Ammunition: An AdWord Policy versus Universal Search battle
Google does not let you run AdWords to promote weapons or firearms. The guideline text says;
Let's look at the (highlighted) Universal Search related suggestion though. It encourages me to search for [ammunition for sale].
This isn't just interesting because Google doesn't want to help people find ammunition for sale this is interesting because the related search is pushing be into a commercial query rather than a navigation or information query.
Advertising is not permitted for the promotion of certain weapons, such as firearms, firearm components, ammunition, balisongs (switchblades), butterfly knives and brass knuckles.Now, I think it's fair enough that Google's natural search results return the most relevant websites when I search for [ammunition]. As expected; Wikipedia comes first with an article that educates me about ammunition.

This isn't just interesting because Google doesn't want to help people find ammunition for sale this is interesting because the related search is pushing be into a commercial query rather than a navigation or information query.
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