It looks like Facebook doesn’t want anything to do with Google+ on its site, even if the content is a paid one. An app developer learned this the hard way and it has caused his other campaigns to be suspended by the social network.
The said app developer is Michael Lee Johnson. He ran a Facebook ad that asked people to join him on Google+. It has a simple message stating to add Michael to Google+. What seems to be a harmless ad was banned by Facebook.
Aside from removing the offensive ad, Facebook also suspended his other campaigns. He received a message from Facebook that all his ads has been stopped and would not return in the web site. It didn’t provide a specific rule that the ad violated.
Facebook doesn’t want people promoting rival products with Facebook ads. According to its Terms of Use and Advertising guidelines, the company can refuse ads at any time for any reason if they determined that the ad promotes competing products or services.
Facebook could have just removed Johnson’s Google+ ad and left his other ads running. Suspending his other campaigns might be a little too much punishment for the ad. This could serve as a warning for others who might want to run their Google+ ad on Facebook.
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