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Resolve Google AdSense Publisher Violations For Valuable Inventory Problems

March 7, 2018

I don't typically write about these topics since they aren't on the subject of development and operations, but this week Google AdSense put my account on restricted probation for violating its policies, something I hadn't intentionally planned on doing.

After receiving an email from Google and visiting the policy area of the Google AdSense dashboard, I learned that I had a Valuable Inventory: No Content violation for a domain that wasn't mine and I hadn't even heard of.

So what do you do when you're in violation for something you do and don't have control over?

We're going to see some of the things that you can do to keep your account in good standing, beyond the obvious things such as being annoying.

February 12, 2018

Nic Raboy

When you're building a business, the experts all say that you should make your list building strategy a priority. Using social networks like Twitter and Facebook for your marketing is great, but those might not be around forever. Email has been around for a long time and it will likely exist a long time into the future as well.

I've briefly mentioned this before, but I'm currently using Sendy to manage my email subscribers and send out my monthly newsletter. However, I wasn't always using Sendy to accomplish this task. For around a year, I was using Mailchimp, a similar product.

We're going to see what Sendy is, how to use it, and why I'm using it over the various alternatives that exist.

January 25, 2018

Nic Raboy

As you may or may not know, The Polyglot Developer is happy to accept guest contributions from the developer community. To find out more, check out the article titled, Write Guest Articles on The Polyglot Developer Blog. With that said, I've been receiving a lot of questions regarding Markdown, the format in which these blog articles are crafted.

The Polyglot Developer uses Hugo which is similar to Jekyll in the sense that articles are written in Markdown and then built into HTML. Don't worry, Markdown is not bad and you'll see how much more convenient it is than writing in other formats.

We're going to get a quick look at producing content in Markdown so it can be published on the web.

December 31, 2017

Nic Raboy

This marks the third year that I've been producing content for The Polyglot Developer and all of its channels. It's been a long year and I've accomplished a lot, some of which was different than previous years.

Below you’ll find my statistics that may help you if you’re planning on creating a blog or developing a course. It will give you an idea of costs and what to expect.

November 17, 2017

Nic Raboy

If you've been a long time subscriber to The Polyglot Developer, you'll know that I use the blog as a way to document what I learn on a day to day basis. I'll never remember what I did six months ago unless I document the steps to reproduce it later.

I'd like to think that I'm a developer first and a blogger or technical writer second. However, did you know that I'm earning money from both sides of this technical spectrum? I'm earning money from my day job as well as the blog.

We're going see a few things that will get you started with earning money through a programming blog.

October 4, 2017

Nic Raboy

Do you find the content on The Polyglot Developer valuable? What if I told you that you could contribute valuable content to other developers as well?

I wanted to let you know that I'm currently accepting original guest content, from talented developers like yourself, on a variety of awesome topics.

September 12, 2017

Nic Raboy

Back in 2014 I started The Polyglot Developer on WordPress with the intention of documenting what I learn and helping others in the process. However, back then, it was not called The Polyglot Developer, but instead Nic Raboy's Code Blog. The blog was later rebranded in early 2016, but the look and feel stayed the same.

I am pleased to announce the new version of The Polyglot Developer and a few important things that have changed with this version 2 release.

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