Distateful Google Adwords - Queries Displaying Offensive Ads
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Ethical Problems with Google's Adwords...
Ethical Problems with Google's Adwords...
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SEW member cryptblade raises an excellent point regarding Google Adwords in the threadlink above: Try a search for conflict diamonds and, untlill just now you would have got a whole bunch of adwords ads with dynamic titles like "buy conflict diamonds" etc.
Im assuming Google have seen the thread and taken steps as when i tried it just a moment ago all i got was two very relevant results.
It does raise an interesting question about automation in general though. With Google News making headlines in recent months over innapropriate news stories we now hear similar complaints/observations about Adwords.
I'd be at a loss as to what to suggest what, if anything, could be done to eliminate either problem but surely Google need far greater human intervention and a way of allowing the public to notify them of such things?
SEW member cryptblade raises an excellent point regarding Google Adwords in the threadlink above: Try a search for conflict diamonds and, untlill just now you would have got a whole bunch of adwords ads with dynamic titles like "buy conflict diamonds" etc.
Im assuming Google have seen the thread and taken steps as when i tried it just a moment ago all i got was two very relevant results.
It does raise an interesting question about automation in general though. With Google News making headlines in recent months over innapropriate news stories we now hear similar complaints/observations about Adwords.
I'd be at a loss as to what to suggest what, if anything, could be done to eliminate either problem but surely Google need far greater human intervention and a way of allowing the public to notify them of such things?
- Y! MyWeb
Do you remember the query...
...for "black men" coughing up ads like "Buy black men on..."
It's a true story...
They seem to have changed "Buy" to "Date" now, which I guess is a lot more appropriate nowadays... ;-)
Can be innapropriate ...
The worst example I have seen was ending up on some pages in memorium for a stillborn child showing adwords for embalming supplies.
(The Adwords were put there by the free hosting company.)
Report Button?
Although I have personally seen Google crack down heavily on ads lately, I think it would be a good idea to ad a single "Report" link at the bottom of the ad section on the regular SERPS. It may be a bad idea for them to do that for the content match ads though, since it may clutter them up and make them look bad.