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Before we jump to conclusions, it's equally possible Facebook is behind this. Google gets lots of nastygrams from companies who view ads containing their name as trademark violations.

A few years ago I had trouble running an iPod related ad on Google, not because of Google but because of Apple. Is there any indication this is Google and not Facebook's doing?

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Interestingly, a search for "find friends" on Google still returns an ad promoting Facebook from Facebook itself. That's one data point in favor of the Facebook-initiated trademark hypothesis.

Screenshot? I see FB as the top organic result, but not as an advertiser.

Screenshot from just now http://i.imgur.com/7r1Lt.png

Thanks! Are you in the US?

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