Ah, Google. Can’t live without ‘em, but it’s hard to defend ‘em, too. Scams are rampant online, and Google is the biggest ad delivery system online. They take a lot of heat for playing a part in the machine of online scams.
Advertising is an age-old craft… almost as old as deception. And the two married together often create the modern sales pitch. Here is a list of some of the more commonly used, and most deceptive, advertising terms.
“We need MacBook users. We’ll give you a MacBook to use/keep. Tell us what you think of it. Current free Mac is the green air.”
That’s how the ad goes. Of course there’s another identical ad on the same page that says the current free Mac is the blue one. But it sounds great, doesn’t it? [...]
Click here to take a simple IQ test!
Your friend has an IQ of 127, can you do better?
You’ve seen the ads. Hopefully you haven’t taken the tests. It’s the IQ test scam, and they hope your ego will force you to take this test while breezing past the small details such as the “terms” on [...]
Facebook has taken a lot of heat lately. First it was the “change of terms” controversy, and lately the focus has moved to the flood of ads for dubious sites selling government grant kits, make cash on Google offers, and teeth whitening blogs.
They said they removed the ads weeks ago.