So, I got this $100 coupon from HostGator for FREE advertising on Google Adwords...
- SEO |
"Dear AdWords Advertiser,
We have reviewed your account and found that one or more of your sites is
in violation of our Landing Page and Site Policies.
Customer ID: 331-xxx
Visible URL(s):
babydiaperxxx.xxx
Please note that when a site is found to be in violation of our Landing
Page and Site Policies, the site is disabled within your AdWords account
and respective ads are disapproved for "Site Policy." Disabling is an
action applied at the domain level, and it results in a low landing page
quality score and termination of ad traffic. If multiple ad groups have
landing pages with the same disabled domain, the keywords in those ad
groups will have identical landing page quality scores as well.
To learn more about our Landing Page and Site Policies, please visit
Landing page and site policies - AdWords Help "
I am usually pretty good about having a "Legal" blog, so I didn't understand. I went to the referring page, and there was a list of 20 possible terms of violation, each with a page and more of possible reasons how you can violate the terms of service. I go thru each one, (takes the better part of 30-45 minutes) I don't see anything I've done wrong.
I write them back and explain that I checked their TOS and my website and found nothing in their list of possible violations. That I am willing to change whatever is wrong with the site, if I can understand what they are objecting to. So, I get this back:
"Dear AdWords Advertiser,
We have reviewed your account and found that one or more of your ads or
keywords has been disapproved for violating the following AdWords
policy:
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Site Policy: Your site is in violation of our Landing Page and Site
Policies
Landing page and site policy guidelines - AdWords Help.
This violation has lead to the disapproval of this site's AdWords ads.
Please ensure your site complies with our policies before submitting
for review. "
Different link, but it goes to the same page with the list of 20 possible violations.
So...I guess they don't like my website and they apparently don't like my ad either. (I think)
Am I wasting my time trying to communicate with Google and expecting a human explanation? Or wasting my time trying to correct things to make it okay with Google?
I used adwords a few years ago, but have not used it lately, but figured I would spend the $100 since they were giving it to me. But, it might not be worth the hassle. Opinions?
So frustrating when you are dealing with an automated response (at least I think it is an automated response). If it is a human, they were vague in their reply and didn't answer my question.
Julie Gavis
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