You Know Those "A Mom's Secret To Whitening Teeth" Ads You Saw On Newsvine? Google Banned Those Guys; Says They're Scammers

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:57 PM EST

Article Source: Consumerist

technology, google, advertising, scam, scammers, scammer, whitening-teeth

At last, someone has taken a stand against the tooth whitener ad menace. It's no tiny or obscure ad network: it's Google. The company has decided to live up to its "don't be evil" motto and ban advertisers who place ads that lead to sites peddling products like scammy free trials, get-rich-quick schemes, and malware. Previously, they would ban individual ads, but not advertisers. This was akin to playing a massive game of whack-a-mole with thousands of identical "local moms" who had identified the secret to weight loss. Or tooth whitening. Or stretch marks. Or...

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Buckeye Voter

I kinda thought they were a bit odd, too. I have a nice dentist for things like that.

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3 votes

#1 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:00 PM EST

{"commentId":10837002,"authorDomain":"grimcreeper"}

TheGrimCreeper

Really? I thought all that penis enlargement spam was real, too. Gotta go: I just received an email from someone in Nigeria who wants to wire money directly to my bank account. I just have to send them my account and routing numbers. Peace.

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3 votes

#2 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:01 PM EST

{"commentId":10837173,"authorDomain":"killfile"}

Killfile

Surely you recognize the difference between getting email spam and seeing ads on a website whose brand you trust. Websites have to be careful who they allow advertisements from, those advertisers end up linked with the website's brand and scammers can cause real damage to that brand.

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4 votes

#2.1 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:16 PM EST

{"commentId":10843342,"authorDomain":"acidreflux"}

AdipicAcid

Those ads are still appearing in the Newsvine text ads sidebar as of today:

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I Cut Down 47 lbs of Stomach Fat In A Month By Obeying This 1 Old Rule
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BREAKING: Mom Loses 52 lbs With 1 Rule!
I Cut Down 52 lbs of Stomach Fat In A Month By Obeying This 1 Old Rule
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2 votes

#2.2 - Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:02 AM EST

{"commentId":10838898,"authorDomain":"CarlZup"}

CarlZup

Nice of them to do that, but I was kinda hoping for the public caning solution.

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4 votes

#3 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:43 PM EST

{"commentId":10873749,"authorDomain":"ma91744-1"}

ma91744-1401618

I've used their product and my teefs are now white.

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#4 - Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:42 PM EST

{"commentId":10887903,"authorDomain":"CarlZup"}

CarlZup

I've used their product and my teefs are now white.

Both of them? (giggle - jk)

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2 votes

#4.1 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:09 AM EST

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