Comments on: Eric Schmidt Is A Dirty Hypocrite: Google Should Come Clean – Friday Photos

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:11:09 +0000

The difference between the car dealer and home builder and the affiliates hawking the above junk is that people BUY cars and BUY homes – they know that there’s a cost.

The excitement is that people think they’re getting something free. I forgot to mention it, but “FREE CREDIT REPORTS” that actually sell you an identity protection subscription in the fine print are false advertising.

How would you like to go to the supermarket, be offered a free apple, accept it, then get an orange and a bill for $20?

By: 20 Year Billionaire

20 Year Billionaire — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:18:02 +0000

Advertising is all about selling stuff , from the car you drive to the house you live in.

What would the world be like if when a company sold a car , they had to put a sticker in the window “Hey, the cup holder usually falls off at 75k miles and the paint usually fades a few shades too” Or the builder of your home “Hey now, just remember, we used untreated plywood for your subflooring , if you don’t dry out large water spots, i’ll bow the floor and cause damage.”

The answer is simple – They don’t…..

However, becuase of all these self righteous people, advertisers have to have T&C for everything they sell , it’s not their problem if people don’t read the fine print – Most people don’t read the fine print. If advertisers had to sit everyone down and say in a very slow fashion , “Ok bud , this will cost you $9.95″ not everyone would do it , becuase it KILLS EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE PRODUCT!

By: Jorks

Jorks — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:26:53 +0000

“Perhaps if I keep repeating “Eric Schmidt” Google CEO here, this page will turn up in search results for his name and get some action…”

They’ll manually push it down the SERPs if that happens. You could probably make it happen too. Can’t imagine there’s much in anchor competition for “Eric Schmidt.”

By: stevie

stevie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:00:57 +0000

I was going to just post that you’re a moron but I really don’t have to…

If you’re sister is “one of the brightest, most critical-thinking people” that you know and fell for a grant offer site… that pretty much proves the point.

I’m sure Google and Facebook will really “wake up” after reading this… lol

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:14:26 +0000

While I don’t have a rep at Facebook, I completely agree that they’re also allowing their system to be polluted for a few fast bucks.

I wonder if Eric Schmidt ever Googles “Eric Schmidt”? Perhaps if I keep repeating “Eric Schmidt” Google CEO here, this page will turn up in search results for his name and get some action…

As to Yahoo and MSN – amen to that!

By: Diorex

Diorex — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:03:51 +0000

Within the last month I have had conversations with both Facebook and Google about this and received an eerily similar response.

It was basically – that they are not responsible for the products being advertised and because of the sheer volume of ads they are unable to police them all although they make a large effort. (which apparently does not include searching for keywords on scams)

Then in the same conversation both companies talked about how user experience was critical and if users feel betrayed by the quality of ads they will defect to other services…

They are both off their rockers with hypocrisy. I just wish Yahoo and MSN would get their acts together and offer a competing product.