BP Wants To Friend You On YouTube For Gulf Oil Spill
After creating one of the biggest disasters in US history with the Gulf Oil Spill, British Petroleum (BP) has tried to buy ads on Google to get their message through, however, they have not just stopped at buying ads for Google search and have been promoting their message on YouTube too.
If you visit YouTube to watch a video you might see a new friendly ad from BP which asks you to Friend them, the link on the ad points to the same BP video which has also been linked through Google search for the search term "oil spill" and other BP related queries.
In the video you will see BP CEO Tony Hayward saying that they take full responsibilities for whatever happened and cleaning it up too.
I found the ad improper in the sense that BP has not yet cleaned its act up and are using the web as a medium to show messages which are totally inappropriate. Remember the Toyota problem? I would suggest that such ads not be show unless and until they are very sure about what they are doing.
Assuring people is a necessity, but only when you yourself are sure about what you are going to do to address the issue on hand.
Related Topics Similar to This Article: »
Recent Activity: »
Author: Keith Dsouza
I am the editor-in-chief and owner of Techie Buzz. I love coding and have contributed to several open source projects in the past. You can know more about me and my projects by visiting my Personal Website.I am also a social networking enthusiast and can be found active on twitter, you can follow Keith on twitter @keithdsouza. You can click on my name to visit my Google+ profile.Keith Dsouza has written 4449 articles for us.
The author of this post can be contacted at keith@techie-buzz.comComment Using Facebook
One Response to this Article | Share your Opinions/Comments
We moderate comments to prevent spam. Moderation is done within few hours. Please try and stay on topic and refrain from using abusive language. If you think there is a problem with this post, please email the post author or send us an email at tips@techie-buzz.com with the URL and the problem you see and we will rectify it as soon as we can.
I found the ads really dishonest. I was searching on "Boycott BP" and kept getting sponsored links from British Petroleum. This is consistent with their dishonesty from the very beginning of their terrorist attack on our country.