Keywords disapproved

but not in parallel ad groups

[anallawalla]

I am experimenting with PPC for affiliate links to the merchant and one ad group contains keywords such as

CompanyName UK
CompanyName England
<verb> CompanyName

I got an email saying that the keywords were disapproved for trademark violation. (The ads contain "aff")

Yet, other ad groups contain many more keywords such as

CompanyName midgets
CompanyName widgets
<verb> CompanyName

Upon checking the serps, all aff ads for CompanyName UK have gone. This has not happened to CompanyName USA/DE/AU/etc. The trademark is CompanyName, so why would Adwords disapprove one ad group and not half a dozen others in the same account?

You can see why I don't want to ask Adwords, lest they thank me and disapprove all the other ad groups. I have asked the aff manager at CompanyName and may get a reply overnight.

Does Google have (it would make sense) a special view of the same keywords across hundreds of account holders, so that they can be disapproved en masse?

Anyone been in this boat?

[eWhisper]

Does Google have (it would make sense) a special view of the same keywords across hundreds of account holders, so that they can be disapproved en masse?

Interesting that's possible, please keep us updates as to what you find out.

I got an email saying that the keywords were disapproved for trademark violation. (The ads contain "aff")

There are many times when the keywords are disapproved if you have a dynamic insertion ad instead of the ad being disapproved (which of course leads to a lot of confusion on the advertiser side). If you have any keywords that are 'questionable', often it's best to not use dynamic insertion ads until after the keywords have been approved.

[vibgyor79]

>>>> The trademark is CompanyName, so why would Adwords disapprove one ad group and not half a dozen others in the same account?

Perhaps the Company trademark is valid only in UK and not in other countries? That probably explains why the ads displayed in USA/Australia haven't been disapproved.

[edit_g]

Perhaps the Company trademark is valid only in UK and not in other countries?

This was the reason given to me when I attempted something similar.

[anallawalla]

I contacted the UK merchant and they thanked me for telling them about my other ad groups and asked me to remove all instances of CompanyName.

They just replied again to clarify that this applies to CompanyName UK and USA for keywords.

I think I'll find a new merchant to target.