So i got back almost the same response. But asking for screenshots in addition this time.
So... i respond.
Since you are going to keep pressing the same canned-response button, over and over, I am going to keep asking the same, single, all important question.
HOW IS MY LANDING PAGE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE 3 EXAMPLES OF OTHER SITES I PROVIDED?
They each do same exact thing.
They forward users to amazon.
And they all do this from ads that are even now, running on google.com, when you search for "buy some product".
I do not need to attach a screen shot.
I do not need to
But the one search term that I happened to decide to target first and now provide as an example ( buy some product ) is irrelevant. 3 out of ten ads, if not more, for any term on google, seem to land on this kind of site, so I was under the impression it is allowed. Afterall, why is it ok for thousands of your advertisers to do this, but not me? It can't be personal obviously, but there must be some thing I am missing? Bribes? Blackmail? I don't get it.
Obviously you need to enforce your ad standards. I fully agree with, encourage, and of course want to comply. However, the cryptic response of saying im a bridge page, does not jive when the definition is compared against a large percentage of your existing advertisers.
Oh.... I know... I need to start cloaking to google's review IPs, because that must be what those guys are doing since google seems to think they are following the rules. Its the only thing that makes sense. So, OK. I will take a couple of days to set up an IP cloak that will make my site look like it has kick-ass reviews (just dont actually read them because they will be written by my 3 year old), a few arbitrary banner ads (which i will get from commission junction, or maybe just fake them up real quick), and sprinkle in some other useless non-sequitur product photos that will be sure to confuse, and then I will resubmit the site for review. Does that sound like a plan you guys can get behind? Wink twice if thats what I should do.
I understand its NOT YOU specifically, and you are just following policy. But under the facade of "dont be evil" there is a level of disinformation and ambiguity that has to be called to attention. The cheaters move forward, the rule followers get trampled. There is no other way to actually believe it to be. I have heard too many stories of similarly ambiguous "we dont like you, dont advertise here" rejections, for it to not be either arbitrary to create the appearance of rules, or engineered to force cheating.
Look, i would be happy to comply if only i could know what the actual infringement is, or how to actually fix it. Bridge pages are obviously allowed because any affiliate that has a custom landing page that refers onto the end retailer, is a Bridge Page. So thats just a bogus supposition. Is it something as simple as changing the button on my page from saying "buy from amazon" to "learn more"
Try button number 7 on the response drop down. I would like to see what that one says.
