Google is now censoring all shopping results related to firearms or related items
http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy ... wer=176077
Eff Google
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Eff Google
by Squib Joe on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:25 am
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Re: Eff Google
by Thunder71 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:34 am
Hmmm... without reading into it much it makes me want to remove all my services off of Google and to another provider.
Ugh, that would be a task and a half (I use them for domain mail, etc).
Suckage! Damn you Google, DAMN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
Ugh, that would be a task and a half (I use them for domain mail, etc).
Suckage! Damn you Google, DAMN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
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Re: Eff Google
by Holland&Holland on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:34 am
Never did like google, now I have a reason.
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Eff Google
by tman on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:37 am
They're NOT censoring shopping results.
This is their ADVERTISING sales policy.
That doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
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This is their ADVERTISING sales policy.
That doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
Sent from my iPhone using that app which shall not be named.
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Re: Eff Google
by GunGoogler on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:40 am
That is pretty disappointing--as are the rest of the changes to Google Shopping--especially since there is no real alternative.
If you are reading this, there is a better than average chance that you are a d-bag.
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Re: Eff Google
by Thunder71 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:40 am
Yep, after looking more into it they just don't want their ads showing up on sites that sell guns.
Another member on AR15 pointed this out, makes some sense out of it:
Another member on AR15 pointed this out, makes some sense out of it:
Google is not anti-gun. They're pro-profit and anti-liability.
It's true that they don't allow paid ads for guns/ammo/weapons. They do allow ads for shooting related gear and accessories. It's not an anti-gun policy. They just don't want to manually police thousands of ads to be sure that advertisers are legally selling items. They set the same guidelines for other regulated items, like drugs. They're the biggest website in the world and a multi-billion dollar company, it's purely a liability concern.
Re: Eff Google
by Squib Joe on Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:54 am
tman wrote:They're NOT censoring shopping results.
Yeah, I think they are. Firearms have been removed from Google Shopping results
Your search - glock - did not match any shopping results.
Suggestions:
Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Try different keywords.
Try more general keywords.
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Re: Eff Google
by GunGoogler on Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:00 am
tman wrote:They're NOT censoring shopping results.
This is their ADVERTISING sales policy.
That doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
Sent from my iPhone using that app which shall not be named.
I beg to differ. I just searched for 'Colt 1911' and hit shopping -- it didn't return any results. None. Note even a grip. I searched just for 'gun' and it returned dummy guns and airsoft.
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Re: Eff Google
by photogpat on Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:04 am
Must be "under the radar"! People can't buy guns if they can't find 'em! 
Nothing to see here. Continue swimming.
Re: Eff Google
by rugersol on Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:21 am
Well, now what are we 'sposed to do?! ... use Yahoo?! 
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Re: Eff Google
by gwilley1 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:38 am
F**K YOU GOOGLE!!!!!!!!! Where do I send the B!tch email!?!
Don't bypass the profanity filter, type what you want and let the filter do it's job. No creative spelling.
Don't bypass the profanity filter, type what you want and let the filter do it's job. No creative spelling.
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Re: Eff Google
by GunGoogler on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:02 am
gwilley1 wrote:F**K YOU GOOGLE!!!!!!!!! Where do I send the B!tch email!?!
I'm going to guess wedonotgiveaisht@gmail.com. If that doesn't work, try wecensoredforchina@gmail.com or adsensemustsupportscientology@gmail.com
Any of those should get you the result any of us would expect.
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Re: Eff Google
by rugersol on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:03 am
I switched to Lycos! 
Had to get a "add to searchbar" Firefox addon, to do it ... but it looks to work purdy good!
Had to get a "add to searchbar" Firefox addon, to do it ... but it looks to work purdy good!
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Re: Eff Google
by GunGoogler on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:11 am
rugersol wrote:I switched to Lycos!
Had to get a "add to searchbar" Firefox addon, to do it ... but it looks to work purdy good!
Whoa. Good thing you have this site bookmarked or you'd never find it.
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Re: Eff Google
by mrp on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:17 am
tman wrote:They're NOT censoring shopping results.
This is their ADVERTISING sales policy.
That doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
Sent from my iPhone using that app which shall not be named.
The link is about adwords rather than google shopping. I can understand the confusion here.
Google Shopping is no longer going to be based on indexing, google-fu, and presenting results to the user. If you want results to show up when people search for 'doodad' you have to have a contract with Google, pay to have your results shown, and outbid nearly everyone else who is selling 'doodads'. They apparently are not going to allow companies selling guns to be part of Google Shopping.
http://googlecommerce.blogspot.com/2012 ... ience.html
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