Sites and businesses banned from adwords,

List of Google's banned areas of advertising with adwords and Adsense,

1. Academic Aids:

You are NOT suppose to promote or encourage provide service for
writing thesis, academic paper writing, prewritten Academic
aids advertising for applying for exam on behalf of
someone else.

2. Aids to pass Drug Tests:

Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of products designed to help
someone pass a drug test. This includes products such as drug cleansing shakes
and urine test additives.

3. Alcohol:

Different countries have different laws when it comes to alcohol ads. US don't
allow hard alcohol ads and countries like India bans all alcohol ads. Wine and
champagne are restricted in some areas.

4. Anabolic Steroids:

Advertising steroid related produced for Muscle enhancement is strictly
prohibited.

Automated Ad Clicking:

This is targeting Google itself. This destroys search engine's natural tendency
to send potential leads to sites. Automated ad clicking ads are banned.

Bulk Marketing:

Bulk email marketing, EMail marketing software and non-opt in lists are banned
from advertising.

Copyright: Copyrighted information is not allowed in Adwords.

Counterfied designer Goods, Data entry affiliates and programmes are banned from Adwords advertising.

Dailers:

Dailers are mostly malwares or spywares which try to connect to a premium number
and you will be charged huge if you are not aware of what's happening.

Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia

Don't promote drugs and drug paraphernalia.

e-Gold

In the past one year e-currencies especially egold have become very popular in
Nigeria. E-gold is an electronic currency backed by real gold stored up in a
bullion somewhere in the United States and accounted for by weight. E-gold was
established by Douglas Jackson in 1996.
E-gold is used as a medium of
exchange on the net. Many businesses now accept e-gold as a form of payment for
their services or products all over the world. Our very own Nigeria caught the
bug about a year ago with people using it especially to fund their forex trading
accounts, hyip programs and muli-level marketing programs.
The main
attraction perhaps for Nigerians is the fact that the process of opening and
operating an e-gold account takes just a few minutes and verification is never
required unlike payment systems like paypal.
Another controversial feature of
the egold system is their non-repudiation policy which regards all spends as
being final. There are no charge-backs with egold. To fund an egold account, all
a user has to do is find an Independent exchanger whom he pays cash in exchange
for his egold account to be funded.
The two features of e-gold stated above
has made it a preferred medium of operation by fraudsters. The fact that no
verification is needed and that once the egold gets into their account, it can't
be retrieved makes the system a perfect one for fraudsters. These limitations
notwithstanding, millions of people all over the world have continued to use the
system.
With its growing popularity in Nigeria, the egold system gradually
became a target of fraudulent activities by criminally minded Nigerians. Today,
egold fraud in Nigeria has become an issue. Perhaps it is the next level of
internet fraud in Nigeria.

Fake Documents

Don't promote fake documents.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion
of false documents such as fake IDs, passports, social security cards,
immigration papers, diplomas, and noble titles.

Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Devices

Don't promote fireworks or pyrotechnic devices.
Advertising is not permitted
for the promotion of fireworks and pyrotechnic devices.

Gambling

Don't promote online gambling or related sites.
Advertising is not
permitted
for the promotion of online casinos and gambling activities.
This includes,
but is not limited to, the following:
sports books
lotteries
bingo
poker
sites that provide tips, odds, and
handicapping
software
facilitating online casinos and gambling
gambling tutoring online
gambling related eBooks
'play for fun'
gambling or casino games of skill
including sites where the primary
purpose
is 'play for fun' gambling
affiliate sites with the primary
purpose of
driving traffic to online
gambling sites

Hacking and Cracking sites;

Google has always been against hacking and cracking sites. its illegal to promote a hacking website in Google Adwords. Sites if found will immediately be banned. You can actually find Hacking and Cracking sites in Organic results though since its very difficult to filter sites in Organic results.

Miracle Cures
Don't promote miracle cures.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of miracle cures, such as 'Cure cancer overnight!'

Mobile Subscription Services
Mobile subscription sites must display the required service details.

Prescription Drugs and Related Content
The promotion of prescription drugs and related content is restricted.
Google AdWords only accepts pharmaceutical advertising from pharmacies that are based in the U.S. or Canada. Pharmacy-related ad campaigns can only target the U.S., U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands), and/or Canada. Ads for prescription drugs will not be displayed in other countries. Additionally, Google AdWords requires all online pharmacy advertisers and affiliates to be a member of the PharmacyChecker Licensed Pharmacy Program. Ads ill not run until a valid PharmacyChecker identification number is provided.
Note that pet pharmacies and affiliates advertising pet prescription drugs when targeting the U.S. or Canada must also be PharmacyChecker approved.

Prostitution
Don't promote prostitution.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of prostitution.
Scams/Phishing for Personal Information
Don't use phishing or other scamming tactics.
Advertising is not permitted for sites collecting sensitive personal information or money with fake forms, false claims, or unauthorized use of Google Trademarks. Examples of personal information include email addresses, user names, passwords, and/or payment information.

Template Sites for Ad Networks
Don't promote template sites for ad networks such as AdSense.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of template sites for ad networks. This includes products and services that create template or pre-generated websites solely intended to profit from ads.
Tobacco and Cigarettes
Don't promote tobacco and cigarettes.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of tobacco or tobacco-related products, including cigarettes, cigars, tobacco pipes, and rolling papers.
Traffic Devices
Don't promote illegal traffic devices.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of radar jammers, license plate covers, traffic signal changers, and related products.
Weapons
The promotion of weapons is restricted.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of certain weapons, such as firearms, firearm components, ammunition, balisongs (switchblades), butterfly knives, and brass knuckles.

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