I believe that the US is making online gaming illegal but there sure is a lot of it out there.
Are these still allowed on Adwords?
In a word: no.
Casino and Gaming Programs? - Are these still allowed on Adwords?
In a word: no.
succinctly put! ;)
Never having been one to say less when I can say more, though, I'll point cjshu to the Editorial Guidelines, available here:
[adwords.google.com...]
GamblingGoogle is dedicated to providing relevant and high-quality ads that contribute to a positive user experience. Therefore we do not permit ads for online casinos, sports books, bingo, and affiliates with the primary purpose of driving traffic to online gambling sites.
And as mentioned earlier in another post, there is also a link to the Editorial Guidelines at the bottom of every page in your account. These are worth re-reading from time to time, as they do evolve.
AWA
...and fair enough too. Our site however was removed from Adwords even though it simply has slot machine simulations designed to STOP people playing real gambling games.
We appealed against the decision, because we don't promote or engage in real gambling of any kind, but all emails were read, replied to politely by Google, but denied anyway.
So its not really very clearcut, neither is the process of exclusion objectively fair when editorial guidelines can be so loosely interpreted.
That is such nonsense. Why not just say, "due to legal concerns..."? If someone searches for online casinos and you do not show any, how can that possibly benefit the user experience?
Or we type "adult movie". We can see the adword
Why google allow these advword?
AS
