dell Hell saga and the resulting frustration that he must have felt. I know I’m frustrated. After a full week of email exchanges (there is no other method provided to contact Adsense), I’m turning to my [...]

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