This is a story of how my site was banned from Google Search and Adwords in
less than 24 hours. This happened on August 23/24th. The site in question is http://filleritem.com, which helps you find filler items on amazon.com that qualify for free shipping and will put you just over the $25 limit. I created the site seven years ago (it was the first site of its kind), and it has been mentioned in several different places on the web and off. It has recieved over a 1.25 million visitors(only 20% from organic search) since I added google analytics
in 2006. The point I am trying to make is that it is a site that people want and
use. On August 24th I recieved a notification that my site was in violation of the
adwords bridge page policy and my account was being suspended. I was a little surprised, but I did not really care as I have spent very little on my adwords
account. Over a month later I checked my google analytics and noticed that google traffic
was very low. A search for site:filleritem.com returned no results. Something was wrong. I looked more closely and my traffic from google stopped August 23rd,
less than 24 hours before recieving the adwords suspension. My first action was to submit my site for reconsideration on google search. Then I
called adwords support. I tried my best to explain to them that this is a site that
people want and use, and that it shouldn't cause me to banned. They response
was basically that my site violated their bridge page policy(which I disagree with
as it has unique functionality). They also claim that there was no connection
between being banned on adwords and google search. I find this coincidence hard to swallow. My reconsideration request for both my adwords account and google search
have been denied. I have attached a screenshot of my adwords overview and
the google analytics of google search traffic. For me this is bad timing(november + december 3x normal for filleritem.com).
While the income from this site is nothing to brag about, it is something I have
come to expect and rely on. Please fix this google.