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BP Buys Search Terms To Redirect Users To Official Website

First Posted: 08/07/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:40 PM ET

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ABC News:

BP, the very company responsible for the oil spill that is already the worst in U.S. history, has purchased several phrases on search engines such as Google and Yahoo so that the first result that shows up directs information seekers to the company's official website.

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rabblerouser42
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09:26 PM on 06/08/2010
BP 'Massages' Google Links on 'Oil Spill'
http://satiricalpolitical.com/2010/06/08/bp-search-engine-google-links-oil-spill/
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Vetinari
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07:28 AM on 06/08/2010
Great use of BP's money.

Instead of, you know, cleaning up their own mess.
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AirViceMarshalPark
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02:59 AM on 06/08/2010
Go ahead and click on 'em. It costs BP money for every click.

If you can't tell a paid search result from a normal search result then get off the intertubes.
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anothervoter
371 Fans
02:50 AM on 06/08/2010
Google must be making a pile of money from British Polluters.

Didn't say something about not "doing evil"?

What ever happened to that?
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VegasWolf
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12:15 PM on 06/08/2010
Ah! I thought BP stood for Beach Polluters.
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just say no
24 Fans
02:59 PM on 06/08/2010
Think of the evil they'll be able to counter with all that BP money...
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Alexandra Mandelis
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11:20 PM on 06/07/2010
Oh BP. As if the stench of dead Gulf marine life coated in oil weren't bad enough, you had to shovel your BS on top of Google's search results.
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HITO
Non omnia credere existimes.
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10:58 PM on 06/07/2010
Interesting....I googled "how to destroy bp" and here's what popped up first:


Advanced searchAbout 4,280,000 results (0.25 seconds)
Sponsored linkBp
www.BP.com/GulfOfMexicoResponse
Info about the Gulf of Mexico Spill
Learn More about How BP is Helping.

I hope they'd paid alot of money to control google's output. I hope google donates the money to the people affected by BP's destructive behavior in LA, AL and FL.
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just say no
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03:00 PM on 06/08/2010
That's a paid advertisement, not an actual search result.
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sk8queen
It is what it is...
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10:00 PM on 06/07/2010
I really didn't shop at BP before but this really seals the deal. A lot of people can't distinguish between paid and non paid advertising. Their propaganda machine has kicked into overdrive. Not that I blame them but this is rather sinister. . .
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jerkzilla
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07:32 PM on 06/07/2010
BP must be run by a guy named Harry Seward.
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DaMojo
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06:57 PM on 06/07/2010
Only the first link, the sponsored one, leads you to the BP site. HP Overstated headlines strike again! Way to go Google. Now donate the money BP paid you to people living in spill affected areas.
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Jesse P. Steinberg
est un habitant.
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05:51 PM on 06/07/2010
Guess people need to start referring to it as "black gold"
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curiousasheck
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05:30 PM on 06/07/2010
And Google and Yahoo are saying . . Oooh yah more Money!
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MarkInIrvine
fuzzy-headed knee-jerk liberal and proud of it
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05:06 PM on 06/07/2010
Bring it DOWN! Seize its assets! Lift the liability cap!
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only livin boy in NY
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05:02 PM on 06/07/2010
well at least they're "cleaning up" something
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getoffmedz
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04:04 PM on 06/07/2010
Time to immediately update your Adobe Flash browser plug-in for all platforms. There is an active exploit right now.

Read and heed - http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#adobe_releases_security_advisory_for2

and

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html
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curiousasheck
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05:32 PM on 06/07/2010
Glad Silicon Valley and Redmond isn't in the car business.
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getoffmedz
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09:12 AM on 06/08/2010
Ranks as one of the most silly and uninformed Comments, ever.

Better update, tho.
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flhu
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03:45 PM on 06/07/2010
BP also has a YouTube channel it started on May 18th... comments disabled, rated 1 star.
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