Google AdWords Scam

Written by Benjamin Mangold

Watch out for all the Google AdWords phishing emails circulating at the moment.



Those of you who are new to Google AdWords are probably already familiar with the simple text-only emails that Google sends out for confirming your account details. But you should look out for any emails that request you to update your account and payment details.

Always login directly by typing www.google.com/adwords messages will be displayed directly on the Campaign Summary or Account Snapshot page.

If you receive any suspicious emails forward them directly to phishing@google.com

Labels: Google AdWords, privacy

Violating the Google Analytics Terms of Service

Written by Benjamin Mangold

I received a email newsletter from a popular email marketing company and was surprised that they violated the Google Analytics Terms of Service.

The Terms of Service clearly state "You will not (and will not allow any third party to) use the Service to track or collect personally identifiable information of Internet users". This includes things like names, email addresses and phone numbers.

You can clearly see my email address is being logged in the utm_content element of the campaign tag within the email newsletter below.

Labels: Google Analytics, privacy