Comments on: Did you hear about Google’s NEW rule?

By: migraine causes

migraine causes — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:27:45 +0000

That is a good news, although it is old i didnot know about it.

By: Ielts

Ielts — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:51 +0000

It is good news of course :)

By: PPC Domination

PPC Domination — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:48:12 +0000

Hey man,

this is good news because those trademark restrictions were really defying the purposes of PPC. I’ve been advertising on trademarks for a while now but i thought it was only the US that was allowed.

I only realised there were 150 countries on the list when i saw this post. Unfortunately your google docs link to the regions not investigated is dead.

Here’s the working URL http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=144298 in case you’d like to update the post with it.

jim

By: Free article directory

Free article directory — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:58:17 +0000

Google only open for 3 countries? maybe next year, the list will be expand.

By: marcus@earn money from home

marcus@earn money from home — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:20:24 +0000

Thanks for breaking the news. I think this change is good.

By: Tillison Consulting | Google AdWords Specialists

Tillison Consulting | Google AdWords Specialists — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:52:47 +0000

James spotted the real objective here, huh? Google profit. However, the trademark issue has been a constant source of pain for many of our clients who would not actually be infringing copyright by using marks in a descriptive way.

If you ask Google about this, they WILL NOT budge from their policy of insiting on a written declaration from the trademark owner stating that a specific advertiser may use the mark in ads.

(Which sounds like to me like many cases would end up in court to achieve it).

Roll on the policy change in the UK.

By: James

James — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:47:36 +0000

I have seen some sick clashes for number one positions this week. This is a huge change that’s going to cost a lot more advertising dollars for most of us.

By: Computer Support Sydney

Computer Support Sydney — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:52:18 +0000

Some adjustment on the US policy and I guess other countries will follow suit in due course. BUT just because Google permits it, doesn’t mean it’s legal!

By: Stancje

Stancje — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:21:29 +0000

I think it’s just a cosmetic change. Knowing google it’ll all get back to normal pretty soon.

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By: Keyword Research Service

Keyword Research Service — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:12:08 +0000

I’m not surprised about this at all. Of course Google would want some of that advertising money. Why would trade marks stop the mighty Google from making a buck? This doesn’t really affect me though. Any trademarks that I would want to bid on are blocked by my advertisers as well. They control the PPC keywords of their affiliates.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:37:58 +0000

Dude – This is completely irrelevant. I just got off the phone with Google. The policy is that you CAN use trademarks as keywords, you just can’t use them in the ad.

Nothing has changed.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:19:26 +0000

This is good news. I recall having to apply for an exception because i used the word “time” in my ad copy. It flagged it as a trademarked term, I suppose because of Time Magazine…

By: Tillison Consulting | Google AdWords Specialists

Tillison Consulting | Google AdWords Specialists — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:19:16 +0000

Derek: Depends where you are for the moment
(see Google’s recent post http://tinyurl.com/raldqf), some adjustment on the US policy and I guess other countries will follow suit in due course. BUT just because Google permits it, doesn’t mean it’s legal!