Comments on: Attack of the In-laws! http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/ neat fun stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Boyer Real Estate http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-108339 James Boyer Real Estate Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:40:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-108339 It is good to have in laws that want to get along and make things fun. I am blessed with that as well. Sometimes when they are visiting us I think they like me better. We don't fight or anything which is quite different from what goes on with their blood relatives. It is good to have in laws that want to get along and make things fun. I am blessed with that as well. Sometimes when they are visiting us I think they like me better. We don’t fight or anything which is quite different from what goes on with their blood relatives.

]]> By: Dave (Original) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101536 Dave (Original) Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:28:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101536 RE: "MY point is that it would be obvious to most people that this is a anomaly caused by ebay’s tendency to pay millions on adwords and try and target as many keywords as they can." ========================================= Actually it wouldn't be "obvious to most people" at all. I would guess less than 1% of Google users would have any clue that it is "just an automated script causing that return". Also, money is never a legit reason for this sort of thing IMO. RE: "So, let’s ban the word involved from adwords - where’s that then leave charities / help organisations that want to use the word to advertise help services?" ========================================= Nope, let's just ban automate "automated script" from using such words. I bet "charities / help organisations" would be all for it too! RE: “MY point is that it would be obvious to most people that this is a anomaly caused by ebay’s tendency to pay millions on adwords and try and target as many keywords as they can.”
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Actually it wouldn’t be “obvious to most people” at all. I would guess less than 1% of Google users would have any clue that it is “just an automated script causing that return”. Also, money is never a legit reason for this sort of thing IMO.

RE: “So, let’s ban the word involved from adwords – where’s that then leave charities / help organisations that want to use the word to advertise help services?”
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Nope, let’s just ban automate “automated script” from using such words. I bet “charities / help organisations” would be all for it too!

]]> By: Tom http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101440 Tom Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:24:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101440 My in-laws arrived yesterday...somebody help me. Here is the type question I ask when the in-laws are in town. What determines the priority of sites listed when you do a "site:www.*.*" ? See, I need medication :) My in-laws arrived yesterday…somebody help me.

Here is the type question I ask when the in-laws are in town. What determines the priority of sites listed when you do a “site:www.*.*” ?

See, I need medication :)

]]> By: Dominic Hodgson http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101438 Dominic Hodgson Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:06:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101438 so I'm coming back off my holiday and decide to pick up a computer mag... nothing special in it but what's on the back page? non other that mr cutts pointing wildy at the google logo on his building.... shocked I was! (alas no cats)... seems they are having a google issue next time.. I might pick it up and have a look so I’m coming back off my holiday and decide to pick up a computer mag… nothing special in it but what’s on the back page?

non other that mr cutts pointing wildy at the google logo on his building…. shocked I was! (alas no cats)…

seems they are having a google issue next time.. I might pick it up and have a look

]]> By: Robert Earl http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101434 Robert Earl Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:05:08 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101434 With this being a posting about the in-laws, I found it interesting that the search term that Morris choose to focus on was Global Warming. Is there a connection? With this being a posting about the in-laws, I found it interesting that the search term that Morris choose to focus on was Global Warming. Is there a connection?

]]> By: dockarl http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101433 dockarl Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:56:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101433 MY point is that it would be obvious to most people that this is a anomaly caused by ebay's tendency to pay millions on adwords and try and target as many keywords as they can. I've seen numerous circumstances where such ebay ads seem rather ridiculous / out of context.... I once saw an adsense add from Ebay saying:- "The Sahara Desert Great deals on The Sahara Desert Shop on eBay and Save!" So, let's ban the word involved from adwords - where's that then leave charities / help organisations that want to use the word to advertise help services? Or are you just after a ban on that particular ad? I don't see this ad as a particular violation of the adwords content policy - https://adwords.google.com/select/contentpolicy.html - it is just completely tasteless, but probably accidentally so. Who is to say that ebay doesn't / hasn't at some stage sold books of advice for victims of that problem? Having said that, a quick Google search for terms like 'report an inappropriate adwords ad to Google' doesn't show up any obvious way to do so - it could be a worthwhile service to implement. M There are procedures in MY point is that it would be obvious to most people that this is a anomaly caused by ebay’s tendency to pay millions on adwords and try and target as many keywords as they can.

I’ve seen numerous circumstances where such ebay ads seem rather ridiculous / out of context…. I once saw an adsense add from Ebay saying:-

“The Sahara Desert
Great deals on
The Sahara Desert Shop on
eBay and Save!”

So, let’s ban the word involved from adwords – where’s that then leave charities / help organisations that want to use the word to advertise help services? Or are you just after a ban on that particular ad?

I don’t see this ad as a particular violation of the adwords content policy – https://adwords.google.com/select/contentpolicy.html – it is just completely tasteless, but probably accidentally so. Who is to say that ebay doesn’t / hasn’t at some stage sold books of advice for victims of that problem?

Having said that, a quick Google search for terms like ‘report an inappropriate adwords ad to Google’ doesn’t show up any obvious way to do so – it could be a worthwhile service to implement.

M

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]]> By: Harith http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101432 Harith Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:51:39 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101432 Matt "I’ve been juggling some stuff at work." C'mon Matt..say it. You have been juggling the serps. As a result many webmasters went crazy of the back and forth Matt Data Pushes :) Matt

“I’ve been juggling some stuff at work.”

C’mon Matt..say it. You have been juggling the serps. As a result many webmasters went crazy of the back and forth Matt Data Pushes :)

]]> By: Dave (Original) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101431 Dave (Original) Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:05:54 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101431 RE: "Ah shucks - Dave that’s just an automated script causing that return" ===================================== Your point being?? RE: "And it’s not just Google" ===================================== Again, your point being?? RE: “Ah shucks – Dave that’s just an automated script causing that return”
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Your point being??

RE: “And it’s not just Google”
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Again, your point being??

]]> By: dockarl http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101428 dockarl Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:10:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101428 Ah shucks - Dave that's just an automated script causing that return. I don't think a real human being at either ebay or google has gone 'hey! Let's advertise for molestation products' - you'd probably get ebay ads for just about anything you typed in a search box - they like to use adwords and they use a pretty broad brush when it comes to the keywords they target - they're just trying to corner the market. And it's not just Google - I've seen contextually inappropriate ads served on other sites too - this is a funny (non-google) one I saw on one of the major Australian news sites recently - http://www.utheguru.com/ad-selection Ah shucks – Dave that’s just an automated script causing that return.

I don’t think a real human being at either ebay or google has gone ‘hey! Let’s advertise for molestation products’ – you’d probably get ebay ads for just about anything you typed in a search box – they like to use adwords and they use a pretty broad brush when it comes to the keywords they target – they’re just trying to corner the market.

And it’s not just Google – I’ve seen contextually inappropriate ads served on other sites too – this is a funny (non-google) one I saw on one of the major Australian news sites recently – http://www.utheguru.com/ad-selection

]]> By: Dave (Original) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101424 Dave (Original) Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:02:22 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/attack-of-the-in-laws/#comment-101424 Matt, totally off-topic but in Google's interest and abhorrent IMO. http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24744 Matt, totally off-topic but in Google’s interest and abhorrent IMO.

http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24744

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