Search Engine Google Goofs!

Got a joke too good to keep to yourself? This is where to put it. While all the other Campfires are expected to be reasonably 'serious' in nature, this is where we let our hair down.

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Search Engine Google Goofs!

#1 Post by erron » Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:18 pm

Had to laugh at this one. (okay, my sense of humour's sick!)

:)
One of Google's new services offers ads that match the content of articles appearing on news websites. Recently, the New York Post ran an article about a murder in which the victim's body parts were packed in a suitcase. Google put a suitcase ad beside the online version of the Post article.


Full story:

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/ ... 96759.html

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