Abuse of the "Martin Lewis" brand

webmasterpolo · 1 June 2008 at 4:58PM

http://cleardebtsolution.co.uk/martin-lewis.php?key=martin%20lewis&se=msn

Hi

I put moneysavingexpert into my browser (IE) and it brought up a list of search results in MS Live search. At the top are 3 sponsered links shown below:

Sponsored sites

Money Expert Loans

- www.moneyexpert.com Need a loan? Free quote from over 409 companies. Homeowners only!
ING Direct Saving Account

- www.ingdirect.co.uk/savings/ Offering 6.0% AER. Act now and get a high rate.
martin lewis

- www.ClearDebtSolution.co.uk £1000s in debt? Write off 75%. Stop interest payments now.

As you can see, this debt website is using the Martin Lewis brand to promote their site.

If you visit the site from this link in the footer there is the key word martin lewis. If you type in the address https://www.ClearDebtSolution.co.uk into your browser it doesn't have martin lewis in the footer.

Martin, are you aware of this site?

I've not idea if there is anything that can be done to stop this, but I thought it was a bit strange so I thought I would raise it on here.

-Web

fermi · 1 June 2008 at 6:14PM

A similar thing was happening with another site a while back.

See: This is for the forum team and Martin - Does Martin know about this

Edinburghlass_2 · 1 June 2008 at 6:26PM

There are also several just using the name Martin Lewis somewhere on the website as in the other thread which is enough to bring it up via Google if you search for Martin Lewis. Also brings up a lot of websites for reclaiming, also done by cold calling where they do in fact use Martin's name in the call. I won't name them and give them any more publicity here.

Abuse of the "Martin Lewis" brand

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