Google Says Vendor Was Responsible For AdWords Account Manager’s Shocking Voice Mail

This week, a voice mail in which a Google AdWords account manager can be heard complaining about having to pitch AdWords products and saying he doesn’t care that a client is using bridge pages even though they violate Google’s advertising policy was released by Martin MacDonald. We received a response from Google in which they […]

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google-adwords-square-logoThis week, a voice mail in which a Google AdWords account manager can be heard complaining about having to pitch AdWords products and saying he doesn’t care that a client is using bridge pages even though they violate Google’s advertising policy was released by Martin MacDonald.

We received a response from Google in which they claim it was an outside vendor, not a Google employee, who left the unintended message. We have written about it on Search Engine Land,  Google Responds To #GoogleGate: AdWords Account Manager’s Accidental Voice Mail Recording. Many have chimed in on the state of account management support at Google in the comments.


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Ginny Marvin was formerly Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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