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Why do Google Adwords allow this nonsense?

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This afternoon I’ve been doing some Research around Zone Alarm affiliates and have come across what I feel like is the most immoral thing I’ve seen on Google in a long time. I’m disappointed that the Search Engine we’ve all come to love and trust to deliver top quality and relative results is allowing this kind of thing to take place.

I noticed this site that promises to help reset your Bios Password:
http://www.passwordhelpline.com/Bios-Password~31.htm?keyword=bios%20password

helpline

They charge £1.50 per minute for the telephone calls, ok so not so bad however what happens if you change the 31 in the URL to 30.. Oh look, its now “Hotmail Sign in assistance”. There are literally hundreds of terms they are bidding in, promising to help with resetting your password.

At this point I was a little shocked, the number doesn’t even change between targets so I doubt they can immediately provide you with any relevant information.

I then used Daves SEO Tool for Firefox and looked at what other sites they were hosting on the same server, to my amazement we’ve got Auction Helpline, Benefits Helpline, Consumer Advice Helpline, CV Helpline, iHelpline, Motoring Helpline and the Phone Helpline.

Holy cow! Come on Google..

7 Comments

  • Lou_geek 1445 days ago

    http://lou-geek.blogspot.com

    Who are the creeps who set up these scams?!

    Thanks for bringing this to light Dave.

    Lou_geek

    p.s. I love the SEO toolbar – brilliant find!

    Reply
  • uggshelf 1445 days ago

    http://www.uggshelf.com

    Holy cow! Come on Google..
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    Reply
  • krishna 1445 days ago

    http://searchcorner.blogspot.com/

    Hmmm … may b you have reported this through the webmaster tool to Google… Did u do that ?

    Reply
  • Ricky Staniforth 1445 days ago

    http://www.distinctivedoors.co.uk

    Holy cow! Come on Google..

    Reply
  • Gerry White 1444 days ago

    http://www.usablecontent.co.uk

    In the UK, it is the same with passports, the spam in adwords has got to a ridiculous level, truly … I am trying to remember what got my outraged yesterday, but there is so much poor stuff out there that is marketed via Google adwords, it just isn’t funny Google takes the money and runs…

    Reply
  • Statsjunky Review 1428 days ago

    http://www.product-reviewer.net/statsjunky-review/

    Hi.

    I’m using google since a couple of years. And at the beginning a lot of campaigns will work. But after a couple of weeks, there will be a human reviewing your site. And then the stuff will disappear very soon.

    And if you try it again, it could be that you will get a warning letter from them.

    I got one of my accounts banned completely a while ago. So be careful what you do with adsense.
    It’s a very powerful tool, but you should follow the rules!

    Dan

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  • Asbar Ali 1252 days ago

    http://newadwords.com

    i m Working with adwords for last 5 Year and finally i have made a masterpiece which contains all the solution about Adwords Soo Do me Feedback soo i can make it Better for you people to understand

    Reply

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