I opened up my email from google after asking for some assistance as to why my adwords weren’t running. I was shocked, appalled, I could not believe that ANY business could treat a customer like that and remain in business. However, I guess with investors involved, and the grand majority following the rules, and with being the search engine that takes over 60% of America’s searches, pissing off a few customers here and there means nothing.
I was banned from Google Adwords today. In the email I received from them, I was told I violated part of their TOS, which part, I have no clue, however, the representative went on to tell me that opening another account, or trying to contact them for further support would be a poor investment of my time. (Obviously, big bad google knows how best to invest my time as well? Maybe that is part of their magical formula?)
The problem - Google felt absolutely no need to assist their customer in what part of the TOS had been broken, or even offer them the ability to fix this, there was no warning, nothing. From what I read today, I am banned from Google Adwords for life.
The Solution - I don’t need Google Adwords, even the Roman Empire fell, and so too shall Google one day. In the meantime, I have decided to focus my attention on bigger and better challenges such as Yahoo Marketing, and Microsoft AdCenter. My Experience with Yahoo Marketing has been that when a problem exists with an Ad Yahoo supports their customer. Furthermore, I plan on focusing on natural SEO, and VEO. After reading Constant Conversation (FREE) by Colin McDougall with Colin Arthur and The VEO Report by Colin McDougall I have realized that it is not impossible to realize natural traffic to your website, and this traffic I believe is longer lasting and more valuable than any pay-per-click advertising you will ever recieve!
While I may sound spiteful by these events, I assure I am not, I focus on the solution. When life hands you lemons, make lemonade, add some rum and ice, and shake it, and suck it down.
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Adwords are tricky business, they can drop you at anytime without warning.