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Promoted results in Google are loaded with scams. According to one recent report, 75% of brands are affected (https://searchengineland.com/google-search-ads-bra

Promoted results in Google are loaded with scams. According to one recent report, 75% of brands are affected (https://searchengineland.com/google-search-ads-brands-fraud-436871 https://searchengineland.com/google-search-ads-brands-fraud-...): The researchers who conducted the report found that retail giants such as Amazon, American Airlines, Lego, Pizza Hut, and Samsung were all victims of identity fraud within Google Search Ads. Here's a Google SERP for "Facebook" which shows Facebook as the URL, redirects to an Apple security scam: https://youtube.com/shorts/gTEuqXYAp58?si=lzFV9mfX31_8nzd1 https://youtube.com/shorts/gTEuqXYAp58?si=lzFV9mfX31_8nzd1 Google even vouches for the advertiser: https://twitter.com/leanmediaorg/status/1724467969344905534/photo/3 https://twitter.com/leanmediaorg/status/1724467969344905534/...

habeanf 3y ago
It wasn't a promoted result, it's an organic search result, and it's still there!
klabb3 3y ago
That’s insane, and news worthy. Imagine non-techies just trying to go about their day and getting that. But hold on a sec. Is this verified by others? The guy in the video cuts to a screenshot, which doesn’t show the resulting url or how he got there, so it’s hard to tell what happened.
- ilamont 3y ago
  Two versions of the video. This one shows the click: https://youtube.com/shorts/dXZQMkPJkXg?si=hsL8fUirHZj3DMG5 https://youtube.com/shorts/dXZQMkPJkXg?si=hsL8fUirHZj3DMG5
  - concinds 3y ago
    That's still a jump cut, it only pretends to show the click. Dodgy
    - morder 3y ago
      even if it did show the click it's easy enough to edit the page in devtools to go wherever you want
charcircuit 3y ago
>Google even vouches for the advertiser Google vouches that the advertisers is who is he says he is. Google is not vouching for the reputation if the advertiser.
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callalex 3y ago
This is about app stores, not web searches. Google Play Store does not suffer from this issue to the same degree at all.

habeanf 3y ago

It wasn't a promoted result, it's an organic search result, and it's still there!

klabb3 3y ago

That’s insane, and news worthy. Imagine non-techies just trying to go about their day and getting that. But hold on a sec. Is this verified by others? The guy in the video cuts to a screenshot, which doesn’t show the resulting url or how he got there, so it’s hard to tell what happened.

ilamont 3y ago
Two versions of the video. This one shows the click: https://youtube.com/shorts/dXZQMkPJkXg?si=hsL8fUirHZj3DMG5 https://youtube.com/shorts/dXZQMkPJkXg?si=hsL8fUirHZj3DMG5
- concinds 3y ago
  That's still a jump cut, it only pretends to show the click. Dodgy
  - morder 3y ago
    even if it did show the click it's easy enough to edit the page in devtools to go wherever you want

charcircuit 3y ago

>Google even vouches for the advertiser Google vouches that the advertisers is who is he says he is. Google is not vouching for the reputation if the advertiser.

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callalex 3y ago

This is about app stores, not web searches. Google Play Store does not suffer from this issue to the same degree at all.