On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 05:55:30PM -0600, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > http://digg.com/security/Why_is_Google_Running_Ads_for_Known_Malware_Sites > > Go, Google!!
The criticism is unfair. I agree with these three posters on the digg site: "So they found one malware site advertising on Google, and Google removed it when notified. What the problem is? You expect Google to vet every single one of its advertisers? Where do you draw the line between "scam" and "bad service"? I saw a billboard for Jiffy Lube the other day; if I go there and they totally screw up my car with an "engine flush" can I blame the owner of the billboard?" --zaffir "Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If they did screen the ads, everyone would cry that they're censoring the web. While this may be a clear cut case for screening, there would be millions of others sites hat would be in a gray area." --yojiffyskippy "I don't think there was any specific intended wrongdoing. When Google makes deals, it can often be with networks (I work for a major web site in the ad serving department, we do the same here) and from time to time the inclusion of these types of adds make their way in. When you serve 3rd party ad tags, we can test the initial and subsequent loads, but if you reset your server or change the creative running in the tags, things can change without our knowledge. If it's really only 1 creative out of a potential 20 that is causing the issue, we typically give the company until the end of the day to remove the questionable content, but Digg and the Internet, unlike major business, don't move at that pace; they move much faster. It doesn't appear that Google intended to do this (ie: a Google rep and the malware site never sat in a room and while tapping their fingers like Monty Burns on the Simpsons agreed to screw over typical internet users in return for money), and besides, I heard they removed it. Prove actual malice before you get people all worked up on Digg." --spydersvenom -- Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:42:06 -0600 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
