Thanks Jarno.

This is an online newspaper, with 3 editors and 200+ writers/journalists and other contributors. We also have contracts with the major press release companies to process and display their press releases.

Obviously, it is not a chat site. It does not and never has encouraged anyone to click ads. It obviously doesn't sell anything illegal.

The stories have two google ads, one in the top left body and one skyscraper.

There is also one skyscraper ad below the fold.

The press releases (for business readers) have the same two google ads, plus a leaderboard ad (I could remove that, but these were placements advised by google a few years ago)

They also have a single skyscraper ad below the fold and a Chitika ad under the story.

I'm not going over to webmaster world - I'm a long-term member of SEOMoz for a reason - there are many highly knowledgeable people here. I just hope they haven't all gone on vacation this week

I'm moving my company to Australia, shutting down the US company.

Google said I had to request a new Adsense account, so I did.

They opened the account, I added the same ads, in the same places, and they have rejected my application. What do I do now?

The other account has been open since 2004. They never said a word about this before. After two years of working on improvements, now I'm just about destroyed.

I need some help, because I thought I knew what I was doing, but obviously not!

As usual. their helpful response is no help at all.

http://bit.ly/NPACk - there are no G ads on the front page

http://bit.ly/V8ubB5  - this is a typical story

http://bit.ly/UpTC2r - this is a typical press release

As mentioned in our welcome email, we conduct a second review of 
your AdSense application once AdSense code is placed on your 
site(s). As a result of this review, we have disapproved your 
account for the following violation(s):

Issues:
- Site does not comply with Google policies

---------------------

Further detail:
Site does not comply with Google policies: We're unable to approve 
your AdSense application at this time for one of the reasons listed 
below or another reason listed in our program policies 
([https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=1271507](https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=1271507)). 
We recommend that you review the information provided below and 
make the necessary changes to your site. 

1\. You need to improve your site’s user experience
To ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers 
participating in the AdSense program are required to adhere to the 
Webmaster Quality guidelines 
([http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769](http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769)). 
These guidelines provide many tips to help you to provide a positive 
experience for your users.

You’ll also find more useful information in this AdSense blog post 
which highlights five user experience principles: 
[http://adsense.blogspot.com/2012/10/publisher-insights-part-1-5-principles.html](http://adsense.blogspot.com/2012/10/publisher-insights-part-1-5-principles.html). 
Applying these principles will help you to provide a great 
experience for users on your site.

2\. Your site is a chat site which is not compliant with our policy
Publishers are encouraged to experiment with a variety of 
ad placements and ad formats. 
However, as stated in our program policies 
([http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182](http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182)), 
AdSense publishers may not place ad code, search boxes or search 
results in chat programs. This includes, but is not limited to, 
instant messaging (IMs), chat sites and other pages that contains 
dynamic content. 

3\. You need to remove all content that encourages violation of 
Google product policies
Publishers may not provide the means to circumvent the policies of 
any Google products, such as by allowing users to download YouTube 
videos, or encourage the violation of Google AdSense policies. 
Moreover, publishers may not make use of Google brand features 
such as logos, screenshots, or other distinctive features without 
our express permission. For more information, please visit our 
Help Center 
([http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=as2&answer=1348688&rd=1](http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=as2&answer=1348688&rd=1)).  

4\. Your site is dedicated to the sale and distribution of 
term papers 
We’re happy to see our publishers’ sites full of useful and 
informative content, however, as stated in our program policies 
( [https://www.google.com/adsense/support/as/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105953](https://www.google.com/adsense/support/as/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105953) ), 
the sale or distribution of term papers, or any other content that 
is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal 
rights of others is not allowed.

Please review the AdSense program policies 
([http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182](http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182)) 
to ensure that your site meets all of the requirements for approval. 
As soon as you’ve made the necessary changes, we’ll be happy to 
take another look at your application.

It depends how you do the 301 redirects.

I have 25,000  301s and they are not in .htaccess, otherwise it would be slow.

If nobody is linking to the ones you want to delete, and search engines send no traffic to them, just delete them and don't bother to redirect.

Honesty pays, I think. Google knows pretty much what you did. The engine guesses, but when a live body checks on your request, it's not likely you will fool them. They know which sites sell paid links. If someone else also paid for links from that site and they already did a reinclusion request and said they bought links from that site, you paint a target on yourself if you don't own up to it - unless you really didn't buy the links.

You could wait up to a month for any response, going on past history. Be sure you're disclosing everything you know about in one request. Don't think you can keep sending them in because, from what I've read, they will eventually stop listening.

I can't help you with protocol, other than to say spell it all out because they can't read your mind and expecting them to guess probably won't work in your favor.