Google takes down 93,000 scam ads (deepakor.blogspot.com)

(Credit: Google)
Google has revealed that it
took down more than 93,000
ads linking to scam sites from
July to December last year, in
response to requests from U.K.
consumer protection
authorities.
The figures for AdWords-
related removals in the last
half of 2010 were released as
part of the Google
Transparency Report on
yesterday. In the report, the
company tallies the amount of
content it has taken off its
AdWords service and its
search, Google Images,
YouTube, Street View, Blogger,
and Google Video sites, after
receiving submissions from
government bodies.
"The U.K.'s Office of Fair
Trading requested the
removal of fraudulent ads that
linked to scams," Google said
in the report. "We complied
with the request and removed
93,360 items in total."