If you send PPC traffic to affiliate websites you are in risk to get slapped. Google often slap websites whose sole purpose is to send traffic to a second site without offering any added value to the visitor. Google terms won’t allow you to send any traffic to 1-click websites (websites that act as “Bridge Pages” More Info »
Q: I am an Affiliate, am i in danger of getting slapped? A: Yes, Google has become less and less favorable to affiliates. Most often, Affiliates send traffic to their websites, without knowing they are violating some of AdWords main policy guidelines such as User Experience, Double serving, Bridge pages, Comparison shopping, Information Harvesting, Arbitrage and more. It is your responsibility, as an advertiser, to read More Info »
The main problems in the Diet niche (based on information i received from Google reps) Even that “officially” Google have no problem with “Diet Programs”, the number of websites and affiliates violating AdWords terms, have create a situation that affects the Health and Fitness industry. Until lately, websites were getting slapped on an individual basis, but More Info »
Sometimes, support person do everything but give you support… However, a good Google Support (and even more your own Google Rep) can make the difference between failure and success. Some people keep forgetting that your Google Support is only human, so please don’t try your best to destroy his/her day. It doesn’t pay off… Whenever you need More Info »
Why do we get slapped? Google prevents you from getting anymore AdWords traffic, since they think you are not giving their clients (the world since it is Google we talk about) a good enough experience, simple as that. Hence, they prefer to lose you as a paying client but not to damage the good reputation they More Info »