Counting Chickens

Don't count your chikens before they're hatched!

This is one of those wise old adages I heard many times growing up. While the debate continues as to which came first, one thing is a known fact. Chickens now come from eggs. I don't know who first coined the phrase about counting chickens before their hatched, but I'm sure it's been around awhile. Of course, the saying means to not count your eggs and assume they are all going to produce healthy, living chickens. It's applied in many cases and best suits the subject of money.

I began this post several weeks ago and have been waiting to publish it on a day that seemed fit. Today is as good as any. You may have noticed that there are no ads on my blog today. For the past month I have allowed Google to place ads on my site with the agreement that I would be compensated for the advertising. As my readership grows and as more of you have been utilizing the services being advertised, Google has made a decision to disable my ad account.

According to an email I received, Google intends to break the contract we have and not pay me for ad revenue that has accumulated in my account with them. Here is the quote, "While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense
account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers." I plan to have more ads up soon but it will most likely be through another service. I apologize for the inconvenience if you were trying to use one of the vendors you found at my site. I am working with Google to resolve the issue and I'll let you know how it comes out.

The check I was supposed to be receiving soon from Google was not a very large sum of money. I was not banking on the extra income to feed my family, but it was nice to be working with some advertisers that appeared relevant to the subject of this blog. I can only imagine how much Google has actually been paid by the same advertisers. You know they are getting paid!

Knowing what Google stands for I am not surprised at their failure to uphold our agreement. Still, it's a little disappointing that they have taken this action. It may be for the courts to decide whether my eggs should be chickens...

Tip of the day: Don't spend it before you get it and when you get it, don't spend it unless you have to.