2clean - 10:10 am on Dec 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

"in response to advertiser feedback we've received over the years, we'll permit the advertisement of hard alcohol and liqueurs that target the U.S."

Absolutely disgusting.

What on earth does this mean. Is it that the advertisers were previously saying "ooo no I really don't want to advertise on Google"
but suddenly they all agreed it was a good idea and Google said "yes we think so too".

More from the original link:
"To comply with the updated hard alcohol and liqueurs policy, advertisers must promote the information about hard alcohol and liqueurs that their websites contain, such as recipes and brand messages."

"drinking is good for you and will make you slim attractive and desired" is that a brand message?

And lets not forget about the children. While I can understand that is is virtually impossible for Google to stop its spider crawling websites based on some ethical principle or serving content to only those users that meet the required age for receiving it, it is another to condone the promotion of alcohol via its commercial program.

Looking forward to the new Oxford dictionary update.

Term: Unethical (reference:Google).

Thank goodness I'm in Europe.