Alarm Clock Plus (the free version). I also just called the user support line, which the tech couldn't really help, but said he would forward the information to the dev team email. Nothing I didn't do, but maybe it will carry more weight coming internally?
On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 4:18:36 PM UTC-4, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > 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 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
