Adwords is killing me!

Actually there is help. I was able to get in contact with a rep and they told me how to get my account back in good graces with them.

Basically you need to fix your site up "first" to comply with their policies and then you have to resubmit it for review. They wont care how good of a squeeze page is, if it doesn't comply they won't even consider reviewing it. Change everything first.

I tried calling them on the phone but its hell getting through and most of the time they'll tell you they have no control over it, which they don't. Email takes a million years for a response. You'll drive yourself crazy checking your inbox everyday for an email from Google.

This is what I did...

1. Go to your adwords account and click the link that directs you to your violation.
2. Click the Contact Us link and find the chat online link.

You can connect directly with a rep that you can give access to your adwords account and they will be able to go in on their side and tell you exactly what the problem is and what you need to do or what site you need to fix in order for it to be expedited for review.

Make sure to ask for email from the rep you are chatting with so that when you are finished with changes you can email him directly. You want to do this because that rep will already be familiar with what the problem was, and what changes were made. They'll be able to vouch for you when your account goes up for review.

Hope this helps!

I could not agree with you more, It seems competitors doing nothing but click on the ads if you ask me...

LOL
:rolleyes:

Thanks for saying this, I have been trying to get all of my competitors to quit advertising on AdWords. Please spread the word to all of my competitors to quit advertising on AdWords, they are just a nuisance to me and I'd like them to stop.

Obviously, the day AdWords becomes no longer viable is the day that Google files for bankruptcy. But don't worry folks, I will gladly pickup the leftover ad space just to keep Google in the black, so all you competitors "Get out of AdWords now!" Thank you.

100 a day for 60 days is 6,000.

He didn't lose his account - the site was banned.

Google doesn't want you to collect emails because they don't get paid again after you do.

I'm suprised Hubspot is still on Adwords then. All they serve are squeeze pages in exchange for info's.

Google doesn't allow squeeze pages. Here is what I would do: Create a very informative and high quality landing page with tons of unique content and maybe 1 or 2 YouTube videos. Towards the end of your landing page, or on the sidebar you can add an optin form - Google is fine with that as long as you provide great, unique content.

Use your landing page to presell the report you are giving away (or whatever it is you give away) - incite your readers to signup for your newsletter, to download your report... or whatever.

You can use something like: I can't go into all the details in this short article, but you get all the information in my XYZ report and I will show you exactly how you can do ABC... To get immediate access to the report, just provide your details below (or on the sidebar form...)

Your signup rate will go down, but the quality of your signups will increase and with a great presell page you will get more potential buyers than with a simple squeeze page.

It's all about the quality of your list and not the quantity.

Once you made the changes, call Google, tell them you are sorry about your mistake, let them know that you created a highly informative site that's truly valuable for Google's customers and ask them to take a look again.

the problem, is, you need some meat on your site (good quality content) and you site should not look too much like a pure affiliate site with little value.

If you can do this, I'm pretty sure, Google will allow you back in.

It's a bit of work, but it is well worth it. And if you can get a top quality score, you still can get relatively cheap traffic from Google - even in competitive markets.

You could use Bing Adcenter. They're much more lenient.

Or you could get around the Adword restriction by selling an ebook or similar product for $0.99 or so to gather emails.

AdWords, AdWords, AdWords... Always that AdWords. I leave it long time ago when my AdSense account was banned.
I still keep my account live because need it for some keyword search software but for PPC I use 7search and Facebook ads.
Google is so strict in their rules and also soooooo expensive in confront of other networks.
I know also that traffic quality is better but if you know how to set up squeeze page with an catchy headline Im sure you will not need adwords any more.

Hi, thanks for the great post! Can you explain it a bit more about the type of squeeze page and site that can be accepted into adwords? i think this could really help the communty. Thanks again in advance.

Adwords done the wrong way is a money pit...done the right way it's a gold mine. It definitely works better for some verticals than for others, but a properly optimized Adwords campaign combined with a high-quality lander is still money in just about any industry.