+1 On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Joshua Smith <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks for posting this to the list. His story was disconcerting, and it's > good to hear that he didn't respond to your emails. > > -Joshua > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Ikai Lan (Google) wrote: > > Hi, > > I sent you an email a week requesting a response. Please check your inbox > for emails from me addressed to the billing administrator of your > application (vrypan@). Because you didn't respond, I was forced to disable > your application. > > Your application is in violation of our terms of service because it is > being targeted by spammers to shorten spam URLs. If we are reported > instances of these, we will contact the developers to: > > 1. Remove the content > 2. Take aggressive measures to prevent spamming of their service > > Our terms of service dictate that you are responsible for policing the > content of your application. If you are in violation, we will first notify > you and work with you before disabling your application. However, if we do > not receive a response, we will go ahead and disable the application. > > Please work with me off mailing list to resolve the issue. > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Jorge Guberte <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If that's the case, then the app i'm developing will be shut for sure, >> because it extends the Google Contacts platform, making use of the API >> Google provides. >> Makes no sense, right? >> >> 2010/12/19 Philip <[email protected]> >> >> There is no way that the app was disabled because Google fears >>> competition. I'm currently developing a google news like service on >>> app engine and I got access to the matcher api and prediction api >>> without any problems even though I have told explicitly that I am >>> doing this. I also got always help from Googlers like Ikai in the IRC >>> channel. >>> >>> Besides, I'm pretty sure that it would be *highly* risky for Google to >>> disable apps that are competing with their own services. They would >>> abuse their online monopoly and this could result in astronomically >>> huge judicial punishment. >>> >>> On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Nickolas Daskalou <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > It may have been disabled because it competes with Google's URL >>> > shortening offering (http://goo.gl/). >>> > >>> > Nick >>> > >>> > On 18/12/2010, at 1:21 PM, vrypan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > Hi. I've been running my URL shortener, urlborg.com, on appengine >>> > > since 2008. Suddenly, yesterday, the app was marked as DISABLED by >>> > > google, and no one can access it. How do I get in contact with >>> > > someone that can explain what's going on? I feel really bad for the >>> > > users that relied on my service. >>> > >>> > > I really, really like AppEngine, I mean, if you are offering a >>> > > hosting environment, and people are paying for it, you can't just >>> > > switch off an account, without a warning, or a notice or something... >>> > >>> > > Panayotis >>> > > -- >>> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > > Groups "Google App Engine" group. >>> > > To post to this group, send email to google- >>> > > [email protected]. >>> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> >>> > > . >>> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >>> groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en >>> > > . >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google App Engine" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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