It's the way it goes i suppose.

However, i want to move on and want to know what others recommend here. Yahoo maybe?

Maybe a combination of other engines. Would love to know whats working for you guys outside of adwords.

Thanks Amy

Hi Harishwar,

I am looking into yahoo and bing now!

Be warned people. I thought I was safe as they have been fine for ages with my account. Everybody who is still up and running be sure to double double check your campaigne with googles terms.

I have been using adwords for a while and thought i was going by the rules. I didn't get any warning and not a chance to amend any issues, worse still, they wouldn't even tell me what was wrong they just told me to stop contacting them. I felt like I was being treated like a criminal when in fact I thought I was playing by the rules. They also said i would never advertise with them ever again. WOW! somebody is on a power trip at Google!

They are actually rude about it and couldn't see that I wanted to use them longterm and would not deliberately brake the rules.

I still have pending payment on the account. It makes me feel sick that they will be taking that in 20 odd days.

Am working around it right now though. One of marketings little speed bumps

Have a great day all

adwords is crazy

Hi Linda

I was angry at the time because how they were treating me but like i said, it's just a speed bump

I'm not sure if it will work out for Google long term. They are very ruthless about it.

I think I missed a lot while I was not about at the forum, unfortunately, it's really time consuming catching up.

I'm playing with Yahoo at the moment. How strict are they? Is it as bad as Google?

Good to start catching up with all you guys.

James Yahoo is so much easier to deal with than Google.  I think you should give them a try and forget Google.  I know you've been dealing with your Mom's illness.  I would recommend trying to watch Tissa's webinars that were held during your time of absence. This should be a big help in just getting updated on many of the Acme changes.
Linda 

Hey there James, Sorry to hear you're the latest casualty of Google's twisted and bizarre rampage against the very affiliates who made them what they are. They've got some serious karma coming, IMHO, I only hope I'm still around to share the glee when the Day of Reckoning rolls around.

Chris L and Gary were part of the first wave of Google's ban rampage in early December. Maybe they'd be willing to share how they've revamped their ad & promo strategy since, either here or in PMs. I'm curious to know if those who have been banned have tried to create a new identity in Google and use the content network to keep out of Google's line of fire. Is it do-able?

Here's an ebook about using the ASDAQ content network that I found interesting. I'll be talking to an ASDAQ rep tomorrow. I'll check back into this thread if there's anything significant to relay.

You may also find this thread helpful, a recap of a Perry Marshall teleseminar I plugged into a month ago:

http://acme-people-search-forum.com/top … nt-google/

Hope some of this helps, at least in reassuring you that Google is not the be-all and end-all for PPC advertising. Good luck, James.

James! Great to see you!

Sorry to hear about your Adwords account. I had the good fortune of starting with Bing, and it was a great experience. There are so many Google horror stories, that I'm definitely glad to have the alternatives.

Even if you are using your own domain, Google would still ban it if it (or the powers be at Google) thinks the site is not worthy.
I have an active adwords account but have slowed down and started concentrating on SEO.
In the long term, SEO, article marketing, e-mail marketing ........ are the way to go.
I don't have the time to implement all of them, just concentrating on SEO right now.
Signups have slowed down since I slowed down my adwords but on the other hand SEO is slowly compensating for that.

Srinath

If you owed them that much money and couldn't pay I don't see why they wouldn't suspend your account. And creditors who can't ever expect to receive payment usually do write it off as a bad debt. If you couldn't pay your bill why did you let it get so high? This is why it's crucial to set a daily limit that you can afford and carefully monitor what you've already spent. When you set a daily budget at Google then they stop showing the ads when you've reached that limit. And when I set up my account I was able to choose a monthly cap for the maximum they could charge me. This is not having to be devious and set up a prepaid account, it's knowing in advance what you can afford to spend daily/monthly and setting up your account with these choices. Let's hope you do better with your Yahoo account.

Hi , here is what you must do. 
1. Buy a new computer
2. do not download anything from google, ie. google toolbar-they canspy on you
3. change your domain name
4. use your sister, mothers, wife, brother, etc. id
5. do not use your own credit card
Sounds difficult, but i have heard from a top marketer that this is the only thing to do.

What do you think went wrong?  Just for information, so I don't make any mistakes with goolge.  I have heard that a lot of people are getting slapped by them.  What is their reasons.

It is now only APS. Google bans every affiliate program. Google or out for original websites/blogs.

If you advertise your referral links then they are not original. Your links contend are exactly the same as mine.
That´s why the ban every unoriginal referral link.
So to promote this kind of biz, you must create site with original content that is not to much self promoting.

Better fortune to the many ripped off by google parasitic monopolization! Greater opportunities elsewhere.  Mainly google is bombarted by assortment of diabolical rampaging duplicating clones of repetitive garbage data overloading google servers.  In the process of sifting through the data,  google permanently lost solid,  spirited, and reputable persons.   Now will permanently effect the google service reputation forever.   
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