Pretty much the same place. Down by the bottom. On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 2:19:19 PM UTC-4, FiltrSoft wrote: > > Wow, where exactly do you have your ads? I have ads at the very bottom of > my app, wonder if Google would consider that placement that would cause > users to accidentally click on them, since they are near the phone's > hardware buttons? > > They really need to be more specific when they ban apps, because there's > so much room for interpretation. On top of that, it's extremely difficult > to contact anyone at Google. > > Sometimes I feel I should only develop web-based mobile apps. Too much > Big Brother with native apps. > > On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 10:08:33 AM UTC-4, CVP wrote: >> >> I'm really looking for help from anyone, but I really need to get in >> contact with someone from google... >> >> Without warning, a few days ago my long standing successful app was >> removed from the play store. The app has been around for over 2 years now >> and has around 1.5 million active users, and nearly 5 million downloads. >> It's been in the top 5 of its category for well over a year. It has over >> 65,000 ratings with an average of 4.6/5. >> >> The email I received said that the app was removed because Google says >> *Violation >> of one or more of the following provisions of the Content Policy: >> spam<http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#spam> >> , intellectual >> property<http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#IP>, >> and impersonation or deceptive >> behavior<http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#impersonation> >> * and more specifically because *"core features of your application >> causes users to accidentally click on advertisements"* >> >> First of all, the ads are hardly accidentally clicked... The highest >> average click rate I've ever gotten was 0.8%. Even still I've read over the >> Content >> Policy <http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html> as well >> as the Distribution >> Agreement<http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html> >> and >> neither call out specific ad placement rules, guidelines, or suggestions. >> The ad placements are also similar to hundreds of other most popular apps... >> >> I'm more than happy to upload a "compliant" version of the application >> putting the advertisements in whatever position is deemed acceptable by >> Google. I'm not unethical or a con-artist, I'm a recent college grad from a >> smaller town after all... Re-releasing the application under another >> package name would be unfair to the 1.5 million active users out there as >> they wouldn't get the update notification or keep their settings. >> >
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