[marshallbananas]

Yup. And since almost everyone is using AdSense it doesn't make much difference to them. The funny thing is that my AdSense ban didn't affect the SERP position at all. I was still the second result for "japanese dictionary" on Google and had a steady million pageviews a month for years.

[CPLX]

> since almost everyone is using AdSense it doesn't make much difference to them

You’ve hit on the actual problem. This is why so many believe the real fundamental problems the culture is facing with tech companies start with antitrust enforcement.

[BlueTemplar]

Yeah, see how in the article, the guy is planning to 'spend his next 1-2 weeks fighting this case' instead of giving Amazon the ultimatum that if they don't fix this quickly, he's going to take his business elsewhere !

[xnx]

This is good evidence of the strict separation of algorithmic and advertising systems.

[mysterydip]

Were there any other ad networks you used in place of adsense? That seems like a lot of pageviews to leave on the table.