A Nice Google Adwords Coupon
Over one week ago I got banned from Google Adsense without knowing the real reasons for this. I assumed it was because of using the traffic exchange Linkreferral, but til today I´m not sure if this was really the cause for that ban. I´ve sent Google an email asking them what where the reasons for banning me, but til today I haven´t received a response (it´s no problem so far because for the moment I have other ways for monetizing my blog).
Yesterday I cleared my letter-box and found a really big envelope with 6 colored letters on it. It was from Google! So far I never got a mail from Google, so it kept me wondering what it would be. I opened the letter and found a coupon with following phrase on it: “Here is more traffic inside!”.
They actually sent me an Google Adwords coupon worth 50€ (around $73)! I immediately remembered the phrase “Here is more traffic inside!” and thought about the reasons for banning my Adsense account. Hehe, it seems I now know the real reasons for my banned account 
For me it seems Google doesn´t like traffic exchanges, so they sent me this Adwords coupon for starting my own advertising campaign to drive traffic to my blog (in a “legal” way). Sure, it must be sheer coincidence, but it´s also kind of a strange thing what happened this weekend. All in all I now have around $73 that I can use for advertising my blog and I´m bery happy about it (Thank you Google team!). I only have to find the right keywords for promoting my blog, let´s see what will happen.
Bye bye!
Querblogger
Some Colleges and Universities are doing actual courses in Adwords now.
Comment by Degree News — November 18, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Hey Querblogger,
Thanks for commenting on my blog. And thanks for the tip about image hosting. I knew that you can host an image on Blogger, but I recommend using other free image hosting services, as I believe that not all people know about this “hosting trick” on Blogger.
Now, to comment on your article: You really are lucky! I’ve never received anything from Google ( well, excepting the ban from AdSense :)Who knows, maybe they will send one coupon to me too.
You can start advertising on AdWords and receiving some real traffic and visitors, now that you got the $73 coupon. I wonder how much will you be able to advertise your blog, with this amount?
Anyway, good luck and may you receive a ton of visitors from AdWords:D
Cheers,
Midwest
Comment by Midwest — November 18, 2007 @ 4:29 pm