Free Adwords Secrets

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken Google to court over the way in which it sells adverts on search results pages.

On June 1st, low quality websites that have been set up for arbitrage will have their AdSense accounts shut down, as Google begins a big crackdown. Arbitrage is a fancy word for "buy low, sell high." It's a term that usually appears in conjunction with stories about the commodities markets. Google has no desire to see its AdWords and AdSense products commoditized by enterprising people who ...

Scott Karp submits: Perhaps there are good reasons why Microsoft should acquire Yahoo, but beating Google probably isnt one of them. The reason is simple: Microsoft and Yahoo have businesses that leverage the online network.

I had thought that, at least in the US, the claims that Google's AdWords program somehow violates trademark law by letting competitors buy ads based on keywords, were a thing of the past.