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Re: Google Has Started Penalizing Mobile Websites with Intrusive Pop-Up Ads

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Post by ajmurmann »

nine_k wrote: post #199
ajmurmann wrote: post #98

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I think there is a real market for a software developer focused search engine. None of the issues we have matter for a search a normal person does which is what Google of course optimizes for. A search like "what are the best food carts in Portland" is fundamentally different from looking for the text of an exception that was thrown by a particular library version. Our needs are to small for giant Google to care abou…

Would you be willing to pay for it? If so, how much monthly? I'm afraid a search engine so much specialized won't be able to live off ads.

As the sibling said I would probably also pay a small amount. However, I could also see that corporate customers might by this.

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Post by whositis »

whiddershins wrote: post #335
nhumrich wrote: post #327

While I applaud Google for doing this, it's also very scary that Google has that much power that they can basically make anyone on the web do anything by threatening ranking blackmail. Google is starting to use more grey area tactics to control things (such as disabling accounts for those who resold a pixel). Makes me start to actually worry about the power Google has.

This. And the conflict of interest is possibly anti-trust level. (IANAL) A company that gets the majority of their revenue from ads is penalizing sites in their near-monopoly search results for showing the "wrong" ads.

They have been doing this for a while. Look at the "safe browsing" stuff... Google will blacklist your website if it doesn't like the ads you're showing. That blacklist is used by firefox, chrome, safari. Your website will then just show a "safe browsing" blocked error.

massive abuse of power. It's amazing that the company that controls most internet advertising, also controls which websites are blacklisted by the vast majority of browsers.

Not using adsense? Maybe we blacklist that website until they use adsense! :)

And the biggest problem is, there is no oversight, or communication or recourse. If your website gets blocked, you won't know why, and will just have to click a "reconsider" button to ask Google to see if it's acceptable now.

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Post by dawnerd »

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #244
dawnerd wrote: post #93

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Every Target I've been to has the milk before just about every other grocery item. Strangely enough, the seasonal stuff is tucked away in a corner. Then again, I guess if you're going to target for milk you're probably doing it wrong...

Definitely down to personal preference, but the milk at our Target is generally in better condition, tastes better, and lasts longer than the milk from Safeway. And the shopping experience in general is much nicer than Safeway.

Oh totally. What's weird is their organic milks expiration dates are really far out compared to other brands. Kind of insane actually.

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Post by chinhodado »

herbst wrote: post #316
GordonS wrote: post #277

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I've never experienced it in my several years as an Android user either!

Same here. I have to assume op has a virus and should actually click through this links.

The vibration API is available for anyone to use:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_A...

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Post by chinhodado »

thirdsun wrote: post #264
chinhodado wrote: post #95

For me, the most annoying thing while browsing on mobile is the vibration ads/fake alarms. It's horrible. I haven't even seen a single good use of this vibration API, as it is only ever used for things like "Your phone haz virus click here now". Why isn't there an option to disable it in Chrome is beyond me.

Is that an Android thing? I have never experienced this on iOS. I didn't even know browsers could trigger vibration on mobile.

Take a look at the vibration API:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_A...

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Post by bluGill »

dawnerd wrote: post #93
lozaning wrote: post #86

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Milk is kept at the back of the store because that's the easiest please to put it from a logistics stand point. The truck the milk comes in pulls up to the back of the store and can immediately unload it into the giant refrigerated rooms at the back of the store. The fact that it helps "build the basket" by being at the back is a happy coincidence for the store.

Every Target I've been to has the milk before just about every other grocery item. Strangely enough, the seasonal stuff is tucked away in a corner. Then again, I guess if you're going to target for milk you're probably doing it wrong...

Seasonal stuff needs to be in an area of the store they can close off for a few weeks everytime the season changes while they redecorate. During those times they want the seasonable stuff to be out of the way so the construction efforts do not get in the way of customers.

I don't know if this is their logic, but it makes sense.

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Post by herbst »

chinhodado wrote: post #344
herbst wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here. I have to assume op has a virus and should actually click through this links.

The vibration API is available for anyone to use: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_A...

I know that, i just never encountered it maliciously.

Edit:// Next to that it was a stupid joke i made there

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Post by bluGill »

nommm-nommm wrote: post #340
yann63 wrote: post #322

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Milk? That's funny. Here in France, it's drinks and wine ;-) But most of the milk sold here is pasteurized, so not kept in fridge (only once opened).

Milk in the US is pasteurized as well, but to be shelf stable you need to use a different pasteurization processes called UHT (ultra high temp) and package it in special aseptic packaging. UHT milk is put in traditional containers and stored in the fridge as well. You can buy self stable milk in the US but it's not very popular for some reason. Except for Yoo-hoo, that's a popular milk product that's usually sold in…

To be self stable milk needs to be heated hot enough to change the flavor. Americans prefer the taste of milk that has not been heated as much.

I once has breakfast on a real dairy farm, they got their milk from the tank right after milking. After drinking milk that was in the cow just 3 hours before I cannot stand milk you can buy. I cannot say if this is because it was never pasteurized, or just that is was fresh, but the flavor was better.

Note, do not take the above as advocacy for unpasteurized milk. The risks are real enough.

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Post by hising »

Smirnoff wrote: post #273

I really would like to see Google penalize websites that force you to login after google showed these websites in the results. 1. Take Linkedin for example: you search for a person on google; google shows a linkedin result; you go to linkedin but you are greeted with giant popup asking you to login to view info. Ridiculous. 2. Same with Quora: they come in results with basic info, but when you go to their page, they…

That is cloaking in my book - Video on Matt Cutts explaining Cloaking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtnfOgp65Q
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