Comments on: A look at Googles ridiculous Adwords restrictions

By: Louise Goldstein

Louise Goldstein — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:35:15 +0000

I totally agree with you I find that Google are so contradictory that run some ads and ban others!

By: Robert Lorca

Robert Lorca — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:33:25 +0000

Google is once again applying American law and morality on the rest of the world and escort services are now banned from advertising even in countries where they are legal.

This is from the Google Policy Content Page: “Advertising is not permitted for sites promoting escort services or related content.”

However Google is applying policy very selectively and many escort Ads are still being displayed while others have been disapproved. EG: “escorts london high class” has several escort Ads running….maybe they were the highest bidders!

By: Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:17 +0000

Good call Patrick. This has been driving me mad for years, even more so now we see so many gambling-related ads on TV.

By: jaybong

jaybong — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:30:53 +0000

If you try to buy AdWords for medical terms (pills etc) Google halts your campaign set up until you fill out a form.

Surely they could use similar technology to earmark certain keywords so that they go to someone at Google for manual approval. That’s so stupid if that’s true that charities can’t bid on their related keywords.

By: Jonathan Beeston

Jonathan Beeston — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:06:56 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more. They could unlock millions of pounds of revenue a month by allowing gambling ads. Instead they muck around with trademarks which just pisses everyone off but probably doesn’t earn them that much extra.