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"We sell advertisement, not search results" https://twitter.com/krebs_adrian/status/1488173888068542466 https://www.google.com/about/honestresults/ (Note: the url of this page is /honestresults/)
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Do you think he created that web-page by modifying HTML?
It’s literally a cropped image that no one has said they can reproduce
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I'm talking about the exact query in the OP. No one is shocked that Google has ads.
There is zero way to exactly replicate OPs query as Google heavily tailors results to each person, logged in or not. And yes, people are shocked at the amount of ads google is pushing.
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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.
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It’s literally a cropped image that no one has said they can reproduce
So what if it is cropped, is the amount of ads shown in the screenshot with no actual search results acceptable to you? Does the fact OP has a smaller or larger resolution than you change your mind?
so yes, it's acceptable. use ad-block if it's not to you.
FB used outrage as a way to increase engagement and it worked for a while, but now FB is increasingly a non-desirable place to hang out. Instead you can go to TikTok where you will find mostly amusing and at times informative content. When Apple added restrictions that cut off oxygen to FB, FB started a PR campaign to paint it as one grave injustice. It seems like that was met with a collective shrug. Who cheers for the bad guy?
All that is to say, it seems like Google has been in this value extraction mode for a while and I don’t see what the long term plan is. They don’t seem to be innovating much, but are instead intent on squeezing as much money as they can from their existing assets. And while that may work in the short term, FB has shown tech giants are not invincible. I’ve seen a lot of talk online lately about how bad the quality of search results have gotten. If a credible competitor emerges, I think a lot of users would gladly switch. If/when that happens, Google better hope they don’t find themselves in FB’s position where they can’t acquire their way out of their rut.
no ublock origin = pebcak
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I saw this myself months ago with my father. He calls me up, and tells me that Google is only showing him ads, and he can't find any actual content. I figured it was some kind of malware he installed, but nope, I get over there and it's exactly like this screenshot. The entire first screen of results was ads. Then when I scrolled down, there weren't Google ads, but just a bunch of SEO spam. Wasn't gonna waste my time…
lol, OK what was the query? let's see the DDG and Google results side by side. I swear people always say nonsense like this and when I ask for specific queries they stop replying. Check my history if you doubt it. I don't doubt you saw ads, but Google very strictly limits the percentage of the screen that can be ads or percentage of results. If you can find a single query in which every result on the first page is a…
https://i.imgur.com/AkQWJeF.png
100% ads.
DDG for the same search is better, but not by much:
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lol, OK what was the query? let's see the DDG and Google results side by side. I swear people always say nonsense like this and when I ask for specific queries they stop replying. Check my history if you doubt it. I don't doubt you saw ads, but Google very strictly limits the percentage of the screen that can be ads or percentage of results. If you can find a single query in which every result on the first page is a…
I'm on a 13" Macbook Pro, here's what a Chrome search for "Salesforce Integration" with my adblocker turned off looks like: https://i.imgur.com/AkQWJeF.png 100% ads. DDG for the same search is better, but not by much: https://i.imgur.com/pcpxr4l.png
this scenario of all of the results being ads is nonexistent. again if anyone can show me a reproducible query in which all results are ads, $5 - easy.
omg DDG 100% ads !111
