In somewhat surprising but not unwelcome news in some aspects, Google has recently banned Adwords customers from bidding on generally all rehab keywords. Recent media articles include a major expose by The Verge apparently helped trigger the ban along with multiple complaints from some of the more upstanding participants in this space. As just one rehab…
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Google adds ad “filter” to Chrome starting in 2018
In a somewhat controversial move, Google has announced that starting in 2018 their Chrome brower will have an ad “filter” installed. Ostensibly the purpose is to clean up sites that load banner ads that due to poor coding take forever to load and create a negative browsing experience. In general this is a good idea….
Google to ban fake-news websites from running its ads
Today Google announced its advertising tools will soon be closed to websites that promote fake news. This will cut off revenue streams for publications that push hoaxes on platforms like Facebook and may lead to seeing less articles from these websites due to less ad revenue coming in.
Lawsuit again Google’s Adwords allowed to continue
Per the LA Times, the US Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower court’s decision to allow a class-action lawsuit to proceed again the internet giant. Arguing that Google allowed for ‘low-quality websites’ to display ads, the court said that a formula for damages should be used rather than Google’s position that individual damages…