Gadget blogs have exploded today with what seems like countless articles chastising Amazon.com for baitingcustomers with their Google ads that read "iPhone 5 at Amazon.com". If the ads are still running, and you'dlike to see for yourself, simply search for "iphone 5" in Google or even "iphone five". Up will pop a GoogleAdwords advertisement similar to the one seen below, proclaiming the availability of the iPhone 5 at Amazon.com. Of course, clicking on the ad will take you to a search page on Amazon.com that simply shows results for a variety of iPhone related accessories that may or may not also have the word "five" somewhere in their descriptions. This type of crack investigation has led many to scold Amazon for stooping to such underhanded bait and switch advertising. Closer inspection suggests these ads likely aren't the doing of Amazon itself.
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