>>935754Funnily enough it wasn't with the ads that I was making a profit from.
After seeing how easy it was, I made a few more websites in an effort to replicate my success in a few other niches, but they were totally empty except for the homepage, which was a few hundred words full of affiliate links.
Google didn't even bother giving me a warning, just a straight up ban. (They've always been harsh on affiliates, apparently, but what I was doing was just blatant bullshit in their eyes.)
Now, 2.5 years later, I still can't use adwords on that account or on any other account I try to create.
Which sucks, because I'm much better at creating ads and targeting people now than I was then, and I'm more legit and less likely to break policy.