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New Google Maps Ads Bad For All Constituents: Consumers, Businesses & Advertisers

Google Maps has introduced “bubble ads” which feature an advertiser in the info bubble/tooltip that appears above pinpointed locations in the map interface. Mike Blumenthal points these out with a “rogue’s gallery” of inappropriate ad placements. It’s not hard to find instances of ads which arguably should not be allowed to be displayed smack along […] Related posts:

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