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Things were going great until one day I was contacted by Google who told me that “my AdSense account had posed a significant risk to their Adwords advertisers”.  WHAT??!!??  What could I possibly have done, I thought to myself.  I checked all my blogs (remember, I have three) to see what they could possibly be talking about.  I could not find anything wrong whatsoever!  I only posted my own content, I never copied anything from any other site.  How could I, it was all about my own life.  I hardly think that anyone out there could possibly have written the exact same things that I had if it was only about me, my family, and our experiences.

I appealed their decision and tried desperately to find out what it was that I could have done.  Why was my AdSense account disabled?  My husband said that he knew blogging was going to be a waste of my time.  I really don’t think that it is, but I still don’t know what I did to upset Google.  The only reply I got back from them was yet another computer generated response telling me to check their FAQ.  How could that possible help?  I’ve checked it at least ten times and found nothing!

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Google – Great company but unfair to the little guy.  

If I had stolen content, or placed other ads on my sight at the same time as the Google ones, or broken any other of their rules, I would know exactly what it was that I had done wrong, because it would have been done on purpose.  But I am a very honest person.  I do not take advantage of people, lie, cheat, or steal, because I would never want anyone to do that to me.  I was and still am very upset that Google could not take the time to contact me to tell me what I did wrong.  I know they are a huge company and very busy, so please don’t write to tell me that.

AdSense is a great program and it was really starting to bring in some money for me.  I was up to $22.00 when they cancelled my account.  That’s not a lot of money but I only had my blogs going for a little over a month.  I thought about starting a brand new blog and applying for AdSense again.  But there were two things that I could think of right away that stopped me from doing that.

1. Seeing as Google would not tell me what it was specifically that I had done wrong, what was to stop me from doing the exact same thing again.  I mean, I really DO NOT have any idea what the problem was.
2. Google said that I could not reapply.  Once your account has been cancelled they will not let you back in to the program.

Has anyone else out there had this sort of difficulty?  I’m really curious because I have seen MANY, MANY blogs and websites that are breaking Google’s rules every day.  I can’t even tell you how many people have Google ads running right along side other companies’ ads when that is a definite No-No according to Google.  I have also seen ads that are not exactly “family-friendly” if you know what I mean, when Google said that you absolutely could not have any of that type of content on your blog at all.  Why is it when someone like me tries to get ahead, they get shot down right away, while others who break every rule in sight, get away with it.  It makes you wonder if being honest is the right path after all.  

Since that time I have been scouring the internet trying desperately to find a way to make some honest, legal extra money.  I came across Triond and thought that it sounded legitimate and decided to give it a try.  I have only been with Triond since June 1st so I cannot really judge whether this will be worth my time and effort.  (And I do mean “effort”.  My health is not great and it takes a lot out of me to do what I am doing.  I can’t afford to waste my time. So far I have only made 18 cents.  Not exactly enough to help out my husband with the finances.  He is the only one who goes out to work (because of my health) and we have four growing children.  It puts a lot of strain on him and sometimes our relationship, and that is why I spend most of my day trying to find a “real” job that I can do from the comfort of my home.

If anyone knows of anything legitimate, honest, and legal that can make a few extra dollars, please let me know.  I have found a few sites that I have tried, such as:

http://www.bukisa.com/  

They are similar to Triond – You get paid (hopefully I will) to write articles.

http://www.neobux.com/

http://www.wordlinx.com/

https://www.clixsense.com/

These three sites pay you (Again, hopefully) to click on ads and then watch them.  You usually have to wait for 30 seconds and then you can close the add.  They will then give you 1 cent.  Obviously you need to click a lot of ads to make anything worthwhile.

https://www.widgetbucks.com/

http://www.adbrite.com/

http://www.bidvertiser.com/

https://chitika.com/

These companies place ads on your blog like Google does but so far I have only made a few dollars with Widget Bucks. I keep trying to find companies similar to Google that use pay per click methods because I think that they will bring in the most money.  

I also have set up ads from https://associates.amazon.ca/ but so far I haven’t made any money.  They are a very reputable company and very well known (Canadian version of Amazon.com) but the only problem with their policy is that someone actually has to purchase the items and not just click on it.

I also know that http://publisher.yahoo.com/ will place ads on your blog, but as far as I can tell you have to be a resident of the US and I live in Canada.  I know there are a lot more Americans than Canadians (about 10 times the amount) but we need money too.  Someone have a heart on us Canadians.  We are good, friendly people (at least, I am) and we need a hand.  More US companies should think of their neighbours (Canadian spelling, ay?) and give us a hand.

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Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada 

I don’t live here, but I have visited.  Beautiful, friendly, hard-working  Canadians live here.

Any Triond-ers have any ideas for me?  I’d really appreciate it a lot.  I know we’re all in a tough situation the way the economy is today, but we should all try to help each other out which would make the world a better place. Thanks for taking the time to read my article, it means a lot.  And please, if you have the time, check out my blogs and tell me what you think, especially if you are a blogger who has been at it for a long time.  I just started in May, so please don’t be too hard on me with the criticism.  

jedopi.blogspot.com is my personal blog where I discuss my health condition, Fibromyalgia.  It is a chronic pain syndrome that I have been dealing with for ten years now.  I also write about my family life, and the movies I’ve watched and books I have read.

jedopi3bagswool.blogspot.com is my personal blog where I show and discuss the knit and crochet toys and articles that I have designed and made.  Once again I talk about my family (four kids) and the toys, decorations, costumes, clothing, and miscellaneous items that I have created for them and their cousins.

vegontheweb.blogspot.com is my personal recipe blog.  I am a new vegetarian (two years in Sept.) and I like to share my recipes, tips and ideas.  I am the only meat-free person in my household and my entire family as well.  That includes my husband’s side of the family.  I know they all think I’m crazy for giving up meat because they are all such BBQ lovers, but right now I find it is the right thing for me.

Sorry, my post was so long, but as you can tell I have a lot to say.  The only thing is, I would love to get paid for it too.