Competitor is using my url as a keyword

obiwan · 09-09-2007, 05:03 PM

What can I do? Can I report it to Google and will they do anything about censuring the other company? The irony is that they are appearing above us in the Adwords section, so presumably they are prepared to pay more than us for the keyword!!
Interested to hear from anyone who knows the Australian situation also, as that's where we are based.
Thanks.
Google "homefriday.com.au" for anyone who wants to see this scam in play.

indika72000 · 09-09-2007, 08:06 PM

complain to "G" with complete details. They will take action against this.

kulinar · 09-13-2007, 08:40 AM

As long as your URL is NOT a registered trademark, they are free to use it as keyword. For example, you can use Google, Adsense, Adwords etc, as keywords but you CAN'T include them in ad title and description.

nicesurf · 09-13-2007, 09:29 AM

It always happen in internet....he...he.. you can not avoid it.

Nic

09-09-2007, 05:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
obiwan Noogle Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Competitor is using my url as a keyword What can I do? Can I report it to Google and will they do anything about censuring the other company? The irony is that they are appearing above us in the Adwords section, so presumably they are prepared to pay more than us for the keyword!! Interested to hear from anyone who knows the Australian situation also, as that's where we are based. Thanks. Google "homefriday.com.au" for anyone who wants to see this scam in play.

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09-09-2007, 08:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
indika72000 Noogle Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	complain to "G" with complete details. They will take action against this.

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kulinar Senior Googler Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 137 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	As long as your URL is NOT a registered trademark, they are free to use it as keyword. For example, you can use Google, Adsense, Adwords etc, as keywords but you CAN'T include them in ad title and description.

09-13-2007, 09:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
nicesurf Noogle Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It always happen in internet....he...he.. you can not avoid it. Nic

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