When you Google Omid Kordestani, Senior vice president, world sales and field operations
at Google, you get the AdWord ad I’ve pictured at left.
Your Own Private Island
When you Google Omid Kordestani, Senior vice president, world sales and field operations at Google, you get the AdWord ad I've pictured at left….
It must be nice to be an SVP at Google. 🙂
good catch……btw, the Adword no longer appears when you execute this search……
I just bought the island.
http://www.buzzhit.com/2004/09/battelle-your-own-private-island.html
Battelle notes that a search on a Google SVP’s name turns up an Adwords ad for someone selling a private Caribbean island. (The ad has since disappeared, likely after someone’s account was depleted or the exec in question caught wind…)
Which begs the questions: If GEICO (and others) can sue Google for trademark infringement, can individuals do the same?
So what exactly is Google’s policy on accepting ads against a person’s name? Can you imagine your ex-wife running an Adwords ad against your name claiming that you’re a lazy, non-alimony paying loser?
Your future employers would be grateful to know after all…
I noticed this same island being advertised before when I searched for Mark Cuban (owner of the Dallas Mavericks).