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New Adwords..2 out of 4 sites rejected.

by Danny Woolard
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I have 4 sites that I consider all to be very similiar Amazon affiliate sites...2 image adds on near top header, 2 in footer, all have adsense on widget area (small 2 ads).

One site that got rejected had 2 amazon text links in article..nice looking site with a video gallery page (they all have video gallery pages).

So this backyard site of mine has 8 outgoing links to amazon..I read somewhere on here that I should keep landing page under 10....It was rejected.

Most of the 4 sites only have 1-2 articles so far....Another that got rejected was a site nearly identical to one that was approved (One was theme on girlriend, other was boyfriend)...this site only has 4 outgoing links to amazon.

I since changed all outgoing amazon links to no follow, removed footer ads, but still hesitant to resubmit them for review.

Should I just remove Adsense? Google called my violation: Arbitrage.
Im thinking Google may actually penalize me for using Adsense on the page, and Im certainly not giving up on Amazon links.

My other 2 sites had just 6 clicks last few days, but 2 of them actually went to Amazon, so I am excited at the prospects and dont want to blow this.
#adwords2 #rejected #sites
  • Profile picture of the author curly sue
    If Google keeps pissing people off with their unfair changes, one of these days they will be put out of business. Someone is going to come up with an idea that will blow them off the face of the planet.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by sexy sue View Post

      If Google keeps pissing people off with their unfair changes, one of these days they will be put out of business. Someone is going to come up with an idea that will blow them off the face of the planet.
      ROTFLMAO! Android sells more than iphone....chrome just overtook IE....
      they increased search share....they make boatloads more online than
      anyone else....record profits again last quarter....

      They piss people off who are trying to shmooze them.

      And that's fine with me.

      Just ate in a restaurant at the beach. Sign said, no shoes,
      no shirt, no service. Must dress appropriately. Yup. They
      are pissing off the beach crowd. Go figure. The place was
      packed.

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  • Profile picture of the author latestnewsheadline
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    Originally Posted by denutza View Post

    Another that got rejected was a site nearly identical to one that was approved (One was theme on girlriend, other was boyfriend)..
    Probably this is one of the reasons for rejection.
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  • Profile picture of the author Resale Rights Ninja
    I used to do adsense and it worked well. Then google changed their rules and I had no idea so they banned me. lol. have never used them since. Google can kiss my arse.
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    Originally Posted by denutza View Post

    Should I just remove Adsense? Google called my violation: Arbitrage.
    Im thinking Google may actually penalize me for using Adsense on the page, and Im certainly not giving up on Amazon links.
    Don't screw around with this one. It's a very big non-no (arbitrage). If they are complaining about arbitrage, get AdSense off now. Also, if you have any more than a single Amazon link or two on your landing page, you are probably going to receive the "Bridge Page" email next.

    I used to (and still occasionally do) promote my Amazon sites with AdWords so I have first-hand experience with this. Unless you present your site as an e-commerce site and allow your traffic to purchase (add to cart) directly from your landing page, you are going to run into "bridge page" issues.

    AdWords is very unforgiving if you do not know what you are doing. They will ban you for multiple mistakes.
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

      Don't screw around with this one. It's a very big non-no (arbitrage). If they are complaining about arbitrage, get AdSense off now. Also, if you have any more than a single Amazon link or two on your landing page, you are probably going to receive the "Bridge Page" email next.
      How strict is MS Adcenter when it comes to affiliate links? Are you only allowed 1 or 2 affiliate links like with Adwords?
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      • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
        Originally Posted by cooler1 View Post

        How strict is MS Adcenter when it comes to affiliate links? Are you only allowed 1 or 2 affiliate links like with Adwords?
        I don't user AdCenter all that much as I prefer AdWords but I've never had too many problems with AdCenter (or AdWords for that matter).
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Woolard
    Hey Wolf, I actually did already get the Bridge Page for my xxxxxgirlfriend site...So I think this site might have a chance if I put a few more articles and another page here.

    The arbitrage site also uses "shopping" in domain name...so its xxxxxxshopping dot com. I wasnt using my top header/feature image ads on this site (I dont think i mentioned this)..but had an extra Adsense banner ad on top.

    GOOD NEWS: had my first Amazon Conversion today!!! A $145 sale...not bad..I knew ALL 5 of my sites were getting customers to Amz once they hit the landing page. Im not even using reviews. Ive spend $2.30 on Adwords and my Amazon reporting is still effectively 48 hrs behind reporting if I count the 24hr cookie.

    So you think I should remove adsense, and just leave 4 amazon outlinks ill be good?
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    • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
      Originally Posted by denutza View Post

      o I think this site might have a chance if I put a few more articles and another page here.

      .......

      So you think I should remove adsense, and just leave 4 amazon outlinks ill be good?
      Nope, this is probably not enough to get away from the bridge page. Bridge page violations are applied to the landing page, not the site. You could have 100,000 pages on your site and it wouldn't help with the bridge page.

      The amazon links are the problem when it comes to the bridge page violation. Customers need to be able to add products to their cart right form your site. There are also a ton of other things that have to go into your landing page to avoid the "bridge page" headache.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Woolard
    UPDATE:

    Arbitrage flagged site (xxxxshopping site) was re-reviewed, even though I didnt ask!
    It was cleared....I had removed the adsense and the footer links, but still left behind 6 outgoing Amazon links...I was actually planning on removing 2-4 other Amazon links, then resubmitting for review, but glad I didnt.
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