Google Health Won't Have Ads

February 28, 2008 By TRAVIS REED, Associated Press Writer Google Health Won't Have Ads (AP)

Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, addresses attendees of the Healthcare Information and Management System Society Conference in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, Schmidt said Thursday in the company\'s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

(AP) -- Google Inc. won't sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant's first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns.

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