Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile. Seems like flame bait
Do you think he created that web-page by modifying HTML?
For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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#12Yeah I’ve noticed this too. But also the rest of the front page is often either seo spam (like those Pinterest links which catch whatever search term you’ve used) or shopping sites. I’ve found google search to be increasingly hostile to its customers. I guess we’re not the customers. Use duckduckgo or something else.
You're not duckduckgo's customer either (their primary revenue source is keyword based advertising), or the customer of anything else you don't pay for.
The only one I know of that at least plans to have a simple two-way relationship with search users as their customers is Kagi. Currently it's in free beta with a waitlist (took a week for me). When they go live they intend it to be a paid, subscription service with no advertising. So far I've found it good, and I'll gladly pay when the time comes.
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#13Google has become the very thing people ran from.
Try Bing, as it's been well regarded.
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#15no ublock origin = pebcak
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#16Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile. Seems like flame bait
There are many factors that could change your results. Since I disabled web & app activity I have seen a lot more ads.
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#17Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile. Seems like flame bait
I can't replicate at all, in fact I get zero results labeled as ads for the same search (on desktop, logged in, using FF). I have my search history paused, perhaps that could be affecting it?
Edit: I now see 3 ad results after disabling uBlock origin, but still far from the entire thing being ads. I didn't think it removed ads from the search results themselves (since I see 'sponsored ads' occasionally in my search and things). My bad.
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#18Maybe Google should start a portrait mode monitor business; consumers could get even more ad results on their screen.
I think they've already done that–only since they are a software company they decided that it would be better to write an OS for portrait mode monitors, and make it free, off-loading those pesky manufacturing steps. Ideally the OS would be attached to a device that the consumer would bring with them everywhere and have fancy geo-locating tools that tell Google where they go, you know for better ad attr-err search relevance!
(perhaps that's what you were going for?)
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#19Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile. Seems like flame bait
Yes, I see this constantly when my adblocker is off. Search for anything related to "job search" et voila: https://i.imgur.com/dBXghPh.png
Here's "mattress," which has ads that extend beyond the fold: https://i.imgur.com/Z9dGSKR.png
Those two I just took. I mercifully cannot replicate this one anymore, but here's one for "indeed" I took in December, where LinkedIn had an ad that took up my entire laptop screen: https://i.imgur.com/x7g5Uo3.png
I can't replicate OP's specific one, but remember that ad buy is very dynamic. I do get the top two positions as competitors, one of which is seen in OP's link as well: https://i.imgur.com/hYjaWm4.png. I certainly do not think this post is fake.
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#20Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile. Seems like flame bait
Yes, I see this constantly when my adblocker is off. Search for anything related to "job search" et voila: https://i.imgur.com/dBXghPh.png Here's "mattress," which has ads that extend beyond the fold: https://i.imgur.com/Z9dGSKR.png Those two I just took. I mercifully cannot replicate this one anymore, but here's one for "indeed" I took in December, where LinkedIn had an ad that took up my entire laptop screen: https…
I'm talking about the exact query in the OP. No one is shocked that Google has ads.