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My Google AdWords Campaign Was Shut Down- Part 2

John Bradley "JJ" Jackson

06 May 2008 • 1 min read

As mentioned in my previous blog entry, my Google Adwords campaign was suspended because of "malware". Additionally, my blog URL was flagged as potentially harmful to visitors. All in all, not the marketing message that I want send.

After nearly two weeks of back and forth with Google and my web designer, we found "tracker code scripts" embedded in my blog. The only cue was a set of brackets <> with invisible HTML code embedded. The code could have been cut and pasted erroneously from a website, but more likely it was done with malicious intent. Regardless, Google considered the tracker code harmful to their customers.

I got a message today from Google saying that the issue was resolved, but my campaign remains suspended and site still carries a warning. Maybe there is a lag for the fix.

What lessons have I learned? Hmmm.

There really are bad guys out there.
Web based businesses are not as easy as you think.
Virus and spyware software solutions are important but they cannot catch everything.