Sponsored Link Ew Factor

[Scot Harkins]

So I'm reading an email related to a Girl Scout event and get the
following sponsored link tag:

"Girls Photos - www.Pronto.com - Find Pakistan Girls In Photos at
Great Prices."

...the link for which was...

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=Bm83419XeSJmBNpGo6wXCycSEAb-H-F_hwdTlCcCNtwGA8QQQARgBIIaPgAIoBTgAUNfQy78CYMkGsgEJZ21haWwuY29tyAEB2gEwaHR0cDovL2dtYWlsLmNvbS9tNGJpajI1ZHpsNzVpMHplcDRhMGIxejF6eGIzODQ4yALjrfYEqAMB&num=1&adurl=http://www.pronto.com/user/search.do%3FdisplayQuery%3Dpakistan%2520girls%2520in%2520photos%26SEM%3Dtrue%26query%3Dpakistan%2520girls%2520in%2520photos%26adid%3D1210323676-8925903d_3_gc%26ref%3Dgirls%2520photos%26creativeid%3D2533356759%26site%3Dgmail.com

...which took me to...

http://www.pronto.com/user/search.do?displayQuery=pakistan%20girls%20in%20photos&SEM=true&query=pakistan%20girls%20in%20photos&adid=1210323676-8925903d_3_gc&ref=girls%20photos&creativeid=2533356759&site=gmail.com&loadingComplete=true

I have no idea where "Pakistan" came into the picture...but even so
the Ew Factor sorta tweaked. "Find Pakistan Girls In Photos..."?
Er...uh...dunno...seems a bit wierd. I know these are probably
generated based on page content, but this combo...just seems a smidge
over the edge. I'd hate to think about the reaction of a conservative
and concerned mother seeing such a line. Here I am, a 43yo dad seeing
this wondering how the heck such a thing ever pops up. Ewwww....


sh

[Zack (Doc)]

The ads are served by Google Adwords, and the advertisers themselves
determine what keywords they respond to, so it's entirely possible the
advertiser keyed off the "Girl Scout" words. GMail ads should only
ever be "Family Safe" so if that's been reviewed by Google, they seem
to have classified it as such.

Here's the URL to feedback to Google about an Adwords ad, so they'll
review it again and if it's inappropriate, they'll take action:
https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/request.py?fhc=1&ctx=cuffhelp&contact_user=other&contact_type=adfeedback&Action.Search=Continue+»

--

Robert Heinlein

[Scot Harkins]

Excellent. Thank you! Posted.

sh

On Sep 28, 5:00 am, "Zack (Doc)" <z...@tnan.net> wrote:
> The ads are served by Google Adwords, and the advertisers themselves
> determine what keywords they respond to, so it's entirely possible the
> advertiser keyed off the "Girl Scout" words.  GMail ads should only
> ever be "Family Safe" so if that's been reviewed by Google, they seem
> to have classified it as such.
>
> Here's the URL to feedback to Google about an Adwords ad, so they'll

> review it again and if it's inappropriate, they'll take action:https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/request.py?fhc=1&ctx=cuffhelp&...

>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 21:22, Scot Harkins <scothark...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So I'm reading an email related to a Girl Scout event and get the
> > following sponsored link tag:
>

> > "Girls Photos -www.Pronto.com- Find Pakistan Girls In Photos at

> > Great Prices."
>
> > ...the link for which was...
>

> >http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=Bm83419XeSJm...
>
> > ...which took me to...
>
> >http://www.pronto.com/user/search.do?displayQuery=pakistan%20girls%20...