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June 16th, 2010 8:32 AM
BP has forked over a healthy chunk of change to control the way Web users view the company. According to BP reps, the company has purchased a range of popular search terms – including “oil spill” – from Google, the most popular search engine in the US.

So what does it mean to “purchase” a search term? Well, it certainly doesn’t make all the negative results go away. Today, for instance, a Google search for “oil spill” returned a range of results, including a Huffington Post article and a Wikipedia entry on oil spills.

But the very top result is a shaded advertisement from BP, trumpeting the company’s clean-up efforts. “Learn More about How BP is Helping,” the advertisement reads.

Posted by Myke Triebold on June 16th, 2010 8:32 AMPost a Comment (0)

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