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Circumventing systems: the policy that suspends at once.

Circumventing systems is a policy against actions that try to get around Google's review or enforcement. It is treated as an egregious violation, so the account can be suspended without warning.

By the Optizads team

On this page
  1. Why Google shows it
  2. How to fix it
  3. What happens next
  4. How to stop it coming back
  5. How Optizads catches it
  6. Terms on this page

Why Google shows it

Where it shows: as the policy named next to a limited or disapproved ad, or in a suspension notice.

  • Showing Google's reviewers a different page from the one users see, known as cloaking.
  • Opening new accounts to keep advertising after a suspension.
  • Rewriting disapproved content with tricks, such as odd spelling, to pass review.
  • Redirects that change after the ad is approved.

How to fix it

  1. Remove anything that serves different content to Google and to people.
  2. Do not create or use other accounts while one is suspended.
  3. Make the site and ads comply with the policy that triggered the first problem.
  4. Appeal with a clear account of what changed, if you believe it was a mistake.

What happens next

Appeals for this policy are reviewed strictly. A suspension can be permanent if the review confirms it.

Third-party redirects and tracking tools can look like cloaking. Keep the final URL and the page people see the same.

How to stop it coming back

Use one account per business, and never open another to work around a decision.

Check what third-party scripts, redirects and tracking tools do to a click, and remove any that change the page by visitor.

How Optizads catches it

This policy usually ends in a suspension. Optizads reads each account's status every hour and sends an urgent alert when an account is suspended.

Terms on this page

Questions, answered.

Anything else? Ask Oppy in the product, or write to the team.

What is cloaking in Google Ads?

Showing Google's systems a different page or content than users see. It falls under circumventing systems and can suspend the account.

Is circumventing systems suspension permanent?

It can be. You can appeal, and accounts are reinstated when the review finds a mistake, but the policy is enforced strictly.

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