You're free to advertise through other means. Search isn't the only way to be seen. Sadly you'd be better off firing your highly paid SEO staff and paying Google directly for better search results. Sorry SEO is dead occupation, I guess?
You're free to advertise through other means. Search isn't the only way to be seen.
Not only way, but Search IS how consumers find providers on the internet. For example; end users commonly type "Google" in their browser bar in order to find google: and they would type "Basecamp" into their google bar to express their intent to access their Basecamp account.
It seems not only Trademark Infringement or Dilution, but an Unfair deceptive trade practice as well for Google to be displaying A competing company
I noticed this way back when Microsoft launched Edge, and any search containing "Internet Explorer" or "Edge" would give as first result an ad for "The new replacement for Internet Explorer" - linking to a Chrome download page. It was a clear violation of their advertising T&Cs against deceptive ads, so I reported it, but that went about as well as you'd expect for reporting a companies violations of their own rules.
Forced? (Score:1)
You're free to advertise through other means. Search isn't the only way to be seen.
Sadly you'd be better off firing your highly paid SEO staff and paying Google directly for better search results.
Sorry SEO is dead occupation, I guess?
Re: (Score:5, Interesting)
You're free to advertise through other means. Search isn't the only way to be seen.
Not only way, but Search IS how consumers find providers on the internet.
For example; end users commonly type "Google" in their browser bar in order to find google: and they would type "Basecamp" into their google bar to express their intent to access their Basecamp account.
It seems not only Trademark Infringement or Dilution, but an Unfair deceptive trade practice as well for Google to be displaying
A competing company
Re:Forced? (Score:2)
I noticed this way back when Microsoft launched Edge, and any search containing "Internet Explorer" or "Edge" would give as first result an ad for "The new replacement for Internet Explorer" - linking to a Chrome download page. It was a clear violation of their advertising T&Cs against deceptive ads, so I reported it, but that went about as well as you'd expect for reporting a companies violations of their own rules.