Masterpiece of Blackhat Google Ad Placement!
- Thread starter YesCat
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Check out this corvette site's Google ads. Clearly a violation IMO. I even got tricked into clicking on the "engine specs" link. How the hell do they get the ad links to say what they want them to say? I thought that was generated randomly?
UPDATE: I removed the link to protect the "innocent" but what I think was worth sharing was he ended the url with /specs and had corvettezo6 in the url as well. This must have caused the ads to display "engine specs" "tire specs" "vehicle specs" and ad placement was right where the horizontal navigation bar should be even though there was a tiny legit one above it too.
It does leave space and is in a different larger font. It may be legal but it sure surprised me when I clicked on it. I guess that would be the goal if you're not the one paying for Google advertising or the viewer looking for more specs rather than more Google ads. Place the ad to encourage accidental clicks but do it in a way that Google can't ban you.
That's not "black?" It aint the Golden Rule either.
All the best,
Cat
Hi Cat,
The corvette is a beautiful vehicle and I think the most important thing to remember is that a corvette based site should be allowed to do whatever it wants. Lets face it, when it comes to American built classics, even google will turn a blind eye if they have a few onsite violations...
Andrew