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Careless “growth hack” leads to PR nightmare

3 pointsby starrhorneabout 11 years ago

2 comments

codeddesignabout 11 years ago
Pr nightmare? The only nightmare here is your IQ level. There are actually 2 reasons why that would have shown up...<p>1. It&#x27;s automated based upon the keyword you searched for which is an ad function within Adwords 2. They did it to raise their ad quality score in which their URL is shown twice as we&#x27;ll as was approved by the Adwords team.<p>The only bad PR here is for your blog and your lack of knowledge.
ColinWrightabout 11 years ago
You know you are blocked by some web filtering companies?<p><pre><code> Web Page Blocked! You have tried to access a web page which is in violation of your internet usage policy. URL: www.starrhorne.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;28&#x2F;growth-hacking-companies-cant-win-marketplace.html Category: Malicious Websites </code></pre> FortiGuard web filtering.