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Re:Sacked by a Google algorithm by SoftwareMaven on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @01:01PM (#2049554)
The only way to do that would be for a competitor to implement it and begin gaining traction because of it. Right now, the cost of the wrongfully terminated is less than the cost of wrongfully terminating them and probably always will be unless Google starts loosing people afraid of being wrongfully terminated. That number becomes much larger.

Want to incentivize Google? Convince Bing to implement it and see if Adsense customers convert as a result. If I felt Bing was treating their customers/vendors (ads is a really weird relationship :) better, I would consider using it (since as a search product it has approached Google pretty close).

Re:Sacked by a Google algorithm by rbanffy on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @01:42PM (#2049679)
The problem is that Google's customer is not the site that carries the banners, but the advertiser who wants their banners shown. Unless those gravitate towards an ad network that coincidentally provides better service to site owners, those folks are doubly screwed.
Re:Sacked by a Google algorithm by dhimes on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @04:48PM (#2050289)
But Google still needs their sales channel, which is why Bing may be a viable option for this.