Google recently changed its SERP’s so that they are now showing PPC ad’s not just on the top and on the right of their SERP’s but also at the bottom of the SERP’s as well. However, it wasn’t until last week that the BlackHatters had it confirmed by a Google rep that these ads also [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Google’s Unfair Advantage’
Confirmed: Impressions on PPC ads below the fold in Google = More Money for Google
Posted: 11th January 2012 by blackhat in Google AdWordsTags: Google AdWords, Google's Unfair Advantage
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Google’s Unfair Advantage (again) – Image Search Ads
Posted: 16th December 2011 by blackhat in Google AdWordsTags: Google's Unfair Advantage
It’s long been discussed whether Google uses its AdWords system to its own advantage. Google claims that it doesn’t manipulate the search results to give preference to its own ads (comparision ad’s on terms like ‘credit cards’ aside) but we noticed something strange the other day with one of Google’s own ads. We were looking [...]
Facebook bans user for trying to attract customers to Google+…Facebook guilty of hypocrisy
Posted: 22nd July 2011 by blackhat in Black Hat PPC, Facebook, Google AdWordsTags: Facebook, Google's Unfair Advantage
We were interested to read this article earlier in the week on thedrum.co.uk. It’s about Facebook suspending an advertiser account for advertising for people to join him on Google+. The article says… ‘A Facebook user has been banned from the website after he bought an advert on the social media website – inviting people to [...]
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 [...]