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My AdSense account was suspended three times because I had an exclamation mark in my ad. I closed my account after that. I am certain Google still tracks my acc
by ph4rsikal 1y ago
My AdSense account was suspended three times because I had an exclamation mark in my ad. I closed my account after that. I am certain Google still tracks my account as "potential fraud" to this day.
- thousand_nights 1y agoare exclamation marks not allowed or is that just some absurd mistake by them?
- petre 1y ago"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind." – Terry Pratchett, Eric
- master-lincoln 1y agodepends: https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/14847994?sjid=16824994512062168541-EU&hl=en https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/14847994?sjid=16...
- sixothree 1y agoThey surely aren't going to tell you what you did wrong. That's the real problem here.
- Sevii 1y agoIt's insane. They have the tooling to automatically lock my account because an ad doesn't follow the rules, but can't tell me while I'm making the ad? Why even let people submit invalid ads? What is the point of making it easy to sign up for adwords if new users are automatically banned in an hour?
- edoceo 1y agoOr terminate your account while you see ads for similar products (your competitors) still showing.
- anonzzzies 1y agoMine was permanently suspended with no recourse for that reason. Many years ago though.
- ecshafer 1y agoWhat is their reasoning? Exclamation marks are in almost every print ad since the invention of the exclamation mark.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y agoI might be misremembering, but I recall reading that Facebook Marketplace used to disallow posts with a “$”. Which is hilarious from the outside.