American Voices

BP Buys Search Terms

June 9, 2010 | ISSUE 46•23

BP paid Yahoo! and Google so that the oil company's own website would be the first result shown after a search for terms such as "oil spill." What do you think?

  • They didn't have to go to all that trouble. I would've just ignored this whole thing for 10 bucks."

    Angie Duvall
    Chemical Absorption Operator

  • If they're not careful, they could start being associated with oil spills."

    Chad Durant
    Systems Analyst

  • That's pretty bad on BP's part, but it's not the worst thing they've ever done. The oil spill itself is the worst thing they've ever done."

    Alex Horne
    Lacquer Polisher

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