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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

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Post by Euphorbium »

londons_explore wrote: post #108
senko wrote: post #16

Notably, 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.

I'm surprised they advertise their own product in those places... It's such an obvious thing for the EU to go after. "Google has a monopoly position in Browsers/Search, and (ab)used their homepage to advertise their entry into a new field of business, immediately giving it free advertising the competitors could never access." If I were Googles legal team, I would immediately put an end to such cross-product advertisi…

Google does not have a monopoly in browsers or search.

Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab

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Post by thih9 »

> Users are reporting banner ads such as "New! Track your health and fitness with the..." below the search box on both google.com and chrome://newtab.

Do we know more? E.g. do we know if this is an A/B test or a rollout in progress? Where are the users reporting this? Are there any screenshots?

Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab

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Post by Euphorbium »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #14

It 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…

The first sign was when they killed google reader, like 10 years ago.

Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab

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Post by eckza »

Euphorbium wrote: post #121
londons_explore wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm surprised they advertise their own product in those places... It's such an obvious thing for the EU to go after. "Google has a monopoly position in Browsers/Search, and (ab)used their homepage to advertise their entry into a new field of business, immediately giving it free advertising the competitors could never access." If I were Googles legal team, I would immediately put an end to such cross-product advertisi…

Google does not have a monopoly in browsers or search.

We've always been at war with Eastaisa.

Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab

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Post by sshine »

thih9 wrote: post #126
exabrial wrote: post #124

Who still using chrome? Use safari, brave, or Firefox.

> Who still using chrome? According to statcounter[1], Chrome had 65.52% of the browser market share in August 2022. [1]: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

On my computer, Chrome has a 0% market share!

Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab

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Post by kaushikc »

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #112
marcus_holmes wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Say you're a decision-maker at Google (or Any Large Corp). You have a KPI to increase revenue by 5% this year. If you hit this KPI, then you get a bonus. If you get the bonus, then you can afford the thing that your partner has been wanting forever (or that will make your neighbours jealous, or whatever), and you get a happy life. You know that doing X will harm the company in the long term (defined as anything past…

How do we fix this loop in companies? It is a very serious problem for humanity’s future. It exists in government too. How do we reward long-term thinking and decisions?

Short term rewards would need to be less enticing than the long term ones. Doing so would involve restricting many rights and privileges and people would hate that.

Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab

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Post by vehemenz »

JakkDTrent wrote: post #80

I can't believe how many people here still use Google search and Chrome browser.

Well, Chrome is inexcusable because of ungoogled Chromium and Chromium Web Store. But Google search still delivers more complete results and will be hard to switch from until Bing or other competitors improve.

There are entire categories of search I perform on a daily basis in which Bing ignores the most relevant result (usually from a domain that just doesn't appear on Bing for some reason).

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