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Friday, February 13, 2009

Me No Likey

Recently, I wrote glowingly about Google Finance. Check out this screen shot from today:











Look a bit more closely, and you'll see that the "headline" on the right is fake. It's an ad.

The ad doesn't annoy me by blinking, but it lies to the user's eyes. As if we haven't had enough deception in the financial arena lately.

Punch the monkey, anyone?

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