MSE News: Yahoo pulls 'Martin Lewis' ad – after it appears next to fake ad story

Former_MSE_Megan_F · 18 August 2017 at 3:38PM

Update December 2017:

Please read our new guide:

Fake Martin Lewis Ads

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An advert for a 'Martin Lewis tax-free loophole' – which has nothing to do with the MoneySavingExpert.com founder – has appeared alongside a Yahoo news story about scam sites misusing Martin Lewis's name...

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'Yahoo pulls 'Martin Lewis' ad – after it appears next to a story about fake Martin Lewis ads'

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DoaM · 18 August 2017 at 4:00PM

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Edit: working now.

Pound · 18 August 2017 at 4:49PM

Someone should find the directors of these sites, name and shame them with a photo of them.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth · 18 August 2017 at 7:59PM

This goes with the look at what this <your town> make millions in her sleep clickbait links in local media. Problem is, with me they think I live in a town fifty miles away!

MothballsWallet · 18 August 2017 at 8:46PM

I hope that :money: realises that Yahoo! just don't give a dam who they sell ad space to - they only care about the money.

Sames goes for Faceache, I mean, Facebook, and many other websites that have ads on them.

Crabman · 18 August 2017 at 9:00PM

Did Yahoo ban the advertiser in question from ever placing adverts with them again?

robatwork · 19 August 2017 at 10:51AM

Yahoo is turning into the Daily Sport of websites.

Some of us remember when it was just a text only catalogue of websites, and actually useful as such.

worried_jim · 19 August 2017 at 4:11PM

robatwork wrote: »

Yahoo is turning into the Daily Sport of websites.

Some of us remember when it was just a text only catalogue of websites, and actually useful as such.

The Guardian is just as bad for clickbait.

Former_MSE_Andrea · 14 December 2017 at 3:48PM

We've written a new guide:

Fake Martin Lewis Ads

Pound · 14 December 2017 at 7:40PM

What about this one?

http://youtu.be/WGIkk0pea08

MSE News: Yahoo pulls 'Martin Lewis' ad – after it appears next to fake ad story

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