That Didn’t Take Long: Google Has Already Attacked Us
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The very first article on Mile High Evening News was posted on November 20th, 2020 – A little over six weeks ago. Like many internet newspapers/blogs/etc, we installed Google AdSense to place simple banners and in-line advertising to support the operation of the site. Google’s ad network doesn’t pay very well, but better-paying ad networks are notoriously invasive to the user experience. Despite the fact that traffic to Mile High Evening News has surpassed nearly every conservative website in Colorado, revenue from Google advertising is virtually non-existent. Now it is literally non-existent.
A couple weeks ago, Google slapped our site with an undisclosed policy violation and stopped serving ads to the website:
Whether this is a result of intentional demonetization or our skyrocketing traffic tripping some sort of automatic algorithm that assumes the ad serving is being manipulated remains to be seen. When the “Policy Center” link is clicked, we get this:
This is proof positive that we are having an impact, either through directly threatening the party line or by growing in readership so fast that the algorithm doesn’t believe it.
For the foreseeable future, Mile High Evening News will continue to operate with no funding. The truth is too important. To support us, please follow our social media pages, join our email list, and share our articles. We will keep fighting with you!
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