Another week, another blooper. However, this time its not from the Google SERP’s, its from our buddies at Facebook. We saw an ad on Facebook for Nokia promoting their new range of phones the E7… Anyone see the issue here? The image they are using is not their new E7 range, but (correct us if [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Nokia Facebook Blooper
Posted: 29th June 2011 by blackhat in Facebook, PPC BloopersTags: PPC Bloopers
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3 Line Sitelinks in the UK – and guess who’s got them first…
Posted: 27th June 2011 by blackhat in Google AdWords, Google InnovationsTags: Google Innovations, Google Site Links, Google's Unfair Advantage
The latest Google Innovation that was released last week, was 3 line sitelinks showing PPC ad’s that appear in position 1. The BlackHatters heard that it had been released but hadn’t seen any advertisers where they were showing….until now. And guess who’s was the first ad we saw that was showing 3 line sitelinks???? Oh [...]
Google Under Investigation
Posted: 24th June 2011 by blackhat in Google AdWordsTags: Google's Unfair Advantage
HOOOORAY!!!!!!! As reported on Brand Republic earlier today… http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1076827/googles-web-dominance-investigated-us/ Google’s web dominance to be investigated in US By Sarah Shearman, brandrepublic.com, 24 June 2011, 11:00AM Google is set to be formally investigated by US regulators over the potential threat of its online dominance, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Federal Trade [...]
Black Hat PPC – Free PPC Clinic
Posted: 24th June 2011 by blackhat in Black Hat PPCTags: PPC Clinic
The BlackHatters have been discussing for a while the idea of whether or not we should offer a service of a PPC Clinic to review other advertisers PPC campaigns and help them out. Up until recently the answer has always been a ‘no’ – mainly because we dont have lots of time on our hands, [...]
PPC Blooper – Teeth Whitening in the Extreme
Posted: 23rd June 2011 by blackhat in PPC BloopersTags: PPC Bloopers
The BlackHatters were sent in a PPC Blooper the other day (thanks, keep them coming) that we found pretty funny… Haha, not sure why a teeth straithtening ad is showing up for the term ‘cock splints.’ Again is there a connection here between people who need cock splints and teeth whitening? We guess only people [...]