Account suspension and new affiliate policy

ad rank after account suspension affiliate policy

[worpler]

Hi. My first post, so hopefully all you vets can help. I'm looking after the Adwords program of a UK retailer. We are spending thousands per month, and Google charges our credit card every few days. Every so often, our bank for some reason thinks Google is attempting to defraud us or something, and rejects the charge. Google then suspend our program until we call the bank to sort it out. Happens 2 or 3 times a year, and it happened on Monday.

Now I've set the scene, my question is could Google's new affiliate policy (one ad per keyword per domain) impact us in the above situation. As our ads weren't running for the keywords, if an affiliate had the same keyword pointing to their ad to our domain, I assume their ad would show in our stead. What happens when we come back on line? Should we automatically get our ad slot back? I ask this because it appears as though our impressions are way down in the few days since. Do I need to up my bids to get my rank back?

[MarkHutch]

From my experience. Yes, your affiliates ads will still show as long as there is no problem with their credit card. The delay is normal when a campaign is stopped. Google starts running ads again within minutes, but it takes days some times to get search partners and content back up to where it was before. Hope this helps.

[AdWordsAdvisor]

...The delay is normal when a campaign is stopped. Google starts running ads again within minutes, but it takes days some times to get search partners and content back up to where it was before.

I tend to think what will happen is quite dependent on how competitive the arena is. For example if you have very few competitors, or a bunch of competitors who aren't trying too hard, then it's entirely possible that you will re-enter the fray in exactly the same spot.

On the other hand, if the arena is highly competitive, then things can change quickly - and you might lose some ground. But, as MarkHutch says, there is no reason to think that you'll not eventually return to your former spot, so long as the competitive landscape has stayed essentially the same.

My $0.02, anyway. ;)

And welcome to WebmasterWorld, worpler!

AWA