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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

CALL TO "ATTACK" BANGKOK POST WEBSITE

In escalating tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, one Cambodia website has suggested attacking the website of The Bangkok Post.
The 'Cambodia Air Defense' website has published an article headlined 'Counter Media in Thailand' in which it asks readers to "attack" the website of Thailand's leading English language newspaper through is use of Google Adwords. This is apparently retaliation for what it sees as biased media coverage.
The website suggests two methods; complaining to Google about what it deems to be "violent content", and clicking ".. at least 200 to 300 times per hour .." on ads - alerting Google to possible fraud.
According to the Truehits monitoring website, The Bangkok Post averaged 174,590 pages views per day over the course of the last six months - some three times more than its rival The Nation. Its use of Google Adwords appears to be restricted to all pages other than the home page.

1 comments:

Sajal 3:07 PM  

A nice way to keep ignorant people busy...

In spite of ridiculously low 174,590 pages views per day... Google needs Bangkok Post more than the other war round.

Even if Bangkok Post really violates Google's policies, nothing is gonna be done about it...

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