Thursday, October 11, 2007

Google bans anti-MoveOn.org ads because of trademark policy.



I heard this story and the story was distorted. The ads were a trademark violation.

Robert Cox has a piece in today’s Examiner about Google’s restriction of ads I tried to place with them on behalf of the Collins for Senator campaign:

Internet giant Google has banned advertisements critical of MoveOn.org, the far-left advocacy group that caused a national uproar last month when it received preferential treatment from The New York Times for its “General Betray Us” message.The ads banned by Google were placed by a firm working for Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election campaign. Collins is seeking her third term.Earlier this week, Google told Lance Dutson, president of Maine Coast Designs, that the ads he placed for Collins had been removed and would not be allowed to resume because they violated Google’s trademark policy.

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