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Originally posted by duffdean
Works fine for me even the US version, noted im using mobile version but still the same as desktop version. It shows everything in dollars and from US sellers.
edit on 16-8-2012 by duffdean because: (no reason given)
An economic embargo ordered by the FDA and obeyed by Google Adwords
This action is just the latest round in the FDA's war on nutritional supplement companies, which have been subjected to armed raids, threatening warning letters, product seizures, and even international kidnapping by the FDA itself
Originally posted by loam
reply to post by intrptr
Your link is a generic google search.
I'm talking about Google Shopping.
Google turned off Shopping functions for vitamins, supplements and other healthcare products on 28 June, without advance warning or explanation
Google turned off Shopping functions for vitamins, supplements and other healthcare products on 28 June, without advance warning or explanation.
For example, if you Google “vitamin C” the Web search returns 94.7 million results; if you then click on “Shopping” to find sellers, the shopping search returns zero results.
It’s as though no one’s allowed to sell vitamin C via Google Shopping. Even “Bayer aspirin” is blocked.
Google publishes a list of products in this category that are blocked as a matter of corporate policy in the public interest. So shopping results for steroids are always blocked. We’re talking about something completely different here: Google is blocking whole categories of respected, brand-name products like One a Day vitamins from online shoppers for no stated reason.
We’re sellers of vitamins and supplements and trying to determine whether Google’s lack of results is a policy change or a goof, temporary or permanent. Of course, our business is severely hurt by this situation. We rely on Google — and pay them — for including our name among all other sellers, and all sellers are in the same boat.
Google, please don’t be evil. Be responsive to vendors whose businesses you’re kicking over. Tell us what’s going on by your blocking shopping results for vitamins and supplements.
Google complies with FDA demands to secretly disable Adwords accounts of nutritional detox companies
The latest attack on free speech in America comes from the FDA and is supported by Google Adwords. NaturalNews has learned that the FDA is quietly, and without notice to affected companies, commanding Google to disable the full Adwords accounts of nutritional supplement companies offering "detox" or "chelation" nutritional products.
This secret war against nutritional supplement companies is being waged entirely outside the law, as the FDA gives no notice to affected companies and does not give them any opportunity to respond in their defense. No judge, no jury, no notice, no due process. The FDA simply bypasses legal notice requirements and goes straight to Google, which complies by disabling Adwords accounts, shutting off an important source of revenue for nutritional supplement companies.
An economic embargo ordered by the FDA and obeyed by Google Adwords
It's not broken - I have a contact at Google and they have made the Vitamin category a "sensitive category" and will not be showing results for google shopping/product listing ads. It is unknown if this is a permanent change or if this will be fixed once they have reviewed all of the products in the Vit/Sup category. It's unfortunate and very stupid that they did not send advertisers involved a warning message or notification of any kind.
Google Bans The Sale Of Vitamins Through Their Shopping Platform
(We Are Change) It was just four days ago at lunch, I was discussing with a close friend about writing a blog on how Google just flicked a switch and shut down all my vitamin sales. But it wasn’t just us. You can no longer search – Vitamin B12 or any vitamin – in Google Shopping and find a list of products and competitive pricing. As the owner of an advertising agency he was in shock and in disbelief, until I showed him on my Android phone. At first we thought it was Google changing Shopping to a Pay Per Click service, which in itself is a horrible idea. It limits choice by driving out smaller companies and has already driven the price up 25%, if you can find it at all.
I noticed visits to Nuegreen.com were down 50% since July 1. It felt like Google was forcing everyone’s hand to start paying up for ads. So, I reached out to a Google AdWords Specialist for assistance with setting up an ad campaign and was then told that they could not help me because I sold vitamins, herbs and supplements. I was told that if I had questions I could email [email protected] . Big surprise, no response. This was now sounding crazy to me. How could Google just ban whatever they like, whenever they like. Boy what a blog this would be: Google – Greedy Monsters or Monster Idiots. After doing a little research it now appears like the Monster is just scared of the exposure to potential sanctions by the European Union if certain product are sold though Google Checkout .
In my very first search: Google Bans Vitamins , I found: EU Set to Ban … & EU Bans Vitamins and Herbs in effect on April 2011 . Wow! Really! Then I found this went back to 2005. The people of Great Brittan did not want to go along with Brussels and how Tony Blair caved. Read: And Guess Who’s Going to Benefit? by Geoffrey Lean Daily Mail, 13th July 2005 & Brussels Gives a Healthy Boost to Pharma Giants by Christopher Booker; The Sunday Telegraph, 17th July 2005 .
This is interesting, but as I read more and more articles of how and why, I started to notice: Germany, Codex Alimentarius, UN, World Trade Orangization, 1996 . Whaaaat??? Believe it. This goes all the way back to German Pharmaceutical companies angered by their government taking control of Heath Care and price controls.
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Originally posted by nakiel
No problema whatsoever!
Originally posted by yorkshirelad
End of thread. Unless you wish to claim I am member of the illuminati with extra amazon powers.