For the record, I'm not a Google employee, so don't actually know why your specific application was rejected. However, I do a lot of work with the AdWords API, so I'm trying to get my head around the details of the TOS. I came across your post that suggested that the results of the TrafficEstimator service should be considered reporting data, and as such couldn't be disclosed to a third-party; this interested me because I hadn't considered such data to be part of the AdWords "Reporting Functionality", so wanted to get to the bottom of the statements you made.
I went to your site to see if it could shed some light that would validate your claims, and I quickly came across sitefactor and noticed it provided Google Ranking reports; now, if you really have a way to get accurate ranking data in volume without scraping the Google SERP's or using a service that does the same, then I think you should probably forget about the API application and move into providing your data in a feed because it would be far more profitable. However, most people with such data are getting it by scraping Google, which is against the AdWords API TOS. I suppose the specific wording just mentions that an API client shouldn't be doing the scraping (or interfacing with another tool that does), but you can see how a company like Google could come to the conclusion that a developer willing to violate one of their well known policies isn't one that should be considered a good choice for a partner; I certainly wouldn't.... -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
