Last week, Google launched a new service named Google Advisor.

The tool lets you compare rates for mortgages, credit cards, CDs, or checking and savings accounts. The data comes from several places including the controversial AdWords comparison ads program. The AdWords blog said that comparison ads are still limited to only a select number of hand picked advertisers. Google added:

This comes a few months after Google acquired BeatTheQuote.com, which they banned days later.

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