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05-08-2015 02:08 PM #1 jl1988 (Member)
Your ad wasn't approved because the destination URL is not viewable or functioning pr

Your ad wasn't approved because the destination URL is not viewable or functioning properly. Ads may not link to a proprietary file type (ex: pdf, .doc) or to a site that initiates an automatic download or traps a user's browser through a pop-up of any kind. If you've reviewed the Facebook Advertising Guidelines and think your ad should have been approved, please get in touch.

anyone getting this? I tested the URL on two separate accounts. One Approved the other received this message.

05-08-2015 02:10 PM #2 beckslash (Member)

A lot of approvals are automated. If you're sure your link is all right just submit an appeal so they review it manually. If everything is ok they'll apologize for the inconvenience and activate your ad.

05-10-2015 05:31 PM #3 memo87 (Member)

I've been getting hundreds of ads disapproved with this message over the last several days. I switched to a new LP on a new domain and all my ads were approved, then FB started slowly disapproving them again. At first I thought this was another FB glitch but now I'm not so sure. jl1988, out of curiousity, were you getting this message regarding moblie ads or desktop, or both? (it was mobile nf ads in my case)

05-10-2015 07:30 PM #4 jl1988 (Member)

I was running desktop newsfeed ads. On one account they approved it after sending an email. On my second account I deleted and recreated the ad with a new domain and then I got banned. I emailed them about that as well.. waiting on a word for that.

05-10-2015 07:35 PM #5 tim roth (Member)

Are you using Voluum?

05-10-2015 09:32 PM #6 danielss (Member)

I have the same issue. Im using prosper. I have changed Domains, LPs and Hosting and Im still getting all ads disapproved, never had this before. I think it has something to do with my paid cloaker, but Im not sure, I have to test more.

05-11-2015 03:36 AM #7 memo87 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by tim roth View Post
Are you using Voluum?
I'm using Voluum, but it's behind the cloaker so I don't believe this has to do with the recent domain flagging issue. The strangest thing about this whole issue is that FB disapproved a few hundred ads on one account, but they left another couple hundred ads still running. I would think that they'd immediately ban any account that they suspected of cloaking, right? I mean that's in direct violation of their ToS.
Other people having this issue: did they stop all of your ads, or just some of them?

05-11-2015 11:25 AM #8 turqoise (Banned)

Prly the cloaker yea. I've been using fraudbuster so far and havent run into any problems.

05-12-2015 02:17 AM #9 zeno (Administrator)

It will be one of several things:

1) account under scrutiny
2) link/domain flagged due to the destination and/or behaviour detected by FB's systems (or even the cloaker screwing up something)
3) user reports

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say its because of what you're advertising and that you're cloaking.

05-12-2015 02:37 PM #10 cptncrnch (Member)

Another possibility is a geo redirect. We don't use them at all on facebook any more. They caused us such huge issues with disapprovals because facebook reviews ads from ip addresses all over the world, not just the country you are targeting. Every time a reviewer got redirected to the wrong page we'd get disapproved and have to go through the appeal process. Wasn't worth it at the end of the day.

05-15-2015 10:29 AM #11 zeno (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by cptncrnch View Post
Another possibility is a geo redirect. We don't use them at all on facebook any more. They caused us such huge issues with disapprovals because facebook reviews ads from ip addresses all over the world, not just the country you are targeting. Every time a reviewer got redirected to the wrong page we'd get disapproved and have to go through the appeal process. Wasn't worth it at the end of the day.
Yes, this is #2 and is the thing affiliate networks do, irritatingly so, which gets affiliates and advertisers in hot water.

Affiliate networks tend to be pretty head-in-the-sand about this kind of thing though - using catch-all redirection that probably returns crap all revenue but frustrates everyone involved in many situations.

R.I.P. catch-all geo-redirects.

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