Groupon Spam

[potentialgeek]

Why does Google let Groupon.com spam almost every site with Adsense? It's far worse than eBay's spam ever was. I kicked Groupon off my sites with the blocker, like other publishers here, but almost every site I visit now with Adsense has a Groupon ad. It is 100% irrelevant to the page content and it's usually the top-placed ad. The text is always the same. The irony is Google allegedly tried to buy Groupon recently. But why has Google become a sell-out and compromised its core principle of contextual relevance?

[incrediBILL]

yall live in Google TOS fear.

<mod hat off>

No, we executed contractual business agreements like adults.

If you didn't intend to agree to it, don't execute the agreement.

Seriously, you've just told an entire forum that you don't follow a simple business agreement and scoff at those that do. Follow the logic here, that you're about to go into business with a partner, and he/she reads your online follies and sees your word is no good, it could cost you a valuable business relationship down the road, or one you already have. By flouting their contractual obligations, because you're only as good as your word and most business partners don't want to worry about people they're trusting to do business with, you've just said your word is worthless.

Why would anyone, including AdSense, now want to do business with you?

In other words, it was a fact best kept to yourself, because it's not an honorable thing to do and even less wise to disclose publicly.

</mod hat off>

Back to Groupon spam, just block groupon.com in the ad filter, sheesh.

[WordsnCollision]

I haven't seen many Groupon ads lately but those annoying Flat Belly ads are back. Blocking them in the Ad Filter doesn't seem to have any effect, and why is that?

[HuskyPup]

I'm suddenly seeing breast enlargement ads! Nope, don't need those :-)

[walkman]

Groupon is trying to find a fool to buy them (maybe an IPO) so they don't care about expenses right now.