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Adwords has had a policy against ads for malware for many years now. (I helped develop an earlier version of that policy.) But it's not entirely effective. Unre

Adwords has had a policy against ads for malware for many years now. (I helped develop an earlier version of that policy.) But it's not entirely effective. Unreviewed ads, poorly reviewed ads, and ads for sites that just barely skirt the boundaries of being malware are all regular problems. For some historical perspective, here's a 2007 article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2663560/application-development/experts--google-adwords-needs-policing.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/2663560/application-develop...

sukilot 12y ago
The reality is that there is virtually 0 market for user-friendly PPC ads on browsing sessions noncommercial intent. Therefore scammers (users have a wider definition than Google) will always win the auctions.
mbrubeck 12y ago
As recently as a year ago, even "google chrome" turned up an adware ad as the first "result" in a Google search: https://twitter.com/mbrubeck/status/459715935272566784 https://twitter.com/mbrubeck/status/459715935272566784