# Reporting inappropriate Google ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-inappropriate-google-ads/417674>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-inappropriate-google-ads/417674 "2007-08-31T21:33:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-inappropriate-google-ads/417674/1 "2007-08-31T21:33:57Z")

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To whom should I report an inappropriate Google ad? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-inappropriate-google-ads/417674/2 "2007-08-31T21:42:47Z")

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Without trying to sound funny, I think you need to report it to Google. At least, that’s my memory of the previous threads about this same thing.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-inappropriate-google-ads/417674/3 "2007-08-31T21:49:05Z")

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Here it is. Sorry, it **is** hard to find.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697105&postcount=5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697105&postcount=5)

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-inappropriate-google-ads/417674/4 "2007-08-31T21:52:53Z")

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Thanks, and done.