Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Do Google Ads Help Fund Spyware?

Do Google Ads Help Fund Spyware?: "Google's sponsored-link ads may have helped turn the world's best-known search engine into a financial powerhouse, but they also are coming under attack for contributing to spyware practices that undermine trust on the Web. "
When you're on top, everyone takes shots at you. The latest criticisms of the United States' biggest media company: that Adwords funds spyware. Well-known anti-spyware researcher Ben Edelman leveled the charges in a detailed report, focusing in on IBIS and Ask Jeeves as delivering spyware-ridden toolbars using Google's targeted classified ads. Is there substance to the charges? Read our story, follow the links for more information, and decide for yourself.
Joe

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