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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

More on Google Finance's Embarrassing Monetization

Popular Made-for-AdSense site, finance.google.com, persists in showing these lookalike headline style ads in the upper right slot.

Is Google desperate for revenue, or just disorganized? Where's that little principle about not deceiving users? In no way does the advertisement in question resemble a "Top Story." Of course, the ad looks like a top story... so the deception is on purpose.

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