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Google Bans Ads For Essay-Writing Services

Posted by kdawson on from the write-it-yourself dept.

llamapalooza writes "Google announced that it will ban essay writing firms from advertising on their site. (The prevalence of cheating on campuses has been discussed here before.) While universities have welcomed the move, the affected firms are claiming it will 'punish legitimate businesses.' Google has specifically banned 'academic paper-writing services and the sale of pre-written essays, theses, and dissertations,' which now join other items on the banned list such as tobacco, drugs, weapons, and prostitution."

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  1. This comment would be funnier... by simplerThanPossible · · Score: 4, Funny

    if I could have found those services.

  2. Bender Says. . . by Apple+Acolyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'll create my own search engine, with blackjack and hookers" and essay writers.

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    Part of the hardcore faithful who believed in Apple long before it was cool again to do so
  3. dickens was paid by the word by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    which now join other items on the banned list such as tobacco, drugs, weapons, and prostitution.

    Essay writing is just a simpler form of prostitution. You know the old saying "Prose before Hos".

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    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  4. that explains it by mr_musan · · Score: 5, Funny

    > which now join other items on the banned list such as tobacco, drugs, weapons, and prostitution." i had always wondered why google adds never advertised anything i wanted

  5. Re:Just advertise the degree outright! by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Who bothers to sell essays and dissertations when half the spam I get offers me a PhD outright for $200!"

    Phd, pffft - I have the Nigerian finance minister transfering $34M dollars into my account as we speak!

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.