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goodbye google

legearlegear Member Posts: 6,716
edited June 2012 in General Discussion
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/06/28/google-shopping-to-censor-all-gun-ammo-accessories-results/#comments

Google sent out an email to Google Adwords customers saying that they are going to pull all Google Shopping results for guns, ammunition, gun optics and gun accessories (Shopping results, not general search results).
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=1&oq=5.56&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS466US466&q=5.56+ammo&gs_upl=0l0l0l3402lllllllllll0&aqi=g4&pbx=1
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    FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, I don't know what people expect on a free service ... I really do not see anything wrong.

    Why people use Google shopping for as mentioned on their policy is beyond me ... but that's just MHHO.
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    HooverTacticalHooverTactical Member Posts: 801 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's not so bad, I never use the shopping section anyway.
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    redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,686 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    From the google shopping website
    http://support.google.com/merchants/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188484#US

    quote:Other prohibited categories

    The following products are not allowed on Google Shopping:

    Vehicles
    Guns, ammunition and knives
    Tobacco and cigarettes
    Traffic devices (Learn more)
    Products related to casino and gambling
    Products or digital goods that require additional software installation in order to be purchased.
    Products bundled with service plans. (Note: The only *
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    retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Any idea "WHY" they're doing this..? A liberalistic insurrection??

    I typically will search the shopping tab to get an idea of current values...
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    ForkliftkingForkliftking Member Posts: 4,907 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Damn, Damn, Damn. First no Levis, then no ebay, then no PayPal, then no Walmart. Now no Google. Whats the world coming to? [:D][:D]
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i'm calling something wrong on this one, i typed 5.56 in google above, thats all that came up was ammo for sale


    guess it is like fleabay not selling gun parts


    39,714 results found in
    Gun Parts


    http://tinyurl.com/7bz2897
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    montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 58,033 ******
    edited November -1
    ...there's something going on,,,this is a sign,,[;)][;)][:0]
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    gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    tumblr_lmrwsi4B581qz5gjio1_400.jpg
    [;)][:D]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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    machine gun moranmachine gun moran Member Posts: 5,198
    edited November -1
    They haven't started, at least as yet. I just googled '1911 9mm magazines for sale', and besides vendor sites, I got Amazon, Nextag and others, who listed as many as 38 retailers.
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    legearlegear Member Posts: 6,716
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by machine gun moran
    They haven't started, at least as yet. I just googled '1911 9mm magazines for sale', and besides vendor sites, I got Amazon, Nextag and others, who listed as many as 38 retailers.


    Yep the link said some servers are still showing gun related items.
    Also, it said sellers may not deal in guns, ammo ect. Items will still show until pulled or blocked

    quote:Yep, I don't know what people expect on a free service ... I really do not see anything wrong.

    Why people use Google shopping for as mentioned on their policy is beyond me ... but that's just MHHO.

    I think retailers have to pay to have their site linked???? So not free to some. Im sure Captfun will have some info on it.
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    nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    YAHOO ??
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    gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Typed in .38 special ammo, hit enter. Looked for "shopping", clicked on it and all kinds of retailers popped up!

    This was the first time I ever used this feature........didn't know it even existed!

    Too bad if it's discontinued, it is something I would use regularly, to compare prices.

    One has to wonder about googles political agenda. [;)]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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    stegsteg Member Posts: 871 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think that Google is doing this because of their foreign marketplace. They seem to be learning a lesson from their Chinese fiasco and do not want to alienate any anti-gun regime such as the European Common Market countries.
    The ECM bureaucrats in Belgium, with a pen stroke, could easily ban Google because of firearms ads, which might cause un-lawful, unhealthy, and immoral -to them- desires in their male population. And I am not even considering our Southern neighbors, like Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela.
    This would cost them ga-zillions of bucks! So, in comparison, the loss of a few of us gun people doesn't really bother them very much. BTW, I don't use them at all anyway-so no big loss!
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    machine gun moranmachine gun moran Member Posts: 5,198
    edited November -1
    For price comparisons on ammo, I usually go to 'Gun-deals'. You can get a snapshot of the prices from most internet sellers, on most calibers, and links are provided for immediate access to the sites. 'AmmoEngine' is another one.
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    eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,215
    edited November -1
    but can i still get porn? with that i only hurt myself. eastbank.
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    CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Up until now, Google shopping was free. (just like GunBroker.com was the first 9 months or so that we were open) We pushed all our listings that met their qualifications up every night, and it really did help bring in some customers that may not have known about us. A while back they started rejecting our files without a lot of feedback. There were still plenty of guns listed, but just none of ours. Turns out it was because the way sellers list items they were including some words in the title that Google did not like (some of these are against the GB user agreement also, but I digress.) Anyway there were a number of stores that were able to push their inventory up and got a lot of traffic and a lot of sales.

    If you are paying google for anything, it all refers to one user agreement which like the other Cali companies does not permit guns, ammo and sharp sticks. So they will not take our money for AdWords, they won't take our money for the Google Shopping Cart and now they won't take our money for the Shopping Engine.

    Actually it evens the playing field with the shops that were listing items and getting traffic we could not touch. So, while I am disappointed in their decision I can't say that it was not expected.

    Oh, and they still index our listings as well as the forums (that we allow them to) the listings just do not show up in shopping.
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    i'm calling something wrong on this one, i typed 5.56 in google above, thats all that came up was ammo for sale


    guess it is like fleabay not selling gun parts


    39,714 results found in
    Gun Parts


    http://tinyurl.com/7bz2897


    Something's wrong. I got 8 and a half million hits on Colt 1911.
    What's next?
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