I am however able to get text ads running instantly so it seems Google heavily favours these ads. Sadly this makes sense because the requirement for image ads to be reviewed makes them less profitable. It just seems very greedy.

Until recently I was a huge G fan and would frequently say so in conversation, both online and offline, but with recent changes to their search algorithm and this continuing AdWords problem I only have negative things to say. All good things come to an end I guess.

Like many, I originally didn’t realize that it was the account that was under review and not the ads. I only found out about that after contacting Google (which was quite a feat). I am not sure why I am being investigated, so this feels a bit like having the secret police go after me.

The one piece of information I wanted to share with everyone is that I had set my campaign to $100/day from the beginning. This, so it seems, did neither help avoid the review process, nor speed it up.

I hear people say that they called Google and emailed Google. Does anyone have their number? Email addresses?

Let me know.
thanks

I called back and got a different rep, and after listening to the recording saying that they were happy to answer any questions about adwords, I asked her if she wouldn’t mind answering some questions I had, and she said that it depended on the question. When I told her the problem she said she could not help me and to go to the help forum, she only set up new accounts. You know, it’s too bad that Google turned into this – it seemed so great at first – I’m at the point where I feel like it’s too time consuming to do anything on Google, not to mention the frustration of talking to people that act like you’re a nuisance for wanting your ads to run.

How do I email Google? I haven’t been able to discern an email address but keep being sent back to the Help Page, so frustrating.

I read the blogs above. Did Jimmy uppy the ante on his ad to $100/day help?

After 2 weeks my ad is still in “review” . I am trying to discern any nuances that may be holding up the approval process. I noticed in a blog that maybe it is because I have links to my colleagues sites that are in similar “healing” businesses.

Thanks so much for helping me . I read alot of documentation looking for answers to the “under review” hiccup. I may have missed it though, there was ALOT of info to absorb

I had a campaign that got through review after 2 days and I realised I had to change the tracking code in the hyperlink, when I changed the 2 digits in the url my ad went back under review and then they slapped the campaign after it had been running fine. Another campaign just happened to get reviewed right when my server had 20 minutes of downtime (the first in months) so it got canned by Google.

They should be required to be more specific and more transparent about reviews and refusals – not just a broad reference to their T&C otherwise how are you meant to learn – it’s like playing that game called Mastermind where you have to pick the colour and order of 6 pegs on a board!!

Looks like I’m in the same boat as everybody else here, and while it hasn’t been as long as some other people, I have no reasonable expectation that these ads will run before their cutoff date (20 days from now).

@Jimmy: Did it work when you raised the budget to $100 p/day or are you still waiting?

I’m curious if people have experienced the same delay after pausing or requesting their ads stop running? Hopefully not because this end of the waiting game, I can handle, but if this also happens while trying to stop my ad, then this will be my first and last ad.