[New post] Google blocked more than 17M fake ‘software system warning’ ads, 12.5M misleading medicinal ads in 2015

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Thursday 21 January 2016

Cam Bunton posted: " Google has published a blog post revealing just how many bad ads it removed from the web in 2015. Spoiler: they removed a lot. There can be all kinds of bad ads, whether they're ads which falsely claim to help weight loss, or phishing sites that tr" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google blocked more than 17M fake ‘software system warning’ ads, 12.5M misleading medicinal ads in 2015 by Cam Bunton Google has published a blog post revealing just how many bad ads it removed from the web in 2015. Spoiler: they removed a lot. There can be all kinds of bad ads, whether they're ads which falsely claim to help weight loss, or phishing sites that trick unassuming web users to submit personal information. Thanks to a team of some 1,000 employees, and some clever computer algorithms, the company was able to remove a ton of ads and ban a huge number of misbehaving advertisers... Read more of this post Cam Bunton | January 21, 2016 at 6:51 am | Tags: ad block, ads, advertising, adwords, Google, medical, quality, search, software, Tom Siegel, Trick to Click, warning | Categories: Ads | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-xKk Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/01/21/google-blocked-ads-2015/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com