Comments on: “Criminal” by association - how my adwords account got banned

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:03:53 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Wow! I’m very new at this. In fact I’m still at the starting gate. I feel badly for you and I thank you for sharing your experience. I know that it will serve me and other newbies in the future.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:33:07 +0000

Damn…I am so sorry to hear that. Sometime Google is really taking things alittle to the extreme. Hope they restore your account mate.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:59:14 +0000

And what happens to the Adsense account …

By: admin

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0000

Hey Ray,

Not sure mate, logged in directly to their account, so maybe their assumption is that since it’s a direct login I must own the account.

Peter,

Yeah, the unfortunate part is there is very little you can do about it, most people get stuck at the email stage, I’m just fortunate enough to know people I can talk to by phone.

Hope it pans out ok, but it’s only one leg of the marketing strategy, there are 8 others

Daniel

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:39:03 +0000

The shoot first and ask questions later Google behavior sounds very familiar as I’ve read of quite a few Adsense users who’ve been banned for “fraudulently clicking on their own sites” only to discover it was tracked to someone else in the the same building (same IP) who ignorantly clicked on an ad out of curiosity and got them closed down - no questions asked. Guilty until proven innocent.

Hope it works out for you, man, especially with the upcoming launch.

By: Jen Pearson

Jen Pearson — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:20:42 +0000

This is why I’m starting to not like Google. That kind of treatment is downright unAmerican.