You still haven't said the name of the app, if you're a fairly famous app, I'd be surprised if the Google Play folks didn't respond quickly to you!, At the very least, if you have millions of downloads, other developers here will test your app and confirm or deny whether the ban was completely unfounded...
kris On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CVP <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, intellectual property, and impersonation or deceptive behavior 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 as well as the Distribution Agreement 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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
