Google AdWords And Ethics Issues

Posted by simoniker on Monday December 1, 2003 @05:43AM from the could-should-and-would dept.

trystanu writes "The Washington Post reports that Google 'will stop accepting advertising from unlicensed pharmacies that have used the Internet to sell millions of doses of narcotics and prescription drugs without medical supervision', following both Yahoo and Microsoft's similar moves last month. The head of Google's U.S. AdWords branch maintains it's not just for the money but that they want their searchers to have the ads most relevant to what they're looking for. It's quite clear some advertisers are using the front door to spam Google rankings. Are some of the 100,000 advertisers now signed up for Adwords tarnishing Google's image at a delicate time?"

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A Special Message From The Thief-In-Chief: by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-01 05:47 · Score: -1, Troll

Does anyone know where I can buy some marijuana?

Be Patriotic: Shop Over The HOlidays!
1. Re:A Special Message From The Thief-In-Chief: by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-01 06:08 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  Ah yes, Bill Clinton. The closest we ever got to having a nigger in the White House.
Tarnishing google - you bet by PeePeeSee · 2003-12-01 05:59 · Score: -1, Troll

I get sick of the same god damn place advertising as 900 different places - its getting impossible to find something as simple as old adidas shoes anymore. FUCK YOU ZAPPOS.COCK