Thanks for the tip Dallas, but indeed this question just give as answer a
link to http://developer.android.com, no way to get human feedback there.

Thierry


2014-09-17 22:49 GMT+02:00 Dallas Singletary <[email protected]>:

> Try this link
> https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/troubleshooter/3055196
> select App Development Question worth a shot atleast
> On Sep 17, 2014 4:39 PM, "Thierry Legras" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Good point but the next question si how :)
>> I replied to the mail with no luck. Nowhere I could find any contact,
>> just link to guidelines and good practises.
>> So I just removed dupplicated keywords and I am now praying...
>>
>> Thierry.
>> Le 17 sept. 2014 20:10, "Dallas Singletary" <[email protected]> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Have you reached out to the Google Play Team? Maybe bring it to there
>>> attention for manual review?
>>> On Sep 15, 2014 4:57 AM, "Thierry Legras" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here we go, after 3 years with almost no change in my application
>>>> description on Google Play I received the violation notification for my
>>>> application
>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tlegras.freeboxrec
>>>> (sorry only available in google play France)
>>>>
>>>> This is a notification that your application, Freebox Recorder, with
>>>>> package ID com.tlegras.freeboxrec, is currently in violation of our
>>>>> developer terms.
>>>>> *REASON FOR WARNING*: Violation of the spam
>>>>> <https://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html#spam> 
>>>>> provisions
>>>>> of the Content Policy. Please refer to the spam policy help article
>>>>> <https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2985717> 
>>>>> for
>>>>> more information.
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Do not engage in "keyword stuffing" by loading app descriptions
>>>>>    with keywords out of context
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Do not use irrelevant, misleading, or excessive keywords in apps
>>>>>    descriptions, titles, or metadata.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It seems that Google anti-spam robots has gone crazy (why only now
>>>> after all these years??) with the keywords "Freebox" and "Free" which are
>>>> related to the name of the French Telecom operator "Free" and its set-top
>>>> box "Freebox" that my application allows to control remotely. So these
>>>> keywords are definitively NOT out of context, my application does not
>>>> pretend anywhere to give anything for free or whatever of the kind.
>>>>
>>>> While waiting for the end of the countdown, I removed a few occurrences
>>>> of "Freebox" in Google play description. Changing the package ID is really
>>>> not an option for me as other applications are using mine, and anyway, come
>>>> on, my application is controlling a device called "Freebox" so what would
>>>> be the issue with "freebox" in the id???
>>>>
>>>> So, can anybody tell me if there is a way to contact a HUMAN at Google
>>>> play team before my application may be deleted from Google Play, or at
>>>> least how to get more precise feedback than this generic automatically
>>>> generated mail.
>>>>
>>>> I am pretty upset by such mail after having supported a free ad-less
>>>> revenue-less application stared 4.5/5 for so many year and seeing it could
>>>> be deleted by a stupid brainless anti-spam algorithm :(
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help
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