I have been an adwords user since 2006, I have never attempted to skirt the rules or used any tactics that would be deemed black hat. I use the account to as an affiliate to drive traffic directly to the merchant websites. In 2012 I had an issue in which a site that I used to drive traffic to as an affiliate went out of business and eventually turned into a parked page. My account was suspended, after speaking with an accounts rep they eventually reinstated my account. Since then I have had a handful, approximately five, business that I have promoted that were full e-commerce sites that have closed and the websites have ceased to exist. Today I woke up to the notification that my site had been suspended because of these sites in my account. I spoke with a rep on the phone and I pleaded my case that I have no control over those sites and that they had legitimately went out of business, it seems they are being less flexible than last time and I are saying unless they are changed and become active legitimate e-commerce sites
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