Hi I just got a letter from Google saying they want me to open "my first" account on Adwords, and, if I do, I get a $$ bonus. Now, I already have an Adwords account (not running any ads at the moment) but I can't use the promotional code on it. I can use it only on an account "younger" than 2 weeks. What if I open a new Adwords account and use the bonus to run new ads on my website? Is that grounds for Google to punish my website? Or am I just paranoid? Thanks
I faced a same situation like this and i created a new adwords account and used the promotional credit.
Cool. And I suspect you didn't see any penalties in rankings on Google, no sandboxing or anything, right? Did you create the second account with another credit card and a different address?