# \[CNBC\] Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges **URL:** \ **Category:** News for Ecomm Sellers\ **Tags:** ftc, search, amazon\ **Created:** [November 2, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627 "2023-11-02T17:51:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomUsername](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/randomusername/32/3249_2.png) [@RandomUsername](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/RandomUsername)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/1 "2023-11-02T17:51:01Z")
> **[Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/02/jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc.html)** > > Amazon's ads strategy helped pump its profits while steering shoppers to higher-priced goods, the agency alleges. Well, this would explain how their search results arrived at their current state… ---
**Author:** ![dwat0870](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/dwat0870/32/5233_2.png) [@dwat0870](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/dwat0870)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/2 "2023-11-02T18:05:05Z")
It’s Amazon. It’s ALL about the money. This should not be a revelation to anyone including the freaking government. ---
**Author:** ![GGX](https://sellersasksellers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GGX](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/GGX)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/3 "2023-11-02T18:10:47Z")
What a picture ![image](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/683b855ad527191012cd36c3c97b0ee7a26dfe2c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RandomUsername](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/randomusername/32/3249_2.png) [@RandomUsername](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/RandomUsername)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/4 "2023-11-02T18:11:56Z")
> [@GGX](#): > > ![image](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/683b855ad527191012cd36c3c97b0ee7a26dfe2c.jpeg) Hmm… ![image](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20a81125aeca0b36619ace644e14d11f5fa1886b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/5 "2023-11-02T20:29:14Z")
The in-store equivalent: “Hi, where’s the Charmin?” “Lemme show you the high thead count imported organic guest room bedroom popular suburban fancy photoshoot 100% sheets!” “_Ummm…_” ---
**Author:** ![GGX](https://sellersasksellers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GGX](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/GGX)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/6 "2023-11-02T20:32:54Z")
Don’t underestimate it. 20 years from now when you touch the charmin a hologram will pop up saying exactly that. ---
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/7 "2023-11-02T20:44:33Z")
> [@GGX](#): > > a hologram will pop up “Get out of the loo, Alexa!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Dogtamer](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/dogtamer/32/4766_2.png) [@Dogtamer](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Dogtamer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/8 "2023-11-02T20:49:41Z")
> [@papy](#): > > The in-store equivalent: > > “Hi, where’s the Charmin?” > “Lemme show you the high thead count imported organic guest room bedroom popular suburban fancy photoshoot 100% sheets!” > “_Ummm…_” > [@GGX](#): > > Don’t underestimate it. 20 years from now when you touch the charmin a hologram will pop up saying exactly that. > [@papy](#): > > “Get out of the loo, Alexa!!!” Nah. Twenty years from now, there’ll **be** no Charmin®, `cause we’ll all be comfortably ensconced upon an _Idiocracy_ 'throne" - or mebbe using The Three Shells… 😈 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a4c9a465996187fefc1926a322b0daaa0b4ea9d8.png) [@system](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/cnbc-jeff-bezos-urged-amazon-to-flood-search-results-with-junk-ads-ftc-alleges/2627/9 "2024-01-31T20:50:17Z")
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