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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 890657" data-attributes="member: 1246"><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/18/afl-cio-shells-out-ad-dollars-to-support-occupy-wall-street/" target="_blank">AFL-CIO Shells Out Ad Dollars To Support Occupy Wall Street…</a>Via <a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/18/afl-cio-shells-out-ad-dollars-to-support-occupy-protests/" target="_blank">The Foundry</a>:The “Occupy Wall Street” crowd may be dramatically out of step with the American electorate, but Big Labor likes what it sees. The AFL-CIO union has bought two prominently-placed Google ads for a pair of initiatives supporting the protests.

The search term “occupy wall street” turns up two sidebar ads that link to AFL-CIO websites, as seen in the screenshot below (click to enlarge). Google Adwords, the site’s advertising service, charges 10 cents per click for a prominently-placed ad on that search results page.

The first ad points to aflcio.org/iam99percent, where visitors are greeted with a contact form, an offer for a free bumper sticker, and the option of subscribing to “Occupy” news and event notifications.
<a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/18/afl-cio-shells-out-ad-dollars-to-support-occupy-protests/" target="_blank">Keep reading…</a>
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 890657, member: 1246"] [URL='http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/18/afl-cio-shells-out-ad-dollars-to-support-occupy-wall-street/']AFL-CIO Shells Out Ad Dollars To Support Occupy Wall Street…[/URL] Via [URL='http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/18/afl-cio-shells-out-ad-dollars-to-support-occupy-protests/'][COLOR=#990000]The Foundry[/COLOR][/URL]: [INDENT]The “Occupy Wall Street” crowd may be dramatically out of step with the American electorate, but Big Labor likes what it sees. The AFL-CIO union has bought two prominently-placed Google ads for a pair of initiatives supporting the protests. The search term “occupy wall street” turns up two sidebar ads that link to AFL-CIO websites, as seen in the screenshot below (click to enlarge). Google Adwords, the site’s advertising service, charges 10 cents per click for a prominently-placed ad on that search results page. The first ad points to aflcio.org/iam99percent, where visitors are greeted with a contact form, an offer for a free bumper sticker, and the option of subscribing to “Occupy” news and event notifications. [URL='http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/18/afl-cio-shells-out-ad-dollars-to-support-occupy-protests/'][COLOR=#990000]Keep reading…[/COLOR][/URL] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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