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"Google has been granted an Australia High Court hearing in order to appeal a verdict that ruled it guilty of allowing &amp;quot;deceptive&amp;quot; ads to be placed on its search service in the country from as far back as 2006.\r\n\r\nThe search giant will contest an\u00A0April ruling that\u00A0found it ultimately responsible for four misleading search engine-based adverts that were taken by companies seeking to hijack traffic from searches of competitors\u2019 brands and products.\r\n\r\nThe examples, that included search results for\u00A0CarSales\u00A0(from 2006 and 2007) which contained ads that appeared to go to the site but linked to Honda Australia\u2019s website, were part of eleven claims put forward in an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) case that was dismissed by the Federal Court last year.\r\n\r\nWhile the 2011 decision found that Google sufficiently distinguishes between organic search results and ads was not impacted, but the new ruling laid responsibility for four of the misleading ads at the search giant\u2019s door.\r\n\r\nA Google spokesperson revealed that the company is &amp;quot;happy&amp;quot; with the opportunity to appeal as it believes that\u00A0&amp;quot;advertisers should be responsible for the ads they create on the AdWords platform&amp;quot;.\r\n\r\nThe remainder of the statement provided to us reads:\r\nOne of the great aspects of Google AdWords is that it's an open platform that enables small and large businesses to quickly create, manage and adjust their campaigns themselves in response to current trends and business needs. Its flexible, self-serve model is critical in empowering businesses to reach customers and grow their businesses in the rapidly moving digital economy.\r\n\r\nWe investigate complaints about violations of our policies and terms and conditions, and if we are notified of an ad violating our terms and conditions or policies we will remove it.\r\nA statement from the ACCC said that the organisation\u00A0&amp;quot;looks forward&amp;quot; to the hearing on the issue.\r\n\r\nThe news come one day after a case between the ACCC and Apple ended as the Cupertino firm's proposed AU$2.25 million fine for misleadingly marketing of its new iPad's 4G-compatiblity was formally confirmed by a court.\r\n\r\nImage via Flickr / Danny Sullivan"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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