Well the attack at advertisers on Google is ramping up. Today, Google announced the Base Data API is now changing to the Shopping API. This echoes sentiments heard early on from Google that they intended the future of sales to be done through their shopping portal instead of individual websites. One side says they still forward the order to the appropriate web store the link came from (under Shopping, in Google), one side says they are making an attempt to compete directly with Amazon.
So for years you have companies and individuals giving Google data to be listed. That equates to letting them use you to build their database, and people wonder why it is so hard to compete on the net. If you take some time to read their policy and search for “banned” products you will probably find large companies that are still listed, yet every new customer that comes out the gate strong using adwords gets struck down by their “Do No Evil” staff. Maybe I can use this as a Moses reference, and that staff turns to a snake and then we change the term “spider” to snake. So you could say “my site just got snaked…..
Without further adieu, here is the new posting, located here
“We will periodically check your products to ensure the accuracy of your product data. If your product data doesn’t meet our quality standards, your products will be suspended from Google Product Search until the issues have been addressed.
In case of repeated violations of our quality standards, your items will be suspended:
- for at least one week after the second violation
- at least one month after the third violation
After the third violation, we may suspend your items for an extended period of time - potentially indefinitely.”
Then again in their listing of Anabolic Steroids, they leave it so open ended that just about anything can get pulled at ANYTIME:
“Anabolic steroids The promotion of anabolic steroids, muscle-enhancing stacks and cycles, body-building supplements that have a similar effect to steroids, and related content, irrespective of claims of legality, are not allowed. Prohibited items include, but aren't limited to:
- Anabol
- CellMass
- Clenbuterol
- Dianabol
- Extreme Mass 3.5lbs by SciFit
- Finakits
- H-T Dianabol
- L-Glutamine
- Mesterolone
- Nitrix
- Novedex XT
- TZ 3 Stack by SciFit
- Vasospan”
So this makes me wonder is arginine is next, or maybe vitamin K? Who knows, but like I have always said, this is OUR fault. WE let Google become as big as they are. Getting them to loosen up is going to be costly and time consuming.
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