# Search Monitoring Violations for Partners

Search Monitoring violations are notifications from brands alerting you for violating their paid search policy in a specific country and language across search engines. If impact.com discovers any partners bidding on a brand’s keywords, impact.com automatically creates a violation and can have a violation email sent to you, the partner. These violation notices are found in the *Tasks* section on your dashboard.

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**Note:** impact.com sends two email reminders for violations 24 hours & 8 hours before the due date. Refer to the emails you receive to understand the specific violation and the action you'll need to take.
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#### Action your search monitoring tasks

There are several actions you can take as a partner when dealing with search monitoring violations tasks.

1. On your dashboard, locate the *Tasks* section and select **View All**.

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2. On the [Tasks](https://app.impact.com/secure/mediapartner/tasks/mediapartner-tasks-flow.ihtml) screen, set the **SubType** filter to *Search* ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9fd92d4378edf839f6a1f6fc0beaa1660b3892b5%2F69842c54f03332c1e2eed608d72b25ad10248384a914164a7255a1e94dc76ee2.svg?alt=media) **\[Checkbox]**.
3. Hover over a **task** with the *New* status.
4. Select ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8ec3e877b1397045c61d394485e72ac4d93120ee%2Fc6ddb46c637059f06e86c790a911217a9428f5c47b5efef046f90555e85b03cd.svg?alt=media) **\[More]** to see the following options:
   * Select **Start** to let the brand know  you’ve begun the task.
     * This option lets the brand know you started working on a violation task. If the task was assigned to “Anyone,” it will now be assigned to you.
   * Select **Blocked** to let the brand know you've experienced a blocker on the task.
     * This option can be selected if there are other factors preventing you from completing this task. Add an attachment and leaving a comment to help the brand identify the blocker.
5. Optionally, select a task and add a comment and attachment to communicate directly with the brand about the task.
6. Once you've completed a task marked *In Progress*, select ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8ec3e877b1397045c61d394485e72ac4d93120ee%2Fc6ddb46c637059f06e86c790a911217a9428f5c47b5efef046f90555e85b03cd.svg?alt=media) **\[More]** → **Complete**.