My Adwords account permanently suspended
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After researching this issue on the WF, I learned that Google will eventually stop showing ads that contain forwarded URLs. I was very surprised by this because I was only following the exact directions given to me in the "affiliate strategies for generating traffic" from the TruthAboutAbs vendor. One of the techniques listed was to buy a similar domain name, forward it, and then use Adwords to drive traffic to that forwarded domain. I learned my lesson obviously and never tried that again.
I gave Adwords a break for about 3 weeks, and then once I finished building my own niche website for Amazon products, I decided to run a couple Adwords campaigns for my new website. After setting up the ad, everything was fine, the quality scores were high, and all the keywords matched up nicely with the ad content. After about an hour, I checked up on my stats, and had 0 imp and 0 clicks. When I hovered over the keywords in the ad group, it said that none of the keyword phrases were triggering my ads to show up at that time, and that I should check back later. The next time I logged in to my account, there was a message in red at the top of the page saying that my account had been permanently suspended due to repeated violations of Google's landing page policies.
I am absolutely clueless as to what I did wrong or how I violated any policies. This was extremely discouraging, and I honestly was sick to my stomach because I have been looking forward to using Adwords as a way of getting traffic, and succeeding in IM. I know that there are many other alternatives for PPC, but it was very hard to swallow nonetheless.
My questions to the WF members are: Should I try to get my account reinstated? If I can't, what is the best alternative for PPC? Have I significantly hurt my chances of making it in IM by getting my Adwords account banned?
Thanks for all your help! I can't tell you how much I learn everyday from reading on the WF.
Joe G
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