Can I use The keyword "Facebook" in my Google Ad in Adwords?

[jhinchcliffe]

Hey everyone,

I'm doing an adwords campaign and was wondering if I can use the keyword "Facebook" in Google Adwords Ads?

Thank you!

[Jinx14678]

It is a brand, so would fall under the Trademark Policy, and will be held most probably and reviewed on a per case basis

http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6118

I say this not from experience, but because a Google Search with a few searches I did with Facebook resulted no PPC - So I assume Facebook has asked google to not allow this as part of TM policy - But a few queries like

"How to use Facebook" had a few advertisers.

So it probably is dependent on words used in conjunction and what you are selling/promoting - And I assume they always take the cautionary view, due to the competitve nature of these two companies

I also found some people in forums who said they were suspended for this.

Hope this helps