As a follow-up to our recent post, I found an interesting video inside YouTube by shoemoney where he tells us all to CALLLM DOWN!

First of all, although I have heard PLENTY of rumors regarding the Adsense Abitrage BANNING, I am yet to have even one student actually report that they received one of these e-mails.

I bring this up because ShoeMoney says the same thing – he hasn’t heard of anyone actually getting the notice.

Now, do “I” really do Adsense Arbitrage, the answer is yes and no. I only have a couple of Google Adword campaigns that take traffic to a page that has Adsense ads. I end up breaking even on these campaigns (maybe make a few bucks profit). But the best part is that I get a bunch of subscribers out of it, so in the end it is very profitable.

But, see here is the catch – my sites are GOOD sites with relevant content, they just have ads squeezed in them. So, no in the terms that it’s definitely NOT a “business strategy” for me, I think it’s silly to make it a business strategy (relying on the same source for traffic AND your income is not of interest to me).
So, I will agree with ShoeMoney when he says that people don’t really understand Google Arbitrage and what Google is trying to get rid of. Rather than focusing on Arbitrage, I personally believe that Google is just more interested in getting rid of “crap” sites.

“I’m guessing Google themselves is not going to ban themselves… because they buy traffic and then they sell it.”

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“Google is going after sites that are not converting well for their advertisers.” < - These would be "made-for-adsense" type of sites.

Apparently ShoeMoney also thinks it’s more of the same that Google has always been doing.

Here’s what he says:

YouTube – Adsense Arbitrage – Just The Facts!Also, if you’ve received such a notice, please leave a comment here, very interested to hearing from you.

I just read an interesting post that warned AdSense publishers that they will soon have their accounts disabled – as of June 1st to be exact! Even big accounts (those making $10,000 or more) have been notified that in two-weeks, their arbitrage accounts will be disabled.

I really can’t blame Google for taking this step. I was talking to a friend the other day who was doing some research and she just wasn’t getting anywhere because of all the garbage out there!

Thank goodness I’ve never concentrated on setting up “Made for AdSense” sites, mainly because I have a hard enough time managing my 10 Niche Affiliate sites. I’ve never really thought it was interesting enough to have thousands of five to ten page sites dedicated just to making money on AdSense.

That was, however, how a lot of people were making big money – both in marketing the sites and in selling “Made for AdSense” Templates. Now the good ole days are over!

The good news is that Google warned those who will be affected, so the advertisers won’t keep advertising and sending people to pages that can no longer sponsor ads. Current earnings will also be paid to those publishers who have received the “disable” warning.”

You can read Jen’s article yourself, for a more complete story. This is another good reason that you should never put all your eggs in one basket.

Hopefully, those doing arbitrage knew their cash windfall days were limited. I have a feeling it lasted longer than anyone thought it would – and now it’s time is up.