Wow shockinly deceptive ad on google adwords

londonTiger

Check this out, i typed in argos.co.uk on firefox search bar, and ended up on google search.



Note, 2nd ad, nothing to do with what I was searching for, also note the url, telegraph.co.uk, (the site that it lands on has nothing to do with the telegraph).

Then I click on the link and end up !!!!ing here!

http://healthytipsdaily.com/skin/uk-skin/index.php?subid=googlenews&=CK3Ire7Shq0CFcRtfAodk3K5eg

Now check out the !!!!ing photoshop on this



I don't know whether to complain or just sit there laughing at this ridiculous ad.

Amazing how people get away with this online.

RadoJo

Who are you intending to complain to? Realistically, Google can only police the ads they serve to a certain extent, so the odd one can slip through the net before it's caught. Argos may take action against someone using their name to serve inappropriate ads, but they would have to have proof that this was happening, so it might be worth sending it to them.

arcon5

Email Google, they'll remove it.

londonTiger

I'm not sure argos could do much about it, I think telegraph.co.uk would be more concerned to be honest.

I'm pretty sure google checks to make sure that the web address listed in the ad is meant to be the same site that the advert lands on. I have no idea how this advertiser managed to get telegraph.co.uk into the ad, I searched for the ad name and news.sky.com is now appearing as the target site.

QuackQuack_2

arcon5 wrote: »

Email Google, they'll remove it.

Totally Agree.

competitionscafe

The ads are part of the Perfect Radiance and Revitaderm free trial scams. The advertisers have also used The Guardian, Daily Mail and Marie Claire domain names in their ads.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=48908215&postcount=103

Ads have been running for at least 2 weeks and Google has yet to remove them.

Similar domain name hijacking was used by a fake news site to advertise a work from home scam - the advertiser has been running ads on Yahoo for over a year and despite complaints Yahoo has not removed them.
http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2010/07/22/newsdaily7-com-review-and-analysis/

The domain healthytipsdaily.com is registered to an address in Reno, Nevada, USA:
http://whois.domaintools.com/healthytipsdaily.com
joe walsh
18124 wedge pkwy 160
reno
NV,89511
US

There is an abuse address here to report them to their webhost reseller:
http://websitewelcome.com/

competitionscafe

londonTiger wrote: »

Check this out, i typed in argos.co.uk on firefox search bar, and ended up on google search.

Also, why have you posted exactly the same post in a forum frequented by scammers on which you have been a member for over 3 years and have made nearly 800 posts?
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9501/scamadsenseadsfakenewsw.jpg.

As you appear to be a frequent poster on a forum used by the kind of people who boast about making money from these deceptive /fraudulent advertising methods and scams then I doubt that you are really "shocked" by the ads!

londonTiger

competitionscafe wrote: »

Also, why have you posted exactly the same post in a forum frequented by scammers on which you have been a member for over 3 years and have made nearly 800 posts?
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9501/scamadsenseadsfakenewsw.jpg.

As you appear to be a frequent poster on a forum used by the kind of people who boast about making money from these deceptive /fraudulent advertising methods and scams then I doubt that you are really "shocked" by the ads!

Who cares where I post on, get a f****** life.

Do you have evidence of deceptive/fraudulent advertising methods discussed in the forum, your words right now are bordering on libellous.

londonTiger

wow you can talk, i just clicked on your homepage, you have so many scammy affiliate offers there.

competitionscafe

londonTiger wrote: »

Who cares where I post on, get a f****** life.

Do you have evidence of deceptive/fraudulent advertising methods discussed in the forum, your words right now are bordering on libellous.

Touched a nerve?

As for the wickedfire forum, 2 minutes on Google brings up plenty of posts on flogs and farticles etc (aka fake blogs and fake news sites):

eg:
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=+site:wickedfire.com+wickedfire+flog

http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=+site:wickedfire.com+farticle&pbx=1&oq=+site:wickedfire.com+farticle&aq=f&

http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=+site:wickedfire.com+facebook+profiles+for+sale&pbx=1&oq=+site:wickedfire.com+facebook+profiles+for+sale

http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=+site:wickedfire.com+%22scam+people%22&pbx=1&oq=+site:wickedfire.com+%22scam+people%22&aq=

http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=+site:wickedfire.com+%22acai+flog%22&pbx=1&oq=+site:wickedfire.com+%22acai+flog%22&aq=f&

http://www.wickedfire.com/603605-post3.html

http://www.forumpostersunion.com/showthread.php?p=59650

competitionscafe

londonTiger wrote: »

wow you can talk, i just clicked on your homepage, you have so many scammy affiliate offers there.

Really? Such as? Name one.
Affiliate Window, Paid On Results, Affiliate Future etc are all legitimate UK affiliate networks or in the case of Commission Junction, US network with a UK office.

Unlike say, some of the US based CPA affiliate networks who post on Wicked Fire:
http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1023232/index.shtm