It appears that dealing with people that employ methods that will hurt the entire industry is more profitable than dealing with honest people. And shortsightedness prevails.
All the bundling and carrying over of negatives doesn’t seem to help to match ill gotten gains.
I am starting to think at the very minimum they should be forced to make a choice – honest advertising methods or dishonest methods.
Perhaps if google sees that the industry does not support this they will relent and vigorously police gambling again.
Why didn’t you guys show up and say, yes, we’ll add the ethics guidelines to the contest? Why?
That speaks louder than any statement you could have made.