Hi.
Yesterday one of my campaigns suddenly stopped being served. I get no errors or notices in any of my ad groups so i have no clue what is going on.

A few days ago i got an email from adwords support, saying that ALL my ads had the following problem:
Ad Status: Suspended - Pending Revision
Ad Issue(s): Inaccurate Display URL

For sites that i'm affiliated with, I'm using my domain name as Display URL and a link on my site that acts as a forwarder to the merchant's site. Google says this is not allowed.

What can i do?

Merchants don't allow bidding on their domain names. However i've sent them emails asking them permission to use their domain names as Display URL.

On the other hand, even if i use the merchants urls, the links i have are through affiliate networks, which again don't comply with the display URL.

I've seen a lot of ads on Google, that Display and Destination urls are not the same. I'm confused about this subject and when Google allows it and when doesn't.

I contacted Google and i'm waiting for their answer.

I'd appreciate any suggestion regarding display and destination URLs.

Thanks,

John

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I had the same and got round it by the following :-

1. Set the Display and Target URLs to the same (the target can be a page on the display site).

2. Edit your keywords list to point each keyword to the off-site page.

This seems to work for me.

Hope this helps.

John