I was doing a little research for the site and decided to Google the term “poker” one of my friends runs a site called www.poker-seo.com and he is fascinated by the results and how and why they change. I am a huge fan of Google but I think they are making a mistake caving in to the US government as it relates to pay per click ads related to gambling. It’s not that they shouldn’t be able to run their business any way they please; it’s more that they are being forced to censor speech. You see not all businesses that relate to poker promote online gambling. So if you want to buy clicks for the term “poker” and you sell poker tables, you are out of luck. That is not how a free market economy should work. That is not what America should be about.

Now I knew that Google was putting a stop to Gambling ads but the extent that they went seems extreme. How extreme? Here are some Google results for Poker:

http://tinyurl.com/39prhl

Here is Roulette:

http://tinyurl.com/2ss95

What you should be noticing is that on the right there are no ads. Not even for sites or products that don’t advertise online poker. None. Now in contrast here are just a couple of terms that Google does allow advertising buys for.

Fisting:

http://tinyurl.com/2t9ske

Anal Rape:

http://tinyurl.com/34jdkb

I apologize about the graphic nature of this post but the post is not as effective without contrast. Google is scared shitless that the government is going to come down on the biggest entity to benefit if anything ever went down with the DOJ. What a shame, Google’s slogan of “don’t be evil” should be replaced with “kowtowing to evil”.