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French Court Orders Google to Stop Competing Ad Displays
charleste writes "NPR is reporting that a French court has ordered Google to stop displaying ads when users search for competitors (e.g. if you search for Louis Vuitton, no more ads for Dior). If this holds up, wouldn't this affect most business models for free web tools?" CNET also has details , and information about previous cases.
Come on, it's Google. Dupes don't count.
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Oddly enough, when I did a Google search for "French Riviera" I was offered ads for vacationing in Italy and Spain... touche!
ps. My wife points out it's spelt Vuitton. And enough of my money has vanished in that direction that I really should know the spelling by now.
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Actually they don't and this won't affect google at all. Google is after all one of the elite companies under the protection of America, World Police.
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Is fine with me.
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So from now on, if you sell 'ketchup', you should only buy ads for keyword searches such as "hang gliding".
New ads just for French searches. Ads for anti-whine therapy, perhaps.
...is "competitors of Company XYZ"?
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This just in - a French court has ordered Google to stop displaying the text "We Surrender!" in large flashing letters whenever a user types in the search terms "Germany" and "France".
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This is where the serious fun begins.
1) block French people from using Google, blame government
2) Wait for people to overthrow said government
3) sell advertising indiscriminately, and profit.
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Did you mean: french military defeats
I think that is their REAL issue with Google
(If at first you don't succeed, do it different next time!)
C'mon, you don't think Page and Brin could conquor France?
Well, the French would invade, but their army's visiting his aunt this weekend.