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adwords and gambling sites

not sure i understand

         

dawit

3:18 pm on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0)



hi all,

i just tried to take a look at adwords and saw on the TOS that no gambling ads / keywords are allowed.
however.. when i run a search for casino, i get tons of ads on google all point to various casinos online.
can anyeone explain?

patient2all

5:52 pm on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hey Buddy,

You don't come in here nosing around about things that don't concern you....

If you need a further explanation, talk to my friend Crazy Joe here! :)

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Actually, dawit, if you're talking about the AdWords ads, most of them aren't casinos, but are books and what not about "how to beat casinos" which is probably okay as long as they don't promote a casino.

There were a couple of ads for actual online casinos. I reluctantly clicked them and noticed they used popups which is also a violation of AdWords TOS. I Probably got a drive-by download of something in the process!

My guess is that the online casinos are so profitable, that these guys put up an ad on Friday and know they have the whole weekend until someone looks at it on Monday to disapprove it. They probably just keep repeating the cycle.

Makes one wonder why we keep killing ourselves selling widgets!

AdWords will show your ads on Google pending review. Once it's reviewed and it's a bad thing, it's gone. Try looking for some on Tuesday.

patient2all