Google SUspends Adwords Account - Is this even legal?

Yep they can do whatever they want. It's all in their TOS most probably.

Sure thing, it's their service and you have to abide with their rules.
They won't suspend you if you play by the rules.

Gama

Besides, unless what Google does violates any applicable law, that's as legal as you kicking
out anyone from your premises who doesn't meet your "guidelines".

I don't know how they can get away with demanding you remove links from a site that is not being serviced by Adwords, but apparently, they think they can. Google needs a big spanking from Uncle Sam. They've gotten way to big for their pants.

My account was suspended last year, its working again. ) remove the links and tell them to review the website again. I was suspended for the same reason, later i changed to capture leads and then send them affiliate offers via email follow-up

Unfortunately they make the rules and everyone has to abide by them to use their services, regardless of how arbitrary it may seem.

I am waiting for the day G gets slapped themselves by the FTC and anti-trust regulations. Microsoft used to operate with impunity 15 years ago until the Feds sued them. Google is the Microsoft of the new millennium.

Unfortunately for you and many other Internet marketer, yes it is legal and yes they can do pretty much whatever they want because it is their product. It is not uncommon to have your adwords account suspended or dropped all together. It reminds me of Ebay where the rules are becoming almost impossible to adhere to. I would never put all my stock in any type of PPC for this reason.

yup they do whatever they want whenever they want..it's going to end tho,watch.

Actually, I'll go you one better. When I got into IM last year, I started a niche site for a flight simulator on CB. I built the site up, got a few good articles on it, built a Squidoo and Hub Page for it, the whole nine yards. Even a few Ezine Articles on it, too, all back-linked back to my main site.

It wasn't getting much traffic, so I decided to cash in one of those nifty AdWords coupons that Host Gator mails out every so often...I designated $10 or so to it.

I think it was 2 days later, Google emailed me and told me that my site violated their TOS for AdWords. I thought to myself, "Oh well, no harm in trying," and promptly cancelled the campaign. That was March 2011.

May 2011 rolled around and I got an email from Google saying my account was temporarily suspended for violations. I hadn't used it in the 2 months in-between, and I had cancelled the campaign, but I was still violating their TOS. I couldn't remove the site from my AdWords dashboard because you have to have at least 1 site in there. I had also completely rebuilt the site as it never made any money so it had all videos and stuff about flight simulators.

After 2 weeks, countless phone calls, and several emails (which I still have), Google told me I was suspended forever from AdWords and I could never have another account with them. All because I had closed down a campaign, at their insistence, that violated their TOS.

Talk about a harsh learning experience.

-- j

@nofearman, I am always impressed with Bing's conversion numbers compared to Google in a lot of the niches we've operated in over the years.

Again. I did read it and I fully understand. It is you that does not. Please retread my previous post. If you want to use Goggle's products, you need to follow their rules.

Nah, that's ok. I think I'll stick around. I can't have people giving out bad advice regarding Adwords.

Google has very strict rules and conditions. As they have several other clients, loosing one will not affect them. So be careful when you work with them.