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Online Search Site Google Reverses Stance, Will Verify Pharmacy Ads.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)

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Byline: Monica Soto Ouchi

Dec. 2--In an apparent reversal, Google yesterday said it would hire a third-party company to verify online pharmacies before allowing them to advertise on its site.

Bellevue-based drugstore.com last month publicly challenged Google and other Internet search engines to accept paid advertisements only from online pharmacies verified by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).

Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, considered one of the most successful Internet companies, has not said what third-party company it plans to use, but its response yesterday differed starkly from one it gave a month ago.

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