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Search Engines Vetting Failures<\/h3>\n

Google is currently losing their minds!\u00a0 Why? Bing has allowed a malicious link to display that is serving up malware instead of a legitimate download for Google Chrome.\u00a0 But, to be fair, Google is just as guilty…<\/p>\n

Here’s the story:<\/p>\n

Last April, Bing was found displaying a fraudulent advertisement when users would search for “Google Chrome download”.\u00a0 Instead of directing users to a legitimate download site, it would send them to a fake site full of malware.\u00a0 Bad right?\u00a0 We agree.\u00a0 This ad had since been removed.\u00a0 However, a replacement has now hit Bing’s search engine.\u00a0 Users are rightfully upset because search engines\u00a0should\u00a0<\/em>be doing their due diligence to ensure the ads they’re serving up to users are legitimate.\u00a0 But they’re not.<\/p>\n

Google is particularly upset because it is a fake ad for Google Chrome.\u00a0 Again, we get it.\u00a0 But Google also has a history of failing at properly vetting their paid advertisements.\u00a0 We cannot even begin to tell you how many times we’ve had to file DMCA notices for fraudulent PC Matic support websites that Google promotes as paid ads.\u00a0 Even after the pages have been taken down, Google will still display them in search results.<\/p>\n

So, before Google gets too upset with Bing, perhaps they should look at their vetting processes as well.<\/p>\n

Avoiding Malicious Ads<\/h4>\n

As far as avoiding these malicious ads — users need to simply do their own due diligence, and not rely on the search engines to do it for them.\u00a0 Here are a few key tips for search engine best practices:<\/p>\n