Google supports false advertising?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=901187

1 5 17 years ago

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Search Netflix in Google right now and hit on the first sponsored link. It will take you to BuddhaShopper.com and then redirect to Netflix sometimes!? See the included url to Google search result. Am I confused or is this not suppost to happen?

http://www.google.com/search?q=netflix&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

jacquesm2• 17 years ago

It links to netflix for me.

And yes, you're confused, because a wrong search result in google does not mean that 'Netflix site hacked right now?'.

Recontemplation3• 17 years ago

I'm not confused. Paste the above url in your browser and click the sponsored Netflix link. I guess you are right that there is nothing wrong with Netflix but surely Google cant permit a sponsored link to display one domain and actually be another one entirely. I took a video of it and am in the process of posting it to YouTube.

jacquesm2• 17 years ago

A hack of netflix implies that netflix' servers have been compromised.

Recontemplation3• 17 years ago

I changed the title from "Is Netflix site hacked right now?" to "Google supports false advertising?" to be more accurate. Let me know if you can think of a better description my scrupulous friend.

Recontemplation3• 17 years ago

The video proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_797XSpj9k

Don't you get the vulnerabilities implied by this? Read my YouTube description.

Google supports false advertising?

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