Am I the only Adwords advertiser that thinks that my ads should not be shown contextually next to illegal Bit Torrent [webmasterworld.com] downloads? Why am I not surprised that the site's Google ads are being syndicated through Ask Jeeves [webmasterworld.com]?
Just as a random example, I looked for "star wars" torrents, and got matches for illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith - with Adwords advertisers like the Washington Post along side them.
According to the Adwords Terms and Conditions, a "Site may not include:... Any other content that promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others".
Isn't providing links to bootlegged copies of Star Wars promoting illegal activity? Doesn't that infringe on the legal rights of George Lucas, et al?
It is also illegal to put Adwords on sites with hacking/cracking content - which you can also find in the Bit Torrent search.
How about Adult content? Plenty of that in the torrent searches as well, and, guess what? Adwords advertisers.
What's up with that? Does Jeeves get a special exemption because they are a premium publisher? I realize that they are not *hosting* the files, but let's not play around - either they need to find a way to block the ads for illegal downloads, or not allow ads on the site.
This is so plainly wrong to me - what do I have to do to avoid my ads showing , put -torrent in all my campaigns?
As far as I am concerned, this is just another typical Jeeves cash grab at the expense of the advertisers.
Don't forget -bittorrent too. I used to see that in my logs. And -download too
patient2all
Not sure what kind of twisted arguments you can make to justify monetizing these sites. Maybe something as complicated as "Well, a buck is a buck."
That might well be G's new fine line.
