Google and BarCamp - I dont know whether to laugh or to cry
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Kenney Jacob
Apr 20, 2011, 9:26:44 PM4/20/11
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Dear Friends,
Yesterday I got a very funny call from Google. I had created an advertisement for the event BarCamp Kerala 10 using google adwords and was waiting for approval. This lady calls me up and apologized saying that they cannot approve the ad saying that they have a policy against ads related to liquor. I tried talking some sense into her explaining the about the event asking her to 'google' about it etc. But she refused, she demanded that the only way to get the ad running is to change the name and the url. Can you believe this, a company as reputed as google making such stupid stand on an event which is conducted all over the world.
Kenney Jacob
Anils
Apr 21, 2011, 12:04:03 AM4/21/11
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Kenny, try to get their refusal to approve by mail. That way we can make it into a news. Also keep the tel number from which you got the call.
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Anil
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Syam Kumar R.
Apr 21, 2011, 10:30:14 AM4/21/11
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Google bans BarCamp Ad mistaking it for an Alcoholic product ;-)
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Syam Kumar R. <syam...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Kenney,
I am writing a blog post about this. Can I use the email screenshot you posted on facebook?
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Mani Karthik <ma...@dailyseoblog.com> wrote:This is some serious shit man.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150156278836199&set=a.191345461198.135239.678461198&type=1&theater
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Kenney Jacob <kenney...@gmail.com> wrote:And you should discuss this in a Google group itself !!!
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Mani Karthik <ma...@dailyseoblog.com> wrote:
Cool. Now, I see an opportunity here.
Use this to turn the table around and get eyeballs for Kerala Barcamp. "Google bans BarCamp Ad mistaking it for an Alcoholic product" will get a lot of attention.
But to have people believe this (they would anyway if it comes from a reliable source, but just as an additional backup), we need to show the official emails/conversations. If you can pull it off (may be email them once again and they'll repeat the same thing.), nothing like it.
As they say, everything happens for a reason ;)On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Jayson Joseph Chacko <jays...@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't be surprised when police raids one of these "bar" camps :-)when i tell people about the BarCamp ,some...from Kerala do think of the Advocates's BarCamp... some may even think of the "BAR" for liquor....but never said to me...:)
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Kenney Jacob <kenney...@gmail.com> wrote:
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