(2009-07-19) Fake News Site Ad

I was reading a "real" article somewhere, and clicked on an ad that was using Meg Ryan's photo (can they do that without permission?), and was taken to what looked like an "article" from some local-TV-affiliate-station (I used No Follow in my link). But there were definite signs that it was pure ad. And yes, that's what it is. All the header content links just go to other ad pages for the same product. The ads on the side are to multiple sellers of the same product who all have Affiliate Program-s. There are some "Other News In California" links at the bottom which go to actual news stories on other sites, all from 6 weeks ago. Wow, what an Advertising scam.

Another similar case: a relative of mine, who sells one of these over-priced juices that cure cancer and everything else, via an MLM, sent me a link that she said "was an article from the front page of the Wall St. Journal, so this must be a credible product". But it was really a Press Release from a section of the WSJ site that streams those things. I'm pretty sure she didn't know that, and just repeated what a higher-up told her.