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Does AdWords allow sneaky domain names?

by tooAlive
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Prior to starting a new campaign I'd like to know if this is something AdWords would penalize me for. I can't find anything in their policies that mentions it, and Google doesn't bring anything up either.

Basically, here's my question.

Will AdWords allow me to run traffic to a domain such as: com-online.biz?

The reason is so that I can create short subdomains, and make it appear as if it's the actual domain name. It's just for branding purposes, as visitors will only be on my site for a few seconds and I want it to appear legit. Example:

www.Money.com-online.biz/lander.html
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  • Profile picture of the author PerformanceMan
    Here's whats acceptable according to Google Policy.

    Redirection is not allowed.
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  • Profile picture of the author J R Salem
    With paid traffic, just follow the rules and you will be fine.

    Too many people try to game the system. Just do what they ask and you will be fine.

    Do you really want to build a business based off of tricks and loopholes any way?
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  • Profile picture of the author ppcmanager
    So in other words you would create a subdomain "money" and your main domain would be com-online.biz.

    Good idea but again this is one of those "grey area" which might or might not be approved by adwords.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulbutler
    Google shouldnt penalize you for this. You never know whats going to give you a google slap. Might as well give it a try. What do you have to lose. a few bucks for the domain name and a little time to setup the google adwords. Good luck...
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    • Profile picture of the author tooAlive
      Originally Posted by PerformanceMan View Post

      Here's whats acceptable according to Google Policy.

      Redirection is not allowed.
      This isn't a redirection.

      Originally Posted by J R Salem View Post

      With paid traffic, just follow the rules and you will be fine.

      Too many people try to game the system. Just do what they ask and you will be fine.

      Do you really want to build a business based off of tricks and loopholes any way?
      I'm not trying to "game the system."

      Just promoting specific offers and want to make it appear as though my site is part of the site I'm promoting.

      Originally Posted by ppcmanager View Post

      So in other words you would create a subdomain "money" and your main domain would be com-online.biz.

      Good idea but again this is one of those "grey area" which might or might not be approved by adwords.
      Yeah, that's basically it.

      And that's why I'm asking, as I couldn't find info on this anywhere. If it's something Google won't like, I won't waste my time with it.

      Originally Posted by paulbutler View Post

      Google shouldnt penalize you for this. You never know whats going to give you a google slap. Might as well give it a try. What do you have to lose. a few bucks for the domain name and a little time to setup the google adwords. Good luck...
      I'd rather not submit a site that's going to get me penalized.

      So if anyone else has had any experience using domain names like this, I'm all ears.
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