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Google bans anti-MoveOn campaign ads


If you haven’t discovered epolitics.com, I suggest you check it out. In addition to material in its blog, it provides many tools and free downloads of advice about using eletronic media for political campaigns.

Two days ago, they posted this entry, titled, “Google Bans Senatorial Campaign’s Anti-MoveOn.org Ads.”

Interesting move: Google has stopped publication of a political campaign’s search ads that used MoveOn.org as a hook. According to The Examiner,

The ads banned by Google were placed by a firm working for Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election campaign. Collins is seeking her third term.

Earlier this week, Google told Lance Dutson, president of Maine Coast Designs, that the ads he placed for Collins had been removed and would not be allowed to resume because they violated Google’s trademark policy.

Google’s Web site states, “Google takes allegations of trademark infringement very seriously and, as a courtesy, we’re happy to investigate matters raised by trademark owners.” That suggests Google acted in response to a complaint by MoveOn.org.

Read the rest of the post because the blog author works to tell you just how keeping your eyes out on the Internet, and through which tools, can help you reap information that will be useful to your campaign.  The related links do the same.

I found epolitics.com the night before the Bliss Institute presentation and none of the consultants there, young or old, had ever heard of it.


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By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:04 am October 14th, 2007 in Blogging, Campaigning, Elections, Politics, Resources 

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