Discuss Google Tasteless in the Google News forum on SEO Chat. Google Tasteless Google News forum discussing the latest Google corporate actions. Find information and talk about new features, algorithm updates, company acquisitions, Google goof-ups, and legal battles the search engine is in.
Our weekly Search Engine newsletter covers the constantly evolving world of search engine optimization like no one else. To stay abreast of all the latestest news, reviews, and how-to's, subscribe today!
BuySellLinks.com is a Text Link Advertising Brokerage by the founder of LinkAdage that specializes in high end quality text links and a controlled membership base. To quickly build inventory we are paying webmasters who add quality domains that we can accepted into our inventory. We also offer free installation.
Tired of dealing with shady text link buyers and/or sellers? Try BuySellLinks.
This month's featured article takes a peek at Google Adsense and teaches you everything you need to know to properly maintain your account and get the most bang for your buck.
Posts: 1,800
Time spent in forums: 1 Week 4 Days 9 h 19 m 18 sec
Reputation Power: 358
Google Tasteless
Is this tasteless or what! I just found this post over at seo book. I can't believe Google advertise this stuff. I'm squeezing the stress ball! I think I'm going to smash something!
__________________
Adwords Management for £99 Per Month or Advanced PPC Consulting for £99 Per Hour
Last edited by seogoat : November 20th, 2008 at 10:23 AM.
Posts: 226
Time spent in forums: 3 Weeks 4 Days 6 h 25 m 27 sec
Reputation Power: 9
Really? You find this absurdly offensive enough to create a post?
It's an ad serving network that uses computer algorithms to match heaps and heaps of ads a day based on certain keywords on a page. Big deal.
It's not their discretion whether to make moral calls. It could have been on a Swinger Club Site where that could have been even more relevent. It's not like they said to themselves "Hah, she just got married. I want to ruin that. Here's an ad to destory it".
Posts: 48
Time spent in forums: 5 h 23 m 23 sec
Reputation Power: 4
I also do not like the fact that they/their algo scans my email and have stopped using my gmail account, it feels WRONG to read a personal email about a depressed friend that recently had a death in the family, and getting all sorts of weird ads. So, thanks for posting about this seogoat. I hope someone at google is also on this forum (surely they will be) and note that there are vast amounts of people that do not like the ads they are serving.
imho gmail should restrict content of the email ads to certain categories only
Posts: 2,485
Time spent in forums: 1 Month 2 Weeks 4 Days 3 h 37 m 22 sec
Reputation Power: 70
I case of overly sensitive blogging methinks. Lonely cheating wives exist, as do not so lonely cheating husbands -- nothing illegal about it. I'd be more concerned if Google tried turning themselves into some kind of morality police.
I also find it somewhat ironic that he claims it's offended his conservative Catholic sensibilities when we compare the morality of marital infidelity with that of, how shall we put it, some of the darker periods of Catholicism. Burning innocents alive, not a problem, cheating on your husband -- outrageous.
It's an advert, if it doesn't interest you then ignore it.
Posts: 2,485
Time spent in forums: 1 Month 2 Weeks 4 Days 3 h 37 m 22 sec
Reputation Power: 70
Quote:
Originally Posted by poxme
I also do not like the fact that they/their algo scans my email and have stopped using my gmail account, it feels WRONG to read a personal email about a depressed friend that recently had a death in the family, and getting all sorts of weird ads. So, thanks for posting about this seogoat. I hope someone at google is also on this forum (surely they will be) and note that there are vast amounts of people that do not like the ads they are serving.
imho gmail should restrict content of the email ads to certain categories only
It's a service provided to you free of charge on the basis that adverts will be served in order to make it profitable. Google is a business. No money = no Google = no free Gmail. If you don't want your emails scanned then don't use it, it's not as if there aren't other solutions out there. Either that or learn not to be so sensitive about everything you see.
Posts: 4
Time spent in forums: 2 h 19 m 52 sec
Reputation Power: 0
You're not a bad person, I would bet everyone at least laughed in their heads a little. Personally, I'm sitting at work and laughed loud, so now people are staring. Oh well.
Del.icio.us
Digg
Google
Spurl
Blink
Furl
Simpy
Y! MyWeb
Linear Mode
