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This came up just a few days ago on HN [1]. The conclusion there, based on a response from GoToMeeting's marketing department, was that they were using Google's
by mintplant 14y ago
This came up just a few days ago on HN [1]. The conclusion there, based on a response from GoToMeeting's marketing department, was that they were using Google's dynamic keyword insertion to replace words in the ad copy with the user's search terms [2], and at the same time, bidding on their competitor's name. So, if you'd entered "online meeting", it would've come up with "Online Meeting Software" in the GoToMeeting ad; the technique seems to have backfired in this case.
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4086757 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4086757
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4086860 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4086860