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I just received an email from Google today stating that my Adwords account was suspended for violation of terms. This was a surprise, since I haven't used the account over 2 years.
I called and got some girl named Heather (of course), who told me that my account was suspended because one of my affiliate offers pointed to a misleading landing page. This offer was run 3 years ago when I was new the internet, and it was deleted from my account after running.
I can only get my account reinstated by changing the landing page, which is on a site not owned by me. In other words, I have been permanently cancelled for an ad that ran 3 years ago.
Of course, it's absurd, and after Heather bid me farewell with a mindless "have a nice day," I decided that Google really is inane.
So a word of warning. If you have an Adwords account and you have ever run questionable affiliate adds on it, you may want to cancel the account, and then reopen a new one. Otherwise they may find something you ran 3 years ago that they don't like, and cancel your business.
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I called and got some girl named Heather (of course), who told me that my account was suspended because one of my affiliate offers pointed to a misleading landing page. This offer was run 3 years ago when I was new the internet, and it was deleted from my account after running.
I can only get my account reinstated by changing the landing page, which is on a site not owned by me. In other words, I have been permanently cancelled for an ad that ran 3 years ago.
Of course, it's absurd, and after Heather bid me farewell with a mindless "have a nice day," I decided that Google really is inane.
So a word of warning. If you have an Adwords account and you have ever run questionable affiliate adds on it, you may want to cancel the account, and then reopen a new one. Otherwise they may find something you ran 3 years ago that they don't like, and cancel your business.
(Mods- Not sure if this is right thread. If not, please feel free to move it.)
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