We’re all familiar with the Google philosophy “Don’t be evil.”
After checking @therules for some chuckles, I checked to see who else followed this account. One of the users I found was @bigced, who has a great bio:
If you don’t know, you REALLY need to find out….
I needed to find out and clicked on the listed URL, theindustrycosign.com. I discovered two things — bigced has a Hip-hop news and information community and; Google powered ads offer up something I would consider in poor taste. Take a look:
So… does it make any sense to offer ads for criminal record checks on hip-hop sites? As if we needed any excuse to believe your corporate philosophy has become window dressing for a typical half-baked, profit driven enterprise. Maybe it’s time to adjust the algorithm a bit?
