Our Business Blog Wrongfully Suspended

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  twistedchrissy · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:15 am

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  Our blog is currently displaying a “this bog has been suspended or archived due to violation of terms of service”. Our blog is GaucheAlchemy.wordpress.com.

  We have not done anything that violates the ToS and believe this is a big mistake. We need our blog up and running because this is our business and our livelihood. The blog is central to driving our traffic and it must be up as soon as possible.

  Please rectify this immediately.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:26 am

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  You need to use the link in the message in the dashboard to contact the TOS department and discuss it with them. We volunteers in the forums cannot help, and staff will not discuss suspensions in the forums. They will get back to you as soon as possible.

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  twistedchrissy · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:28 am

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  I sent a message to support. We have NO dashboard to even view. There’s no menu options at all. Nothing.

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  auxclass · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:31 am

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  You can also contact the staff here if the above link is not available: http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/ Should have a contact form at the bottom that should work all the time for everyone

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  feartheseeds · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:36 am

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  …your disclaimer:

  We occasionally use affiliate links. This means if you buy using our link, we may receive a referral fee (usually tiny). Your cost isn’t affected. Thanks for your support!

  I believe this, and maybe some other things, got you suspended. It should be easy to clear up though.

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  twistedchrissy · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:38 am

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  That might be the trigger. I was able to send a message to the “troubledesk” via a link one of you provided.

  We’ll get this cleared up and be rockin’ and rollin’ soon. Thanks for all of your input.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:38 am

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  You might want to review the following and also the TOS. Affiliate links are not allowed here.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

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  auxclass · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:48 am

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  Just saying also – blogs that are set up to as you say “driving our traffic” are in general frowned on here.

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  twistedchrissy · Member · May 27, 2012 at 5:52 am

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  We are a legitimate online business with a shop on a completely separate site like Etsy. This blog has legitimate information and content. We are not a clearing house for affiliate links and we only use authentic and relevant links.

  We have a Google page ranking of 3 and for a small business like we are, that’s pretty darn good. It shows we are legitimate and not spamming.

  As I have said before, I have contacted the actual WordPress people that can actually fix this. Thank you.