I think I've been seeing ads for things like the Nest and Pixel phones in AU for a few months now.
Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
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Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#12Seen it too !
It's strange how our brains work - I actually never look there, but somehow I did notice it.
Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#13Have you seen this banner by yourself? Tried from a few different locations with no luck
Yep, Fitbit smartwatch ad for us in Sweden, no Chrome plugins (even shows up in incognito). Might be exclusive to a portion of users or locations.
> Might be exclusive to a portion of users or locations.
Probably they are testing on a selected range of users.
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#14It was inevitable, you gotta get the infite growth from somewhere. Ane the next move will +1 this and so on, until google becomes less attractive than leaner competition. Because of inertia, legacy and people benefitting from the status quo, they won't be able to correct course.
This is textbook "how empire falls" and why things that seem indestructible eventually dies like anything else.
This will be the mile stone people will remember as the first sign of google decline.
Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#15They are changing their natural listing results to be multi media photos and video content will be prioritised on search results, it is going to be released in America first this month I believe
They are also seeing the results will be far more varied and scrolling down will likely give you a result that you are looking for, and the traditional way of looking with the top result, being the one that you wanted may not be the case anymore
I think they are maybe trying to replicate the TikTok experience when looking for a result, you will end up scrolling different content relative to your search keyword
All of this will benefit content creators. If you have an ability to create video content, this will give you a competitive edge.
Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#16Notably, this is not Google showing random search/display ads.
Those look like ads for Google's own product.
I don't think this is the first time. IIRC, Google used to show an ad for Chrome if you used the search from any other browser.
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#17Google on Android has already been stupid for a long time. You can swipe right from the home screen of a Pixel phone to get to Google search, which is a Yahoo!-style portal with news, etc under the search bar. And then you click on the search input field, and you get suggestions based on trending searches (a week or 2 ago one of them was something about King Charles). Luckily both idiocies can still be disabled, and I use DDG for my searches anyway.
Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#18It was inevitable, you gotta get the infite growth from somewhere. Ane the next move will +1 this and so on, until google becomes less attractive than leaner competition. Because of inertia, legacy and people benefitting from the status quo, they won't be able to correct course. This is textbook "how empire falls" and why things that seem indestructible eventually dies like anything else. This will be the mile stone…
If this harms their business then why would they keep doing it
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Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#20It looks like they're testing it on a small portion, but not sure what's the pattern