Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
If you are using AdMob, you could try to contact their support. They are losing money when your app is down and they might have a natural interest to get it up and running again. You are also more likely to find a contact person at AdMob. On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 10:39:57 PM UTC+2, CVP wrote: 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
That is sneaky, though, in his defense, the ads that I have at the bottom do not always show up when first initialized, sometimes it takes hitting the Activity a second time for them to show. On Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:54:09 PM UTC-4, John Coryat wrote: I just searched Alarm Clock Plus click fraud and found this posting: http://r.bernsteinbear.com/r/Android/comments/v1htq/alarm_clock_plus_click_fraud/ I would say this could be the part or all of your problem. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
Interesting, on Alarm Clock Xtreme Free when you are just about to tap 'dismiss', it pops up an ad. Pretty sure that qualifies as *core features of your application causes users to accidentally click on advertisements. * * * Didn't check your app, though. On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:56 AM, FiltrSoft kri...@gmail.com wrote: That is sneaky, though, in his defense, the ads that I have at the bottom do not always show up when first initialized, sometimes it takes hitting the Activity a second time for them to show. On Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:54:09 PM UTC-4, John Coryat wrote: I just searched Alarm Clock Plus click fraud and found this posting: http://r.bernsteinbear.com/r/**Android/comments/v1htq/alarm_** clock_plus_click_fraud/http://r.bernsteinbear.com/r/Android/comments/v1htq/alarm_clock_plus_click_fraud/ I would say this could be the part or all of your problem. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Raphael http://blog.rmontanaro.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
Well I haven't heard back from anyone from Google... Doesn't particularly surprise me since it's the week of the 4th of July. From the Reddit post I got a clue... This most recent version of the app is using AdWhirl for ad mediation (as opposed to just admob)... The default adview for adwhirl keeps the view visibility as gone before an ad is displayed. So when it is displayed it shifts the entire layout. I've never noticed this because I'm almost always on wifi so I've never seen a delay... When I was just using Admob it would just render a black box in place of the ad if there wasn't one, or until it was loaded. I posted a new version of the application that moves the ad placement on the dismiss screen to the top away from any buttons. And across all the screens that have an ad I force the view to be visible with a minimum height of 30dip. Now I just have to wait for Google to un-suspend the original package so everyone can get the update... Hopefully it won't be long especially now that they have a new version to evaluate. Still shame on them for giving absolutely no warning what so ever... Especially considering that they don't mention anything about ad placements in their content agreement. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
Well I haven't heard back from anyone from Google... Doesn't particularly surprise me since it's the week of the 4th of July. Or since it happens to be a week in any given year Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:15 PM, CVP chri...@gmail.com wrote: Well I haven't heard back from anyone from Google... Doesn't particularly surprise me since it's the week of the 4th of July. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
ICS doesn't have a hard menu button anymore, so the menu button occupies a bar at the bottom of the screen on apps that expect it and don't have their own soft-button. The issue could be that people accidentally click the ad trying to hit the menu button (complete speculation), so placing the ad at the top would resolve that. That falls into the I'll put it wherever they want as long as they tell me where they want it category you mentioned already. Before you mentioned the app name I was thinking it might have fallen into the intellectual property category if someone sent a DMCA-type notice, but that shouldn't be the issue here. 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: spamhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#spam , intellectual propertyhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#IP, and impersonation or deceptive behaviorhttp://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 Agreementhttp://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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
There are thousands of apps that use a bottom banner for ads. It seems a natural place for them. It would be nice to have some guidance on this. -John Coryat, USNaviguide LLC On Thursday, July 5, 2012 5:12:55 PM UTC-5, isopropanol wrote: ICS doesn't have a hard menu button anymore, so the menu button occupies a bar at the bottom of the screen on apps that expect it and don't have their own soft-button. The issue could be that people accidentally click the ad trying to hit the menu button (complete speculation), so placing the ad at the top would resolve that. That falls into the I'll put it wherever they want as long as they tell me where they want it category you mentioned already. Before you mentioned the app name I was thinking it might have fallen into the intellectual property category if someone sent a DMCA-type notice, but that shouldn't be the issue here. 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: spamhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#spam , intellectual propertyhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#IP, and impersonation or deceptive behaviorhttp://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 Agreementhttp://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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
I just searched Alarm Clock Plus click fraud and found this posting: http://r.bernsteinbear.com/r/Android/comments/v1htq/alarm_clock_plus_click_fraud/ I would say this could be the part or all of your problem. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
On Jul 5, 11:54 pm, John Coryat cor...@gmail.com wrote: I just searched Alarm Clock Plus click fraud and found this posting: http://r.bernsteinbear.com/r/Android/comments/v1htq/alarm_clock_plus_... I would say this could be the part or all of your problem. Sounds likely... and familiar: I had a device that liked to rotate orientation when it vibrated itself on the stock alarm app, with the result that the sleepy-finger-targeted snooze button became the dismiss one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
I use your app and i don't see any problem with it.. Cordialmente, *Regards**,* Tiago Mesquita A. Cunha. - Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform, SE 6 - Oracle Certified Professional, Java EE 5 Web Component Developer 2012/7/3 CVP chri...@gmail.com 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 android-developers@** googlegroups.com android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/**group/android-developers?hl=enhttp://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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
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: spamhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#spam , intellectual propertyhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#IP, and impersonation or deceptive behaviorhttp://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 Agreementhttp://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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
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: spamhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#spam , intellectual propertyhttp://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html#IP, and impersonation or deceptive behaviorhttp://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 Agreementhttp://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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
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 chri...@gmail.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
If you would identify your app then people will take a look and give you their opinion as to why you were banned. Idle speculation without data is just that. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: HELP! Google removed my app with millions of users!
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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
