> But if you petition for re-instatement, recognize the mistake or violation you made and resolve it, you'll probably be allowed back in.
That's a nice thought, but is not practical to me.
I ran ads (just some tests for a day or two, every 4-6 months) for one of my websites that provides a software control panel that manages web-server components and allows you to create websites (kind of like CPanel but for Windows).
This was the "landing page" (a PR5/PR6 page, since 2003):
http://www.devside.net/server/webdeveloper
This is the response I received back from AdWords team...
I confirm that your site has been flagged for unacceptable business
practices and was consequently disabled.
In response to multiple complaints received from users and publishers
about this category of ads, our policies no longer allow sites that
promote low-quality affiliate advertisements, the sale of free items, and
other business models about which we've received multiple complaints.
At this time, it's Google's policy to not accept ads that make
unverifiable, misleading claims about income opportunities for low risk
and minimal effort. Read more about this specific policy at:
http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/static.py?hl=en&topic=28436&guide=28435&page=guide.cs&answer=190440
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Kayo
The Google AdWords Team
Tell me how that's relevant to me or what that means to me?
I sell and support a 100,000-line .NET application that manages tools such as Apache, PHP, and MYSQL.
The best I could come up with was that someone at AdWords decided that my application was immaterial, and that I was instead selling Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
So I contacted them again...
I do understand your point of view and apologize for any inconvenience
this may cause, but unfortunately we cannot provide any further
assistance in this matter. Google’s primary objective is to provide
safe, relevant experiences for our users. The decision to suspend your
account was made after careful review of your account and the low
quality landing page experiences promoted through your ads.
Please refrain from creating any new accounts, as they will be subject
to the same suspension. For privacy reasons, AdWords Support is unable
to provide any additional information regarding this account.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Kayo
The Google AdWords Team
It's a nice letter and I do appreciate Kayo getting back to me, but it's still a f-you, we don't care, we don't change our minds, if we made a mistake it's your problem, letter.