I Do Not Recommend This

I've been seeing those too.. but I rarely if ever click Adsense ads no matter how interested I am. I feel.... used =P.

I pity the guy who has the Google Ad on this post.

Your title says, "I did not recommend this", and his ad shows right there, even though you are not talking about his post.

i can understand your frustration about this - as someone said, i guess its a form of flattery however it cant be good for people to be using your name as an endorsement without your knowledge

I agree, it is fraud, and there should be a way to stop unauthorized use of his name, and civil and criminal charges should be made.

John, copyright your name!

I read that Rudy Giuliani did, before he began campaigning for president, so no competitor could use his name in mud slinging ad.

Amazing how many thought think these guys are ok and that the phony use of John's name is ok, just because he happened to have become popular.

This is the number one thing that puts me off from a lot of Internet plans and adventures ... it seems to be such a repository of rude people.

If you intend to use someone's name you need to get their permission first ... no matter if their blog income is $1 a month or $100,000.

Try making a phony post or buying a Google ad allegeing that Britney Spears or Paris Hilton endorses your product and see how long it takes their lawyers to C&D you ... it really and truly shouldn't have to be that way.

From a practical marketing standpoint this is dumb also ... if I see an ad that says John or Darren or some other "hot property" endorses something and I do _not_ also see a link so I can read what the personality actually said I am going to consign that advertiser to my "spammer ignore" folder without even bothering to read any further. Could be a good way to kill your product as well as displaying your rudeness.

Next thing you know... we'll see John Chow recommends snakes in your trouser for entertain purposes ads

I don't mean to go off-track here, but has anybody noticed that little smiley at the bottom of the page? It's cute (but it creeps me out a little, too) LOL.

I hope to one day be as popular as you, so bogus ads will appear announcing:

"As recommended by the Big Cajun Man..."

and then I will block the scamming slugs!!! :evil:

--C8j

John, maybe you could add a endorsements page to let users verify if they are telling the truth. But, you will need some :twisted: scheme though!

That is really a bad thing they just want to sell their product with your goodwill. It's a bad thing to do. You should never allow these culprits to post ad on your site for readers as well as your sake. Good thing you posted soon

I see "John Chow Uses Outpost Earth Maybe You Should Too." Rhys's suggestion ain't that bad though LOL.

Can't you try e-mail Adsense, and request them to block your name being used in ads, the same as they block eBay, and some other names?

How about ads that say "John Chow thinks this product sucks"? :wink:

I've seen these ads dominate your site for the past few weeks. I believe there are more than two of them.

I guess you have reached celebrity status on the internet John Chow. Can't believe I was still reading a relatively unknown blog back in the days when I found this site on digg hehe.

Damn scammers. Did you alert Google? It'd be nice if they lost their AdWords account for that. It's amazing they could be so stupid as to even attempt that.

I'll bet their ad is getting them a lot of clicks and NO conversions! Ha, that's just what they deserve. :evil:

I'm still seeing the Johns Recommendation from ExtremeMillions.com

Well, if they wanted to catch John's readers attention, they sure got it. In the worst possible way.

I'm also seeing this one...

John Chow Top Pick
Newbie Cash Machine. Finally Even Newbies Can Make Money
theNewbieCashMachine.com

I saw one of these earlier tonight and figured that you wouldn't approve of such a thing. Glad to see you standing up for your good name - after all, the best e-book is your free e-book!

thanks john for the info. :smile:

Man, you're worthy of a Google ad scam. Go you!

Well I think it's pretty stupid of them to keep advertising on your site if you are publicly saying you don't endorse them. Now people can just press the ad and cost them money, while having no intention of purchasing their bogus product. Go John Chow!

Have you tried reporting them to Adsense team...? That might get their account suspended... it's deceitful advertising.

Kenneth :shock:

SCAMMERS!

Build it from the ground up like everyone else does.

Way to go John! I would be pissed too.

Steve

You mean the XtremeMillions website? That's the ad displaying right now... looks like you still hadn't blocked it... (Or they'd changed it...)

Im getting this ad right now on this post:

John Chow Top Pick
Get Your Own Turnkey Autopilot Money Machine Here
GetYourAutopilotMoneyMachine.com

And goes to the page:
http://getyourautopilotmoneymachine.com/?gclid=CPC...

Im assuming this is one of the ads your talking about?

You should be flattered,
your name is like Gold these days, and people will kill each other
to have you recommend their products.