From next month, Google will no longer take adverts from companies which sell essays and dissertations - and the internet company has written to advertisers to tell them about the policy...
But one of the UK companies fearing that it will be prevented from advertising, Essaywriter.co.uk , is angry at the threat to its business - with 80% of its customers coming through Google.
Managing director Matthew Wilson says this will punish the legitimate, transparent companies, which sell essays, but which warn students that they must not be used dishonestly.
Mr Wilson says that such a bespoke service, selling tailor-made essays at short notice, with prices around £70 and upwards, can be used as a guide for students wanting extra assistance.
Overseas students are frequently customers, he says - but the firm makes clear that essays should not be passed off as being written by the student.
And he says that such a blanket ban will not stop the search engine from generating links to rogue essay selling companies, which have been accused of scamming customers by providing poor quality material.
<idle musing>
Right! They write and sell the essays, but warn people not to use them. Doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical?
But, the fact that Google is cutting them off is good news.
</idle musing>
1 comment:
They're declining *paid advertising*, not excluding them from their index entirely. A google search for "Term paper" is still going to turn up links to companies selling them.
Essaywriter.co.uk is still going to get most of it's business from Google, but Google is choosing not to profit from that.
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