Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse Google have done it again they have begun restricting the information supplied by Google Adwords to only those who have a current active campaign with them.
In June, Google AdWords turned off access to the Keyword Planner tool for those who did not have an active AdWords campaign running. However, they later backed away from this, and instead said it was a “technical issue” affecting some accounts. But many saw it as writing on the wall that Google would begin to restrict or throttle information unless there was an active campaign within the account.
So what does this mean? Put quite simply Google want your details including credit card numbers which means they will know even more about you, will be able to advertise more directly and accurately to you and will help establish an uneven playing field where only those who have large amounts of adverts (ie the giant corporate companies) and funding will have access to your data and the data of all the people on Google. They will have an unfair advantage and it will cost the small advertisers who will struggle against the corporate machines even more than they do now.
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