Here’s another amusing placement of a Google ad: on a site that lists the many dead zones for various cellular carriers (http://www.cellphone.homestead.com/) — including a story of how Cingular phones don’t even work in the Cingular offices — the Google ads at the bottom promote cellular service from Cingular, Nextel, and AT&T.
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