List For Google Disallowed Words

Hi! Welcome to PassnItOn blog:) I am going to do something just a little bit different than the norm for me. I try to share things I know, things I learn, and things that would be helpful to all of you who also are on-line sellers like me:) Google, as we know, is one of the highest search engines used to find, and show our products that we list for sale. So, the list I am about to share here is in no way perfect, and will not be 100% complete. Why? Google is forever changing, but this list is close to what I have seen, read, and gathered thus far. Listed are words to avoid putting with your ads, titles, listings, etc.

GOOGLE DISALLOWED WORDS

WARNING: Attempts to cheat the Google system using misspellings, asterisks, or other tricks are considered abuse.

PROMOTOTIONAL WORDS:

- free (including hyphenated words such as pet-free, smoke-free, hands-free, etc-free)

- sale
- vacation
- travel
- travels
- Sold (will make your listings go to the bottom of Google's List)

ANYTHING ALCOHOL & TOBACCO RELATED WORDS:
- smoke, smoked
- champagne
- whiskey
- beer
- cigar
- cigarette
- rum
- rummo
- wine
- vine (supposedly because vine = wine in another language)
- vineyard
- camel (as a cig brand, otherwise it's showing up)
- brandy
- gin
- bordeaux
- burgandy
- ale
- hemp (?)
- absinthe (type of alcohol)  

ADULT & EXPLICIT / NAUGHTY WORDS:

- anime (however "manga" is allowed)

- strip

- stripper

- adult; including hyphenated words such as adult-size

- butt

- sexy/sex

- affair

- ale

- chick

- sensual

- offensive language

- knife/knives

- nude

MISCELLANEOUS WORDS: 

- postage (or postage stamp)

- collecting (collectible and collect are okay)

- thorny

- precious metal

- muse

- corsage

- gun

- Z (as stand alone letter)

- double @ (i.e.: L@@K, B@@BS)

- fireworks

- bank

PRICE RESTRICTION: Google Base will not take items under US $1

CAPITALIZATION KILLS!! Only first letter of words capitalized. 

No punctuations, or markings used such as  : - , ; " " ( ) * !  and etc.

*Google and Google Base are 2 different search engines. Rejected listings in Google Base (Google Product Search / Google Shopping) may still appear in Google. 

I am hoping this list will help other fellow sellers when trying to understand Google. No one will ever have a complete list of this as Google is forever changing. Also, they never really do give out full details/lists of things for us all to see. For some of the words that are disallowed I would suggest being creative & open a thesaurus! Wishing everyone the best of luck, and I do hope this can help you. Take care, and have a great day everyone!:)

 

Kim

PassnItOn