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FTC, Google Go After Scammers
coondoggie notes that the Federal Trade Commission said it was going after three outfits that allegedly made robocalls to sell worthless credit-card interest-rate reduction programs for large up-front fees (as much as $1,495). And reader Cwix tips us that today Google filed a lawsuit against Pacific WebWorks and other unnamed defendants for allegedly using the company's name and logo to promote fraudulent work-at-home money-making schemes. "Kate Lister, author of Undress for Success — The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home, estimates that more than 95% of Google hits on the words 'work at home' are scams, link to scams, or other dead ends."
In addition to taking Pacific WebWorks (PWEB) to court, Google said it is continuing efforts to remove scam sites from its index. The company also said it would permanently disable Google AdWords accounts that provide a "poor or harmful" user experience whether or not they use Google's trademark illegally.
Sounds like they plan on trying to get rid of the scams from adwords.
You are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts.
The company also said it would permanently disable Google AdWords accounts that provide a "poor or harmful" user experience whether or not they use Google's trademark illegally.
In soviet russia the government regulates the companies.
"... Kate Lister, author of Undress for Success — The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home..."
Admit it, your first thought was "webcam stripper". Mine was :-)
The website at http://undress4success.com/ is actually quite interesting.
And, no, it ain't a webcam stripper :-)
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They do - "We offer our engineers “20-percent time” so that they’re free to work on what they’re really passionate about. Google Suggest, AdSense for Content and Orkut are among the many products of this perk."
Source: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/lifeatgoogle/englife.html
Any body working at google care to comment on it?