very strange!

[karnb]

decided to check where my website was in google for some keywords, #2 hey great. Then i noticed on the right hand side a list of sponsored links. And there was an ad for my website, thing is i didnt put it there. Any one know what the story is?

[Zygoot]

Is the page about a specific product or service?

Maybe it's a company which is using your page to show people how good their product is.

[karnb]

this is on a google search, the right hand side is where paid google adverts appear. direct link to my site and i didnt setup or pay for it!

[nathanso]

Try clicking the link.. it may not be going to your site at all since the displayed URL is not the target URL in AdWords.

[chiuling]

Maybe some people just use your website as a disguise because they do not have their own landing page.

[karnb]

clicked on the link, goes to my website

i think it may be google had run out of paid adverts for the keywords and to make it look popular put in some of there own - feasible?

[sbskater10]

No that's not the case. That would work against Google. There are plenty of keywords that will yeild zero adverts.